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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: 08-2012
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Why this American medical researcher believes he’s better off working in Asia
How the U.S. will lose out to Asia in medical research.
August 24, 2012, 3:00 AM PDT | By Audrey Quinn
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HemoSep salvages blood spilled during surgery
And then pumps it right back into the patient lying on the operating table. Reusing your own blood cuts down on the cost of donor blood and the risk of bad transfusion reactions.
August 23, 2012, 12:23 PM PDT | By Janet Fang
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Robotic hand feels for breast cancer lumps
The glove device can also feel for other abnormalities and perform ultrasound.
August 22, 2012, 10:07 AM PDT | By Audrey Quinn
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Treating autism with stem cell therapy
A California clinical trial gives children with autism infusions of their own cord blood stem cells.
August 21, 2012, 4:03 PM PDT | By Audrey Quinn
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Your skin problems, captured by thermal imaging cameras
Doctors usually diagnose psoriasis by observing how red, thick, and scaly the skin is. But by using a thermal camera, doctors can now quantify skin problems.
August 20, 2012, 10:05 PM PDT | By Janet Fang
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Simple eyedrops can diagnose Alzheimer’s, prion diseases
Scientists have devised several fluorescent probes that change color depending on the specific biomarkers associated with different neural diseases.
August 20, 2012, 8:46 PM PDT | By Janet Fang
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How the anti-circumcision trend will add billions to U.S. healthcare costs
Intact foreskins could cost the country $4.4 billion in avoidable health care costs over the next decade if circumcision rates drop to European levels.
August 20, 2012, 1:49 PM PDT | By Audrey Quinn
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Why women are more resilient in the recession than men
Stats like suicide rates show that the so-called weaker sex proves stronger in tough economy.
August 20, 2012, 6:28 AM PDT | By Audrey Quinn
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Heart simulator for animal-free testing wins design awards
Scientists developed an implantable mesh jacket that wraps a failing heart and contracts to help it beat. But first, to avoid testing it on animals, they had to design a heart simulator.
August 19, 2012, 10:23 PM PDT | By Janet Fang
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Ultrafast camera captures rogue cancer cells in blood
Possibly the world’s fastest, a microscopic camera that captures six million frames per second can help detect cancer early, using a simple blood test.
August 16, 2012, 9:51 PM PDT | By Janet Fang