Awesome Medicine

(NSFW, Gross) MRI scanning is low risk and pain-free,  allowing doctors and researchers to take lots of images. Vox shares a few animated MRI scans of humans engaging in various activities. Yes. Yes it shows that. That too.

PillPack is a medicine subscription service for U.S. residents. They’ll work with your doctor and insurance company to collect the medicines you need, sort them in clearly labeled and portable packs, then ship them to you at no added cost.

(NSFW: Language) LiveLeaker Adam Harris’ customer demonstrates his i-limb ultra prosthetic hand. LIke the BeBionic3, it can be activated by the wearer’s muscles, but it can also be controlled by an app. F you all the way!

Since 1992, Dr. Jim Withers has been going out on weeknights to care for homeless people. Believing that everyone matters, Withers helped create Operation Safety Net, one of the United States’ first street medicine programs.

Humans accept the idea that we’ll grow old and die. But some animals are resistant or immune to aging, so perhaps growing old isn’t so natural after all. Learn more in this primer by Joao Pedro de Magalhaes and PHD Comics.

Nigel Ackland demonstrates some of the finer points of using his BeBionic3 robot hand to do everything from tying his shoelaces to dealing cards – and freaking us out with his spinning wrist.

An incredible futuristic prosthetic limb, which provides its wearer with 14 precise hand positions and grips, helping amputees do everything from write with a pen to gently crack an egg.

Sabi makes pill organizers and other pill accessories, like the Grande Carafe. It’s a 455ml water bottle with a cap that doubles as a pill box. The only downside? It’s not dishwasher-friendly.

Drink coffee like a madman during the day, then can’t sleep at night? Take one of these 2 to 4 hours before bedtime to speed your bodies’ caffeine absorption and help you catch some Zzz’s.

The TekRMD robotic mobilization device aims to revolutionize mobility for paraplegics, enabling them to not only to expand their horizons, but to be able to stand up and sit down without assistance.

If you’ve ever had your blood drawn, you know how painful it can be if they can’t find your vein. This ingenious device uses near-infrared light to project an image of your veins on your skin.

If you considered Operation Smile a success, then you’ll probably like this video Sloan Churman shot of his wife Sarah, born deaf, hearing her own voice the first time thanks to a cochlear implant.

Researchers at UC Berkeley recorded brain activity while subjects watched YouTube videos under an fMRI, then reconstructed what they saw using a computer algorithm. Total Recall, here we come.