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Computer Imaging Assists With Facial Reconstructive Surgery

...otographs could help facial plastic surgeons// use computer imaging software, according to a report. “The im...tion,” the authors conclude. “For surgeons who use computer imaging software, analysis of profile photographs is the most valuable tool. Even when preoperative ...

Computers Better Decision Makers Than Surrogates

... finding while he was analyzing the decisions of a computer and a loved one on the course of action involving a critically ill patient. Wendler was evaluating the results from 16 earlier studies where surrogates were checked on their capacity to deduce the wishes of the patient. He found that they were only...

The First Commercially Available Brain Computer Interface

...d as spelling device or to control a cursor on the computer monitor. One of the main goals is to enable completely paralyzed patients (locked-in syndrome) to communicate with their environment. What is Pocket BCI? Based on the mobile data acquisition system, g.MOBIlab, a Brain-Computer Interface, is now...

Computer Programmers, need not fear Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

...iven rest regularly. One could also stay off the computer or limit use to 20-minute sessions with 10-minute breaks, for example. Care should be taken to ensure that wrists are level. Splints could be worn for the purpose. Also the keyboard and mouse must be kept below the elbows. In carpal tunnel syndro...

You may Be Risking Fatal Blood Clots Even While Reading This

...titute says that office workers, who stay glued to computer screens, are at greater risk of deadly blood clots forming in their legs, than long-distance air travelers. Deep-vein thrombosis, or DVT, is a condition in which a blood clot forms in the deep veins of the legs. The condition can be fatal if part o...

Minirobot for Medical Procedures Inside Human Body

...mini-cable relays information and images back to a computer during the procedure....

How to Keep Away from Dust Allergy?

...sed for upholstery. Even while buying a personal computer or cell phone, one may check out whether the manufacturer has avoided using PBDEs....

Computer Program Helps Hospitals Prepare For Mass Casualties

... Casualty Assessment & Planning Scenarios (EMCAPS) computer program calculates the impact of such crises as a flu epidemic, bioterrorist attack, flood or plane crash, accounting for such elements as numbers of victims, wind direction, available medical resources, bacterial incubation periods and bomb size. ...

Mobility can be improved in elders with exercise

... of each subject. The electrode was hooked up to a computer to record the electrical impulses as they travel f...sinusoidal curve, with its peaks and valleys, on a computer screen. 'More force--which is indicated by a corresponding higher firing rate of neurons--is exert...

Use Daylight-saving Change to Practice Healthy Sleep Habits

...tail outside play and inside activities, including computer work, close to bedtime. * Let kids eat breakfast... a couple of hours before bedtime. * Turn off the computer two hours before bed, and the TV one hour before bed. * Limit liquids beginning three hours before ...

Dry Eye Syndrome Affects Visual Functions

...everal common activities such as reading, driving, computer work, professional work and watching television. ...f having problems with activities such as reading, computer use and professional work among both women and men with DES who did and did not use artificial tears...

Gene Hunters at Johns Hopkins Close In On Lou Gehrig's Disease

... subject. SNP chips are glass slides that resemble computer processor chips. They're coated with tiny beads that 'read' the SNPs scattered throughout the human genome. The researchers found 34 genetic variants that ALS patients were more likely to have compared to normal individuals without the disease. ...

Research Improves Kidney Transplant Chances for Sensitized Patients

... are attached to the HLA molecules on the beads. A computer collects and organizes the results. While some transplant centers use these same single assay tests to identify HLA antibodies, they don't incorporate the data into their cross-matching process. Prior to the Emory Algorithm, highly sensitized pati...

Common Ingredient in Big Macs and Sodas Can Stabilize Gold Nanoparticles for Medical Use

...ical imaging, drug carriers, contrast enhancers in computer tomography and X-ray absorbers in cancer therapy. Despite their promise, however, scientists have been plagued with problems making nontoxic gold nanoparticle constructs. Kattesh Katti, professor of radiology and physics in MU's School of Medicine...

Fruit Flies May Pave Way to New Treatments for Age-related Heart Disease

...h Martin Fink and Wayne Giles at UCSD to develop a computer program that would allow the automated quantification of heart beat parameters and arrhythmias from the video images,” Bodmer said. In addition, collaborations with H.S. Vincent Chen at Burnham and Soichiro Yasuda and Joseph Metzger of the University...

Biochemical Chip Solves Cell-mating Puzzle

...ng messengers. The microfluidic chip resembles a computer chip only with a series of tiny channels and chambers - some 20 times smaller than the diameter of human hair - replacing electrical circuitry. Within the chip, computer-controlled fluid pressure and microscopic valves allow the researchers to isolat...

Hearing Impaired Student Captures International Performance Award

...use of different intonations among people. He uses computer software to assist him in tuning pianos. “I’ll try to hear the ‘vibration’ of the pitch,” he said. “If the piano sounds ‘calm,’ then it’s in tune. That’s how work with tuning.” Source-Newswise SRM...

Human Genetic Code for ALS Identified

... subject. SNP chips are glass slides that resemble computer processor chips. They’re coated with tiny beads that “read” the SNPs scattered throughout the human genome. The researchers found 34 genetic variants that ALS patients were more likely to have compared to normal individuals without the disease. “...

Study Links Attempted Suicide With Genetic Evidence

...de. Data for all 417 subjects was entered into a computer program that looks for genetic similarities between subjects with similar psychological profiles. Results indicated that family members with a history of attempted suicide and bipolar disorder showed a high degree of genetic similarity at a specific ...

Primitive Yeast Yields Secrets Of Human Cholesterol And Drug Metabolism

...art in humans by looking for similar proteins in a computer database and repeated their experiments in human kidney cells engineered to lack the human version of Dap1. As in yeast, the altered human cells accumulated cholesterol precursors and died because cholesterol is essential for cell survival. To show...

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