Skip to main content

Breast Cancer Detector - Check at Home

Breast Cancer Detector - Check at Home
We really need more of those health-monitoring devices that are handy and usable allowing us to get the necessary info without driving over to a hospital, and here’s a gadget that seems to be of a primary importance for early detection of breast cancer from Nihon University. It’s portable and easy to use.

Based on the phase shift technology, the new detector doesn’t involve any pressure on the breasts. You just place the gadget against the skin and get the picture on the LCD at once. The detector gives off light at the wavelength of 850nm and measures it as it is reflected back. If there’s a cancerous area its thicker concentration of blood cells will absorb more light compared to intact areas and consequently will appear on the screen colored noticeably darker.

The sad news is that the helpful gadget is still being tested, and human tests haven’t even begun. So the university people cannot yet commit themselves to tell us when the detector is ready to go on sale, while there are sure to be a lot of people whose minds will be much calmer for possessing one.

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Keyboard Keychain

Keyboard Keychain These days many of us need devices that will enable us to operate our smartphones and tablets wherever we want with equal dexterity and comfort, virtual keyboards maybe topping the list of useful gadgets . These days many of us need devices that will enable us to operate our smartphones and tablets wherever we want with equal dexterity and comfort, virtual keyboards maybe topping the list of useful gadgets .

Starfish Shaped Cell Phone

True, we don’t seem to have had this one before: the new idea for the shape of a cell phone is a star fish. The Oriental have made a habit of choosing queer ones, and you may catch a surprised glance or two getting it out. By the way, it’s clearly defined as a “Lady’s Cell Phone”, so get ready to begin living in an aquarium. Fun aside, what you may want to get for $126 is the Star Shape Lady’s Cell Phone - an unlocked GSM phone with a 1.8″ touchscreen. You will find all the modern features present – Bluetooth, a built-in camera. You are offered a choice of a blue, green, gold or pink starfish with an included 2GB memory card. Since it’s generally dark at the bottom of the sea, the Starfish Cell Phone is decked with artificial diamonds that can exude light.

Electronic Cigarette

Ever thought how good would it be if there was a way to reduce the harm of cigarettes without giving up the habit of smoking? Here is the answer, Myvic Electronic Cigarette is a revolutionary new product which is drastically healthier than traditional smoking. It will improve your health while giving the same sensations as ordinary cigarettes. There are more than 4000 chemicals found in the ordinary cigarettes, of which at least 400 are harmful for the human body. They contain, tar, carbon monoxide, benzene, acetone, formaldehyde, arsenic and many others. This chemicals contribute to lung cancer and many other diseases associated with cigarette smoking. While using Myvic Electronic Cigarette you have to change nicotine refills, which range from high concentrate nicotine to zero nicotine content. The refill contains nicotine and propylene glycol (harmless to human body). Nicotine is not believed to cause cancer, and compared to all the chemicals inhaled while smoking ordinary cigarett...