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Clothes That Know How You’re Feeling

New health-monitoring textiles and devices may help newborns and firefighters.

Katharine Gammon, Contributor

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New Method Looks into Babies' Brains to Measure Pain

Findings may help researchers identify better ways to reduce pain in infants.

Katharine Gammon, Contributor

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The Rural Challenge of HIV

New study identifies obstacles for UN strategy of treatment as prevention in sub-Saharan Africa.

Jason Socrates Bardi, Editor

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Can't Eat Wheat? Blame this Humble Virus

New evidence for how childhood infections could trigger ciliac disease.

Rebecca Boyle, Contributor

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Medical Imaging Faces Shortage of Key Radioactive Material

The shutdown of a Canadian nuclear reactor creates a greater than 50 percent chance of a shortage of an important testing marker.

Peter Gwynne, Contributor

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Can A Video Game End Pain?

Virtual reality is helping the way we treat pain.

Karin Heineman, ISTV Executive Producer

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Medical Physicists: CT Scans Safe

Better standards will boost efficacy and ease patient fears.

G.A. Koch, Contributor

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