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  1. Health & Medicine

    Visionary science for the intestine

    A tiny disposable flash camera that a person swallows can detect problems in the small intestine.

    By Nathan Seppa
  2. Health & Medicine

    Bone scan reveals estrogen effects

    Using a scanning technology called microcomputerized tomography, scientists have a new way to look at the difference between bone exposed to estrogen and bone deprived of it.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Health & Medicine

    Imaging Parkinson’s

    A new brain-imaging technique can supply proof of Parkinson's disease in people whose symptoms fall short of the standard definition of the disease.

    By Nathan Seppa
  4. Health & Medicine

    Zapping bone brings relief from tumor pain

    By unleashing radio waves inside bone, researchers have stopped intractable pain in people with cancer that has spread to their skeletons.