{"id":142,"date":"2011-03-07T04:29:50","date_gmt":"2011-03-07T04:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/?p=142"},"modified":"2012-09-13T23:12:37","modified_gmt":"2012-09-14T03:12:37","slug":"techtrends-caution-nasa-may-be-good-for-your-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/tech-life\/techtrends-caution-nasa-may-be-good-for-your-health\/","title":{"rendered":"TechTrends &#8211; Caution:  NASA may be good for your health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/tech-life\/techtrends-caution-nasa-may-be-good-for-your-health\/attachment\/nasameatball\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-143\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-143\" title=\"nasameatball\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/nasameatball.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Most of us are probably more likely to be struck by lightning than travel in space, so we don\u2019t tend to think much about NASA and our country\u2019s space program on any kind of regular basis.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>But the truth is that the brilliant scientists at NASA have invented a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sti.nasa.gov\/tto\/\">gazillion different things<\/a> that we use in our daily lives.\u00a0 From invisible braces to memory foam, water filters, barcodes, joysticks, and ear thermometers, NASA holds over 6,300 patents on commercial products and technology.<\/p>\n<p>But their latest contribution to society can help with a lot more than improving gaming systems.\u00a0 The WARP 75 uses light technology developed by NASA to help alleviate some of the painful side effects associated with chemotherapy and radiation treatment in cancer patients undergoing bone marrow or stem cell transplants.\u00a0 The technology was originally developed to promote plant growth on space shuttle missions, but has been shown in tests to aid in the treatment of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cancer.gov\/cancertopics\/pdq\/supportivecare\/oralcomplications\/HealthProfessional\/page5\">oral mucositis<\/a>.\u00a0 The benefit is threefold:\u00a0 better nutrition for the patient who is able to eat more easily, less need for pain medication, and increased morale which has been proven to speed recovery.\u00a0 So the next time you\u2019re watching a launch or just watching the stars, don\u2019t forget about all the great work NASA does right here on Earth!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Most of us are probably more likely to be struck by lightning than travel in space, so we don\u2019t tend to think much about NASA and our country\u2019s space program on any kind of regular basis.<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/tech-life\/techtrends-caution-nasa-may-be-good-for-your-health\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["entry","author-admin","has-more-link","post-142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-tech-life","category-techtrends"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":990,"href":"https:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142\/revisions\/990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}