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Online Calculator Estimates Breast Cancer Risk - NPR (Audio & Copy)
One frequently cited statistic about breast cancer is that 1 in 9 women will develop the disease. Though accurate, this statement can be misleading, as some women are at greater risk than others. Now, scientists at the National Cancer Institute have developed a risk calculator that helps women estimate their individual risk of getting breast cancer.
More British Doctors refusing Abortions - Physorg
Ann Furedi, chief executive of British Pregnancy Advisory Service told the newspaper many doctors feel, since contraception is freely available through the National Health Service, there was “no excuse” for women who got pregnant accidentally.
Map Predicting the Spread of Avian Flu - Science Daily
The 2003 epidemic of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in the Netherlands is the only recent epidemic of HPAI in the developed world. Gert-Jan Boender and colleagues have examined the data from this outbreak and produced a model which can predict the probability of infection from one farm to another; the ‘transmission kernel’.
Caterpillar Robot ‘Treats Hearts’ - BBC
A robotic caterpillar has been designed which can crawl across the surface of the heart to deliver treatment.
Murdered VT Professor’s Exo-skeletal Walking Aid - WIRED
I’m putting together a tribute to him and his work, but in the meantime I thought I’d share with you this device — sort of a computerized exoskeleton — that he recently helped develop for people with sarcopenia, a disease that causes the loss of skeletal muscle.
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