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Electric Field Therapy to Zap Cancerous Tumours

...iferating. Cancer cells typically divide at a much faster rate than most normal cells, making them a prime target for TTF. Treatments such as chemotherapy and radiation also target rapidly dividing cells, but they can cause severe side effects by damaging the intestinal lining and bone marrow, where norma...

Inaccuracies in Cardiac PET-CT Scanning

...nd medication. Adding the CT component to PET is a faster way to produce cardiac images and obtain additional information about coronary calcium deposits due to atherosclerosis. Properly co-registered PET/CT data provide definitive perfusion images demonstrated in this study and, as reported earlier, suit...

Brain Pathway for Depression Revealed

...ey needed to develop a visualization tool that was faster and sharper than brain imaging systems currently available, such as MRI or CT scans. Raag Airan, an MD/PhD student in Deisseroth's lab and co-first author of the study, led the development of a technique called voltage-sensitive dye imaging for thi...

Clamor for Catheter-based Ablation Increasing Among Heart Patients in US

...ose areas where the practice of medicine has moved faster than the approval process, said Daniel G. Schultz, head of the Center for Devices and Radiological Health at the Food and Drug Administration. Dr. Schultz said the F.D.A. would soon schedule a public meeting with medical and industry experts to disc...

Boom in Internet Shopping may Be Adding to CO2 Emissions

...tance travelled by vans is also growing four times faster than the distance travelled by cars, it said. The report further said while cars are subject to industry-wide targets for reducing carbon dioxide emissions and dealers have to display colour-coded labels in their showrooms indicating the environmen...

Global Warming Threatens Tibet

...the source of the Yangtze River are shrinking much faster than we had anticipated," The China Daily quoted Li Yajie, a scientist with the Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, as saying. Yajie visited the area in the 1980s and the 1990s, and says that his recent visit, confirms the alarming climat...

MIT's Green Nano-factories to Produce Eco-friendly Batteries

... Technology (MIT) is working with viruses to build faster , better, cheaper and environmentally-friendly transistors, batteries, solar cells, diagnostic materials for detecting cancer, and semiconductors for use in modern electrical devices. Viruses are normally associated with causing human diseases like...

New Data Reinforces Correlation Between Carbohydrate Quality and Loss of Vision

...ex, meaning that these foods are associated with a faster rise and subsequent drop in blood sugar. Whole wheat versions of rice, pasta and bread are examples of foods that have a low-glycemic-index. These foods are often considered higher quality carbohydrates because they are associated with a slower and l...

EPA to Improve Nanotechnology

...g Scheme in September 2006, and appears to be on a faster track to develop appropriate controls and to give a predictable nanotechnology regulatory environment for industry and consumers, he continued. The first generation of nanotechnology applications and products is here. In an inventory maintained by ...

Natural Selection in Butterflies

...n which the characters Alice and the Red Queen run faster and faster at the top of a hill, only to find that they remain in the same place. "In essence, organisms must...

Tourettes Syndrome in Children may also Result in Superior Learning Skills

...nsity to learn certain mental grammar skills much faster than their peers without the disorder. According...hildren with Tourettes syndrome were significantly faster than the control group in producing rule-governed past tenses (such as slip-slipped), which depend o...

More Cancer Testing Urged in Australian TV Studios

...d a number of resolutions, including a request for faster payment of compensation for those diagnosed with the disease and free medical testing for male employees. Dave Waters from the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance says workers also want all electronic equipment to be tested. "Staff also called ...

Mayo Clinic Physicians Have Adapted Real-time 3-D Ultrasound Imaging Devices

...from use of general anesthesia and sends them home faster and with less need for pain medication. Mayo anesthesiologists have demonstrated the benefits of real-time 3-D ultrasound in nerve blockade in more than 150 surgeries of varied types. Their presentations at scientific meetings and publications in ...

Surgical Repair of Athletic Hernia Speeds Return to Play

...es. The hope is that this program can facilitate a faster rehabilitation and return to sport. The three main groups of athletes who develop athletic hernias are hockey, soccer and football players. Sprinting, kicking, and skating are the activities that appear to be most problematic, explains Dr. Brunt. ...

Shoulder Protection by Throwing Motion in Baseball Players

...rnal rotation of the shoulder helps athletes throw faster while reducing their chance of injury. Some shoulder motion is naturally lost through aging. Dr. Mair says that the throwing shoulder does not lose as much external rotation. An adult will never have as much shoulder motion as a nine year-old, he e...

Double Amputee Finishes Last, but Still Looks Forward to Beijing Olympics

...e." Pistorius, who ran in the outside lane, went faster in the second half of the race than the first 200 meters at the Don Valley Stadium. To qualify for next year's Beijing Olympics, the South African would have to run a 46.3 before July 2008 -- and get IAAF approval. Although the loss was expected, t...

Group Therapy and Willpower can Help Smokers to Quit

... from the northern city of Kiel. "Addiction occurs faster than with heroin or other drugs since nicotine influences the brain's metabolism." The substance activates the brain's reward mechanisms and releases "feel-good" chemicals. As a result, smokers who do not light up just feel bad. Studies show that...

India Requires Over $200 Bn to Provide Quality Healthcare

...dy . India's healthcare situation requires a much faster growth rate as it would require about 2.2 million beds and the investment needed for that is almost $77.9 billion, the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) said in a presentation to the government. FICCI has suggested a fi...

Al Gore's Son Charged With Possession of Controlled Substance

...of Los Angeles on July 4. He was allegedly driving faster than 100 mph. Since there was the smell of marijuana inside the car, the police carried out a search and recovered prescription drugs including Xanax, Valium, Soma, Vicodin and Adderall from the vehicle. The police said that Albert was carrying...

Now, FISH on a Chip for Quicker, Cost-effective Cancer Diagnosis

...s in Edmonton, opens up the possibility of better, faster cancer treatment and greater accessibility to fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH), a complex test that detects mutations in chromosomes for a number of different types of cancer. It is based on a microfluidic chip the size of a microscope slid...

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