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MRI Robotic Biopsies Simplified by PneuStep

...he MRI machine. "We’re able to achieve precise and smooth motion of the motor as fine as 50 micrometers, finer than a human hair," says Stoianovici. The robot goes alongside the patient in the MRI scanner and is controlled remotely by observing the images on the MR. The motor is rigged with fiber optics, w...

MRI-safe Motor Makes Robotic Biopsies Possible

...he MRI machine. "We’re able to achieve precise and smooth motion of the motor as fine as 50 micrometers, finer than a human hair," says Stoianovici. The robot goes alongside the patient in the MRI scanner and is controlled remotely by observing the images on the MR. The motor is rigged with fiber optics, ...

Seated Immobility Causes Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)

...gh or calf. These clots may sometimes obstruct the smooth flowing of blood partially or completely resulting in inflammation, pain and hypertension. In the event of this clot reaching the lungs, it may result in pulmonary embolism leading to death. Blood thinning drugs are generally administered to treat DV...

Partners of Alcoholics May Need to Seek help

... spelling out scepticism about someone's behaviour smooth the path toward dependence on alcohol and in serious cases extends the addiction,' said Christa Merfert-Diete of the German centre for addiction questions in Hamm. When there's no longer any doubt that there is a problem, relatives can't do much to...

FDA Certifies Novel ADHD Drug

...PLC. The company hopes that patients can have a smooth transition from the older ADHD medications to Vyvanse. The company has further confirmed that the present drug is promising because it is difficult to abuse. The effect of this drug is best realized only when it is swallowed....

A New Two-gene Test to Discern Similar Gastrointestinal Cancers

...pe of leiomyosarcoma because both originate in the smooth muscle cells of the gastrointestinal tract. However, GIST is treatable with the targeted medication known as Gleevec and is relatively unresponsive to chemotherapy. The opposite is true of LMS.An existing test distinguishes among the two cancers with...

Allergan Introduces ‘Dermal Filler’ for Smile Lins

... the maker of Botox has been introduced, which can smooth out wrinkles// around the nose and mouth, by relaxing the muscles. California-based firm Allergan, which introduced this ‘dermal filler’ named Juvederm, said that it does the same for the lower face what Botox injections do for the upper portion. ...

World Leprosy Day – Easing Pain and Giving Hop

...e of dignity. A holistic approach that ensures the smooth integration of the leprosy victims with the society forms the tenet of every World Leprosy Day. It might be worthwhile to look at recent statistics from epidemiological surveys sponsored by the World Health Organization, published in early August 2...

Potential Key to Brain Blood-Flow Disorders Explored by Scientists

...used on a potassium-sensitive protein expressed in smooth muscle cells called the inward rectifier potassium... the activity of these channels increases, causing smooth muscle cells to become less excitable, resulting in relaxation of the cells, dilation of vessels, an...

Risk Of Soft Tissue Sarcomas In Hereditary Retinoblastoma Survivors

...ost common subtype was leiomyosarcoma, a cancer of smooth muscle cells that was diagnosed in 23 of the patients. Other frequently diagnosed sarcomas were fibrosarcoma (13 patients), malignant fibrous histiocytoma (12), rhabdomyosarcoma (8), and liposarcoma (3). The authors calculated that there was a 184-fo...

Pot Belly Is A Better Risk Predictor Of Heart Attack Than BMI

...ves you no information." He confirms, ‘there's a smooth increase in risk with increasing waist-to-hip ratio, regardless of BMI.’ "The same rules apply to everybody," he said. "Current practice with body-mass index as the measure of obesity is obsolete." PR...

Protein Essential for Kidney-to-Bladder Urine Transfer

...o identify a factor that guides the orientation of smooth muscle cells, which surround the ureter and provid...Normally the ureter is surrounded by two layers of smooth muscle: an outer, longitudinal sheath where the muscles cells are oriented along the path of the ure...

How Blood Flow Dictates Gene Expression

...ion from the vessel lining, or endothelium, to the smooth muscles, which never sees a blood cell,” says seni...h either activates or represses genes that control smooth muscle tone, that is the caliber of the vessel. (Tone is governed by how much a muscle contracts or ...

Impotent? No Problem – Have An Injectio

... gene). This gene encodes a protein, which relaxes smooth muscle in the penis and allows blood flow into it. The gene is incorporated into a packet of DNA called a plasmid, which acts as a carrier. The lead investigator Dr. Arnold Melman told Reuters Health, " The results of the early-stage trial sugges...

Young Women Beware Of LAM

...osis (LAM). The disease causes extensive, abnormal smooth muscle-like cell proliferation, which invades and ...ymskaya’s discovery in 2002 revealed that abnormal smooth muscle-like LAM cells invading the lungs are due to the loss of growth control by tuberous sclerosis...

Gene Therapy May Be the Solution for Erectile Dysfunction

...e hMaxi-K stimulates potassium ion transfer in the smooth muscle cells of the penis,” says Dr. Melman. The h... (the chemical symbol for potassium is ‘K’) in the smooth muscle cell of the penis. This relaxes the muscle and allows blood flow required for an erection. ...

Researchers discover cardiac master cells

... develop into cardiac muscle, endothelial cells or smooth muscle. The second type, uncovered by researchers ..., was also found to be shaping up into cardiac and smooth muscle. Dr Stuart Orkin, from the Children's Hospital team, said: "Previously, it had been thought...

Kerala nurses for Maldives hospitals

... According to ODEPC, the biggest impediment to its smooth sailing is that with recruitment becoming big business it is fully controlled by agents who make a killing by demanding hefty charges. ODEPC has been made to lie dormant by these agents. While recruitment agents charge more than Rs.100,000 as charg...

Mismanagement of fractures a major concern, say experts

...rong alignment or the joint surface not being made smooth again," said S. Rastogi, another expert. The annual orthopaedic meet will focus on new treatment methods, including the frontier area of stem cells. For the last two years, the AIIMS orthopaedic team has been working on new ways to treat complicate...

Southern states join hands to protect biodiversity

... officials who would interact regularly to see the smooth functioning of the interstate cell. "We have also decided to write to the central government to see that a national conference of all states' forests ministers is convened. Moreover, we will also request the centre to allocate more funds for our dep...

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