by Melissa Tussing | Apr 15, 2010 | Science + Technology
Get the Flash Player to see this content. Companies showed off innovative tools to help people in developing countries and remote areas at the 7th Annual Global Health Care Congress in National Harbor, Md. (Melissa Tussing/MNS) WASHINGTON — There’s a straw...
by Danny Sirdofsky | Apr 13, 2010 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — An obscure isotope known as Helium-3, which is used for everything from nuclear arms detection systems to medical imaging, is dwindling rapidly from an already limited supply. Most of the Helium-3 in the United States is being used at border...
by Melissa Tussing | Apr 7, 2010 | Science + Technology, Topics
Get the Flash Player to see this content. Sodexo employees take 30 minutes to walk. (Melissa Tussing and Janeen Wynn/MNS) GAITHERSBURG, MD – When Penny Johnson-Knowles learned recently that she has diabetes, she wanted to find a way to both manage the disease and stay...
by Markham Heid | Dec 20, 2009 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — During much of the last decade, David Castagnetti served as chief of staff for Montana Sen. Max Baucus, the powerful chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and a central figure in the current health care reform debate. Where it was published The...
by Kristian Weatherspoon | Dec 8, 2009 | Science + Technology
Get the Flash Player to see this content. New helmet technology sheds light on concussions and their causes. (Kristian Weatherspoon/MNS) WASHINGTON — Concussions are common occurrences at all levels of football. Florida Gators quarterback Tim Tebow and...
by Rachel Claytor | Dec 8, 2009 | Science + Technology, Topics
WASHINGTON –Laura Brown and her husband, Dave, waited until they were 38 and 42, respectively, before trying to have a baby. Laura says they were ready to move on to the next phase of their lives together, and were “really frustrated and disappointed” when they...
