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Rethinking Healthcare
Janet Fang
Janet Fang
Janet Fang has written for Nature, Discover and the Point Reyes Light. She is currently a lab technician at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. She holds degrees from the University of California, Berkeley and Columbia University. She is based in New York.
Janet Fang
Janet does not have financial holdings that would influence how or what she covers.
She writes for SmartPlanet and is not an employee of CBS.
Audrey Quinn
Audrey Quinn
Audrey Quinn is a multimedia science journalist based in Brooklyn, New York. She has corresponded for PRI's The World, Radiolab, Deutsche Welle's Living Planet, and a number of NPR affiliate stations. She also produces and hosts a podcast for the Mind Science Foundation. Previously, she performed neuroscience research at the University of Washington Autism Center and the Seattle VA Hospital.
Audrey Quinn
Audrey does not have financial holdings that would influence how or what she covers.
She writes for SmartPlanet and is not an employee of CBS.
Archive: 05-2012
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Vaccines stay cool with cellphone tower’s surplus power
Hospitals in remote Zimbabwe, where the power can be unreliable, are making sure their vaccines don’t spoil during power failures and generator outages.
May 31, 2012, 5:27 PM PDT | By Janet Fang
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U.S. Veterans Affairs mobile app keeps up with wounded vets
The VA’s mobile app for veterans with PTSD receives an award on its first anniversary.
May 31, 2012, 11:13 AM PDT | By Audrey Quinn
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Surgeons unleash snake robots into our bodies
Carrying cameras, scissors, and sensors, these tiny robots slither around our insides, helping surgeons perform operations on tumors and diseased organs.
May 30, 2012, 12:30 PM PDT | By Janet Fang
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Doctors use satellite images to count patients from space
Images of disaster zones and famine, war, or disease-hit areas are helping researchers make quick and accurate estimates of who needs help or how many vaccine doses to order.
May 29, 2012, 4:14 PM PDT | By Janet Fang
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Electronic pacifier helps preemies learn to suck
Called the Pacifier Activated Lullaby, the device plays music to encourage babies to suck correctly, something that’s hard for preemies to do. Now available to hospitals.
May 25, 2012, 4:07 PM PDT | By Janet Fang
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Could this painless circumcision device fight HIV?
Circumcision can reduce a man’s risk for HIV in Sub Saharan Africa by up to 60%. This adult circumcision device gets the job done without surgery or severe pain.
May 25, 2012, 9:52 AM PDT | By Audrey Quinn
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Artificial immune system tailors vaccines for newborns
A new model of the immature immune system promises to boost the development of vaccines specifically for newborn babies, which are lacking. This’ll help test vaccines before trialing them in...
May 24, 2012, 6:35 PM PDT | By Janet Fang
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DNA as rewritable, digital data storage
Scientists have engineered a rewritable DNA-based memory module that can reliably and reversibly store data in the chromosome of live cells. The work would help track cells in aging or cancer studies.
May 23, 2012, 7:38 PM PDT | By Janet Fang
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Startup uses neuroscience to pick which ads work
Instantaneous judgements are an intrinsic part of our visual system. Neuroscientists are now taking the science behind those judgements to inform marketing strategies.
May 23, 2012, 2:17 PM PDT | By Audrey Quinn
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Japan Earthquake: before-and-after brain scans offer PTSD insights
By comparing imaging data, neuroscientists show how traumatic stress affects the brain. The research explains many unknowns and may help develop neuroprotective drugs for specific brain areas.
May 22, 2012, 7:03 PM PDT | By Janet Fang