space health
This week's top stories include Tenet Healthcare workers securing better pay after striking, Inspiration4 preparing to test the impact of spaceflight on the body, and Stanford researchers highlighting gaps in telemedicine.
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Aenor Sawyer, MD, director of the UC Space Health Program at UCSF, discusses the challenges of space health as more humans venture into space for longer and farther trips.
The data collected will be added to an open repository that other researchers can use to study the impact of spaceflight on the human body.
NASA astronaut and microbiologist Kathleen Rubins talks about tech's role in addressing the health risks and challenges of space exploration and shares the most gratifying moment in her career.
Deep Dive: As NASA prepares to send astronauts to Mars in the not so distant future, innovators look at what space health could teach us about human health in general.
New fund targets projects that exploit satellite and drone technology to address healthcare and wellbeing support challenges exposed by the pandemic.
Also: 1Drop's portable diagnostics tackle the final frontier; AT&T, partners look to streamline patient check-in.
James Hury, deputy director and chief innovation officer at the Translational Research Institute for Space Health, says space health is helping bring cutting-edge technologies to Mars and back down to Earth.
Maintaining the health of humans leaving Earth pushes our current capabilities, says Dr. Dan Lowenstein, executive vice chancellor and provost at UCSF.
Level Ex founder and CEO Sam Glassenberg talks about how gaming can be used to prepare for space health emergencies and demonstrates the VR technology involved.