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7 tech breakthroughs that could change your health

An alcohol-monitoring tattoo? Glowing tumors? A flu vaccine patch?

Welcome to the future of medicine—funded by your National Institutes of Health (NIH).

A new video highlights seven groundbreaking technologies, which are funded by and for all Americans and NIH's National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering.

Image credit: Harvard University

July 14, 2018

Osteoporosis can develop if your bone mass decreases or the structure of your bones changes, making the bones weaker and more likely to break. Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis: What you need to know

Did you know that our bones are living tissue? To keep them strong, our bodies break down old bone and...
Women between ages 50 and 69 who get mammograms have a lower chance of dying from breast cancer than women who do not get them. Breast Cancer

My mammogram was ‘abnormal’—what do I do next?

First, thank yourself for getting a mammogram! Breast cancer is the second most common type of cancer in women in...
Rebecca Rose Vassy (right) with her partner Sean (left). Caregivers

‘Nothing important went unsaid’

Over the course of their relationship, Rebecca Rose Vassy supported her long-term partner Sean in managing multiple chronic health conditions....
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