Clod | April 27, 2011
The bandage wrapped around your wound may one day be the early warning system for infection, say scientists. Silicon sensors the size of grains of sand could be embedded in bandages to alert doctors to harmful bacteria, including the deadly blood infection called sepsis, allowing quicker treatment.
Clod | April 20, 2011
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Clod | April 13, 2011
I recently asked a group of fourth-graders where their garbage goes after it leaves the lunchroom at school. The answer was to the dumpster behind the school. When I asked where the trash went after the dumpster, no one knew. How would your children respond to the same question? Where do dinner leftovers, paper napkins, [...]
Clod | April 6, 2011
I recently had my cat spayed and a few days later I discovered a knot in the region where her incision is. Could this be a hernia, and if so, is it serious?