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More Americans Suffer from Vertebral Compression Fractures

...First, two small incisions are made and a probe is placed into the vertebral space where the fracture is located. The bone is drilled and one balloon (called a bone tamp) is inserted on each side. The two balloons are then inflated with contrast medium (which are visualized using image guidance x-rays) unti...

XDR-TB: the Latest Global Terror

...d drugs. A study of guinea pigs whose cages were placed in the ventilation stream from rooms housing XDR-TB patients has created fears of the bacteria being airborne. Eighty percent of the animals tested positive. 'These outbreaks of this scary form of tuberculosis and its spread underscore that the hea...

South Africa: Nigerian Man Treated for Lassa Fever

...ied the doctor on the flight from Nigeria had been placed under quarantine as a precautionary measure. Dr Rahman explained that special isolation precautions had been taken at Unitas hospital to contain the disease and to protect health workers in the isolation wards who might be most at risk. "These in...

Treatment Extends Survival in Mouse Model of Spinal Muscular Atrophy

...eflex, or ability to get on their feet after being placed on their backs. The treated mice lived 19 percent longer, on average, than mice that did not receive TSA. About three-fourths of the treated mice had improved survival compared to control mice. The other fourth showed no improvement. The treated mi...

Call for Rotavirus Vaccine Funding

... in winter," she said. "It's a problem which has placed significant strain on hospitals. Some wards are being closed and elective surgery cancelled because of it." The vaccine was registered for use in Australia last year, and in October the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee recommended it be i...

Scientists Produce Neurons from Human Skin

...in can proliferate and differentiate in vitro when placed in the appropriate environment. They progressively took on the oblong shape typical of neurons. At the biochemical level, researchers discovered that in the days following the start of the experiment, the cells began producing markers and molecules a...

Dr. ‘NO’ Admitted for Lung Conditin

... ‘rainbow’ nation’s president Dr. Thabo Mbeki has placed in her behalf the Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka and Deputy Health Minister Nozizwe Madlala. They have taken lead in AIDS policy, delighting activists and scientists who had long seen Tshabalala-Msimang as an obstacle. Tshabalala-Msimang ...

Researcher Studies Benefits of Reminiscing About Laughter

...rviewed 52 couples for the study. The couples were placed in one of four experimental groups and asked to reminisce about shared laughter, independent laughter (an event that did not involve their partner), a shared positive experience, or an independent positive experience. Couples who recalled times the...

Women Will Be Paid to Donate Eggs for Science

...l is taken from a patient, its DNA scooped out and placed in the nucleus-free egg. The resulting embryo is allowed to grow for up to 14 days. Then its stem cells are removed and used in research. Crucially, these stem cells have the same genetic make-up as the patient so will not trigger immune responses fr...

Need for Cost-effective Hearing Implants

... inside the ear while a magnetic microprocessor is placed outside the ear to amplify external sounds, digitize them and send radio signals to the deaf person's ear to enable them to listen. "The general public in India cannot afford such an implant costing about Rs.600,000. What we need is low cost impla...

Free Condoms Distribution to Prevent HIV in Washington

... and Programs -- said he hopes the condoms will be placed prominently and accessibly in government buildings, health clinics, social service agencies, barbershops, nightclubs, convenience stores and other locations. 'We want to go places we haven't gone before,' Pane said, adding that the condom distributio...

Study to Explore Using Magnets to Correct 'sunken Chest'

... brace in place. Because the internal magnet is placed just under the skin during an outpatient visit, the child can go home on the day of the procedure with relatively little discomfort. The child wears the brace for three to 12 months, depending on the severity of the deformity. It can be adjusted to i...

Surgeons Develop Simpler Way to Cure Atrial Fibrillation

... "cut and sew" Cox-maze III in which ten precisely placed incisions in the heart muscle created a "maze" to redirect errant electrical impulses. "This technology has made the Cox-maze procedure much easier and quicker to perform," says Ralph Damiano Jr., M.D., the John Shoenberg Professor of Surgery and c...

Researchers Complete Horse Genome Map

...hrough the Broad Institute's Web site, and will be placed on online browsers for easier access within the next couple of weeks. One of the Lead Authors of the Study, Clare Wade, said that the horse genome could not only help in studying equine health but also in researching diseases and genetic difference...

A Better Way to Deliver Cancer Drugs

...quette-Miller, explaining that an implant could be placed within an area of the body without the need for surgery--ideal for treating prostate, breast, and other forms of cancer. "It's a liquid gel at room temperature, and it forms an implant once it is injected into the body and reaches 37 degrees Celsius,...

New Microchip for Protein Sorting

...biological sample containing different proteins is placed in a sample reservoir above the chip. The sample is then run through the sieve of the chip continuously. The chip is designed with a network of microfluidic channels surrounding the sieve, and the anisotropy (directional property) in the sieve causes...

Man-Made Proteins Could Be More Useful Than Real Ones

...teins and the a-peptide bundle folded in ways that placed the “water-hating” hydrophobic segments of the molecule in the core of the structure. Other features, too, were remarkably similar to a coiled helix bundle formed of á-amino acids. “What is interesting about the a-peptide bundle is its similarity ...

Oral Wounds Heal Slower in Women, Older Adults

...ns," Marucha said. "A greater emphasis needs to be placed on accelerating the healing process. Discovering the reasons behind these age and sex differences will help us improve treatment, and postsurgical recovery times may be reduced." The study consisted of creating a small, standardized circular wound,...

UCLA Find Yields Further Insight into Causes of Parkinson’s Diseas

...hat they christened a "fly rotarod." A healthy fly placed inside the hollow cylinder would simply cling to the wall during the slow 360-degree loop. But flies with Parkinson's disease would fall, depending on the progression of their disease. The researchers used infrared beams to measure when they fell. ...

US Student Raising Funds For Cancer-Ridden Indian American

...m last week's event, donation boxes have also been placed at Carmen's Chicago Pizza on Sheridan Road and the subway on Broadway and Berwyn Avenue in Chicago. Expressing gratitude for the support shown by Loyola students, the patient's father said: ""It helps my son with the medicine and the treatment. Le...

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