Tag: Health
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Amazon targeted in class-action lawsuit claiming defective solar eclipse glasses
A boy wearing protective glasses watches a partial solar eclipse from Arlington, Va., in 2014. (NASA Photo / Bill Ingalls) A South Carolina couple has filed a lawsuit against Amazon, claiming that they suffered eye damage even though they used protective glasses sold through the online retailer. In the lawsuit, filed on Tuesday in U.S.…
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UW researchers’ ‘kidney on a chip’ will be prepped for space station experiment
The “kidney on a chip” is about the size of a credit card. (UW Photo / Alex Levine) A stack of card-sized gizmos that test the effects of drugs, toxins and weightlessness on human kidney cells is due to take a ride to the International Space Station as early as next year – and researchers…
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Apollo astronauts’ heart disease linked to space radiation, but there’s a big catch
NASA astronaut James Irwin salutes the American flag during the Apollo 15 mission in 1971. Irwin experienced irregular heart rhythms while on the lunar surface, and suffered at least two serious heart attacks after returning to Earth. He died in 1991. (Credit: NASA) Is deep-space radiation hazardous to your cardiovascular system? A newly published study…
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NASA-funded UW researchers develop kidney-stone zapping technology
Michael Bailey, the principal investigator of the research team, with the ultrasound system that will be sent to the International Space Station. Bailey’s team is incorporating technology that breaks up kidney stones into the machine. (Photo from HSNewsBeat) Imagine you are an astronaut, chosen for the first manned mission to Mars. After years of preparation,…