Medical Illustrator Explores Truth and Beauty Inside a Cell.
Think that beauty is only skin deep? Then you really need to check out this amazing talk by leading medical illustrator David Bolinsky and watch his stunning animations that show the bustling life inside a cell.
Healthbolt Funtime: Damaged Care…
August 25, 2008 by Liz Lewis
Filed under Cute Rx, Greatest Hits, Humor, Video
Have you heard about Damaged Care: The Musical Comedy about Health Care in America?
This medical musical comedy, written and performed by physicians Greg LaGana, M.D. and Barry Levy, M.D. has been performed in 27 states over the past 13 years.
Here’s just one of the many songs performed by this duo…
If you like these guys and want to see more, check out their other videos here…
The Sunday Sidebar…Looking inside the Brain.
July 6, 2008 by Liz Lewis
Filed under Technology, The Sunday Sidebar, Video
Ain’t technology amazing?
Check out this video where neuroscientist and inventor Christopher deCharms talks about and demonstrates a new way to use fMRI to show brain activity — thoughts, emotions, pain — in real time….
Re-Mission: A Video Game That Helps Kids Fight Cancer.
Fighting cancer is no game. But thanks to HopeLab, there is a video game designed to help empower kids with cancer.
The video game is Re-Mission and it features an intrepid nanobot called Roxxi who journeys through cancer patients bodies, destroying the cancer cells, fighting the infections, and dealing with the side effects usually associated with different cancers and cancer treatments.
If you think it’s just another video game, think again. To ensure that Re-Mission was on track to help cancer suffers, a controlled research study was undertaken prior to the game’s release. 375 cancer patients between the ages of 13 and 29 from …read more
