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New scalpel probes into cancer

...ent of Energy will enable surgeons to operate more accurately on tumours without cutting large amounts of tissue.// This device could detect which cells were cancerous by the amount of protein present and was able to distinguish between normal human brain cells and their malignant form. At present the only wa...

Surgery made simple

...gs, to pass a tube.This procedure needs to be done accurately as even a slight diversion can puncture the oesoph...s a dilation scale which allows physicians to know accurately how big a hole they are making....

Menopause considerations

... of non-twin sisters. An individual woman cannot accurately predict her age at menopause without knowing the particular genetic factors involved, the researchers say. Menopausal ages between relatives can still vary greatly. day.Lowered fertility is not the only consequence of early menopause, he added. "Oft...

Predictable genes

...according to these factors, you can predict fairly accurately how many of them will get breast cancer....

Artificial lenses- Boon to cataract patients

...sing on more distant objects. Shen has calculated accurately that these changes in the shape of the lens capsule should produce a focal range of 10 dioptres - as good as a healthy lens in a young person.“In principle it could work,” says George Waring, an ophthalmologist at Emory School of Medicine in Atlanta....

Focused Treatment For Childhood Cancer

...ual child's struggle with medulloblastoma could be accurately predicted by examining the patterns of gene expression in the cancer at the time of diagnosis....

Unpredictable Premature Birth

...gated whether the use of ambulatory monitors could accurately predict premature birth in 306 women who joined th...ly impossible with the technology we have today to accurately predict who is going to give birth to a premature baby. If we truly want to help more babies be born...

Blood test diagnoses heart failure in short time

...en wrong. A 15-minute blood test allows doctors to accurately find out whether patients with severe shortness of breath are suffering from congestive heart failure. This test is the most significant improvement in the diagnosis of heart failure in the past 20 years. Tens of millions of people go to the emergen...

Blood test may aid foretell Alzheimer's

...ffirm whether the levels detected in the blood had accurately reflected how much amyloid protein had built up in the brain tissue. The m266 injection appeared give an accurate picture. "If this worked the same way in humans, it has the potential to be a predictor on who might develop Alzheimer's later," Holtzm...

Computer Program can assist to detect Heart Attack

...o a new research, a computer screening program can accurately diagnose a heart attack even when some information required by the program is missing. In a study of more than 1,000 adults who went to the emergency department for chest pain, the diagnostic tool identified more than 80% of people who were having a ...

A simple way to do surgery

...gs, to pass a tube.This procedure needs to be done accurately as even a slight diversion can puncture the oesoph...s a dilation scale which allows physicians to know accurately how big a hole they are making....

Better Prostate Cancer Test

...ttern of those proteins. In a study, the new test accurately detected cancer 100 percent of the time. It correctly ruled it out in about 65 percent of cases where the PSA level was high enough to warrant a biopsy. Miles hopes the test will help men like him avoid future biopsies.Researchers say larger clinica...

Alternative Therapy in HIV Patients

...ntal attitude toward CAM may encourage patients to accurately report their use, thereby preventing unnecessary adverse effects....

Brain Scans Help Predict Alzheimer's Disease

...a PET scan improved the ability of neurologists to accurately predict future problems by as much as 30 percent. For example, clinical assessments led neurologists to correctly diagnose their patients as free of progressive dementia 66 percent of the time. When a negative PET scan was added to the mix, that figu...

PET Scan May Be Beneficial After Cancer Treatment

...nother. In the remaining 14 patients, the PET scan accurately showed no cancer or residual tumor tissue. Researchers conclude PET can provide critical information in a noninvasive and timely manner. In addition, PET has the potential to identify patients who could benefit from salvage surgery very soon after ...

Men Who at Risk Of Developing Prostate Cancer

...t 56 percent, suggesting that the men surveyed are accurately accessing their risk. The second study asked the same group of men about their use of complementary and alternative medicine. More than half said they were taking at least one vitamin or supplement, and 30 percent were using a type of complementary...

Computer-Assisted Knee Surgery

... or points of reference are, the computer tells us accurately where they are, and it's accurate to within one or two degrees," Dr. Davenport tells Ivanhoe. He says the surgery is more expensive but worth it. "I really like the accuracy component of it. I can be absolutely confident that every one of my patients...

New Heart-Screening Device ,An Accurate Predictor Of Heart Disease

...easures the stiffness of arteries may help doctors accurately diagnose heart disease and identify patients at risk for a stroke.// Researchers studied more than 250 participants. The patients were tested with a “blood-pressure-like” device, which measured blood volume in the leg as a way to determine artery s...

Effective Screening Required to Rule out Prostate Cancer

...Institution investigated how to develop a model to accurately determine the risk of prostate cancer by including seven different risk factors. A new study finds looking at seven different combined risk factors for prostate cancer is helpful in determining if a patient needs a prostate biopsy. For the study, re...

Being Obese Increases Ones Risk Of A wrong Diagnosis During Medical Imaging

...e people may also be cutting their chance of being accurately diagnosed // during medical imaging. According to a recent study researchers say obesity can limit the ability and accuracy of imaging equipment scans, such as computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The number of problems wi...

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