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Game Changer: How 1 Doctor Is Using A $10 Video Game Chip To Revolutionize Ultrasounds

Dorothy Pomerantz
December 19, 2017
One day last spring at a hospital in North Carolina, Dr. Joshua Broder prepared to examine a 7-month-old patient while she slept in her mother’s arms. Doctors suspected she had hydrocephalus — a buildup of fluid in the brain that is quite dangerous and that normally requires surgery to drain.
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Arriving Early: 12 Weeks Premature. 45 Days In The NICU. 1 Family’s Story.

Liza Smith
November 29, 2017
In September 2017, Natalie Ray was 28 weeks pregnant with her second child when she felt a pain beneath her rib cage. She assumed it was indigestion, but when it kept her up all night, she called her doctor. She was told to come immediately into Anne Arundel Medical Center (AAMC) in Annapolis, Maryland. When she got there, the doctors ran a series of tests and found that her liver was in distress.
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New Center Helps Scientists Reprogram The Immune System to Kill Cancer

Tomas Kellner
November 12, 2017
Nicole Gularte was 26 years old and straight out of graduate school when she was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, also known as ALL, in 2010. This type of fast-moving blood cancer causes the bone marrow to produce too many immature white blood cells, called lymphocytes, which can spread the disease to other parts of the body. If left untreated, it can turn deadly within months.
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Overcoming Mammogram Fears Together – A Singaporean Family’s Experience

October 16, 2017
The 3D-printed blades that spin inside the engine at 2,500 times per minute face heat as well as titanic forces. Image credit: Avio Aero.
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That's Hip: How GE And Johnson & Johnson Are Making 3D-Printed Body Parts A Reality

Tomas Kellner
October 05, 2017
The writer H. L. Mencken quipped that conscience was a mother-in-law who never left. Sam Onukuri can say the same thing about inspiration, and he means it literally.
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Scaling Up: Digital Veteran Brings Entrepreneurial Spirit To Women’s Health

Amy Kover
September 25, 2017
In 2015, Roland Rott got wind of a Brazilian doctor who was 3D printing fetal ultrasound images so that blind parents could "feel" their babies. The process of creating the models was cumbersome, but Rott saw its potential. So he challenged his team of engineers at GE Healthcare to come up with a way to convert these images swiftly and easily. The result: the GE Voluson E10, the world’s first ultrasound system to have built-in 3D-printing capability.
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Telemedicine: How A 193-Year-Old Hospital System Learned To Think Like A Startup

Bruce Watson
September 21, 2017
Once Dr. Stephen Klasko starts talking about healthcare reform, you tend to listen. The CEO of Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health has spent years pushing for change in the system and even wrote a 320-page book on the topic. Ultimately, though, his argument boils down to one simple comparison. “The day after Thanksgiving [Thursday], I can do my entire holiday shopping at home in my pajamas,” Klasko says. “But if I’ve got a stomachache from Thanksgiving, I’m on the phone with my doctor’s office, listening to 11 options and trying to get an appointment for Tuesday.”
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3-D Mammography Tech: A new tool in detecting breast cancer set to make a difference in Singapore

September 20, 2017
While Singapore boasts one of the most advanced, efficient, and affordable healthcare systems in the world, medical officials in the city state constantly seek new ways to improve and address important health issues.
Encouraging more older women to have regular breast screenings is one of the current focus areas for local health authorities.

Why? Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in Singapore today.
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Rohani Daeng Tene: Indonesia's Global Award Winning Midwife's Assistant

September 13, 2017

Serving her local community has been a priority focus for Rohani Daeng Tene for more than 20 years. As a long-term volunteer for Posyandu (Pos Pelayanan Terpadu, or the Integrated Health Service Point) in Pao Village, Gowa District, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, she has helped improve the lives of many people, and their families.

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Heroines Of Health: 3 Women And Their Journeys To Bring Better Healthcare To Their Communities

Susanna Kim
August 31, 2017
Monday through Friday, Mercy Owuor lives and works in the remote settlement of Lwala, Kenya, where she’s teaching women prenatal care and how to handle childhood illnesses. “My dream had always been to work more closely with women – to help them achieve their dreams,” said Owuor, who is Community Programs Director at Lwala Community Alliance.
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