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In Search of Truth - 'Lie Detector

...n the algorithms and computerized monitor. Recent technological advances have help invent ‘lie detecting’ gadgets with an LSD display that are the size of one’s palm. These gadgets help to measure variations in a person’s voice that would indicate if the person is deviating from the truth. Based on this concept e...

Brain-Damaged Girl Frozen in Time to Remain Child-Sized Forever

...l dialogue’ on the topic. Brosco added: ‘This is a technological solution to a social problem. I work with severely disabled children and know how hard it is on families, but what we need most is better federal funding so that they can be cared for properly.’ However, the ethical row is likely to deepen as the S...

Options Improving for Patients With Acromegaly and Gigantism

Scientific, technological and medical advances made in the past two decades are leading to more definitive diagnoses, earlier and more effective treatment options/// and better outcomes for patients suffering from a condition called acromegaly. In the article, Shlomo Melmed,...

Equal Opportunity for the Disabled

...e simply at a loss to draw the benefits from these technological advances, because of inaccessible formats and design that hamper their active participation. Many of the websites are also inaccessible to the blind and the visually impaired. On this day, several groups and initiatives around the world will seek t...

Telemedicine Improves Breast Screenings for Rural Indian Reservations

... a report for these women was 50 minutes. In ideal technological and weather conditions, it was as quick as 30 minutes. Of the 58 women who needed additional images, 72 percent were able to get those tests done immediately, or returned within three days for more imaging. Radiologists found the mammogram image...

Fresh Water, HIV Biggest of India's Six Challenges: Chidambaram

...or innovation and change. It gives the impetus for technological change, an opportunity to move ahead at a swifter pace," Chidambaram contended before the packed audience. "Many of the six risks are manageable with technologies we already possesses. The others can be managed by technologies we can acquire over ...

Researchers Developing Office-Based Cancer Screening Test

...ims to develop new cancer tests through the use of technological discoveries that enable automated measurements of proteins in complex biological samples like urine. The UVa program uses new chemical methods and software written by team members, called PICquant, to process complex data that until now required leng...

Genetics to bring about Medical Breakthroughs

...’, which is being released today. It comprises the technological innovations from the polio vaccine to treatments for bipolar disorder, the development of microsurgery and the discovery of DNA. The five predictions are:· New body parts for those with diseases such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, diabetes and multip...

Child-Proof: Brain Mapping Safer for Children than Previously Thought

...ght cause complications, Jordan adds. In addition, technological advances over the past 20 years, such as smaller, softer catheters and guided imagery also make angiograms in children safer. Each year, about 3,200 children suffer a stroke, up to half of whom develop permanent cognitive or motor disabilities. Abo...

Red Cross and Red Crescent Go the Extra Mile to Fight HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa

...ons are still not able to reap the benefits of the technological advancements due to handicapped reach of these ini...k the last mile in ensuring that informational and technological advancements, novel HIV treatments reach the poorer sections of the society. <...

Awareness Must to Tackle Hepatitis: Experts

...d of the hour is to not only go for innovative and technological treatment but also create awareness about the disease." In his message, Irish anti-poverty campaigner and rocker Bob Geldof says: "Stigma, shame and fear can suffocate awareness. These barriers prevent people from getting tested, receiving treatmen...

Novel Technique Would Prevent Re-Clogged Arteries

...the drug. “This approach makes up a very general technological platform that can be applied for different medical problems,” said Lotan. “It has potential applications for every drug, known today or invented in the future, and could be useful for medications – including chemotherapy drugs – best administered to ...

NSET recognizes needs related to engineered nanoscale materials

...nology is expected to contribute to scientific and technological advances in a wide range of fields, including energy, electronics, materials, and medicine. Many of the benefits of nanotechnology arise from the fact that nanomaterials exhibit properties and behavior different from those of materials at larger scal...

Many Kidney Specialists Feel Unprepared for End-of-Life Decisions

...t—was similar between groups. Despite continuing technological improvements in care, more than 80,000 chronic dialysis patients die each year in the United States, with an annual mortality rate of up to 25 percent per year. Increasingly, kidney specialists play a central role in making decisions, along with pati...

Hospital Selected to ‘25 Most Influential’ List in Radiology in 206

...t Penn will soon be armed with a new, cutting-edge technological tool in the field of radiology - a 7 Tesla whole-body MRI system. Penn’s Department of Radiology will become the first in the Greater Philadelphia region to acquire one of these ultra high-field scanners. Only a handful of them are in operation elsew...

Danger and insecurity in contemporary life

...have been blamed for making people more fearful of technological innovations and less trusting of scientists and government. Researchers Jenny Kitzinger and Emma Hughes, University of Cardiff, have analysed British media coverage of "risk" in relation to the debates on genetically modified crops and human genetic ...

High -tech Mitochondrial DNA Sequencing Tool Updated

... iPod to music lover, the chip served as the broad technological platform for laboratories to customize arrays more attuned to their research interests. In 2004, Dr. Anirban Maitra and his colleagues at Johns Hopkins did exactly that with the MitoChip v1.0. In addition to nitty-gritty technical innovations that...

MitoChip v2.0 – the new Mitochondrial DNA sequencing too

... iPod to music lover, the chip served as the broad technological platform for laboratories to customize arrays more attuned to their research interests. In 2004, Dr. Anirban Maitra and his colleagues at Johns Hopkins did exactly that with the MitoChip v1.0. In addition to nitty-gritty technical innovations that ...

Health Watchdog Advises a Rethink on NHS Cancer Services

...ing by 1.4 percent a year. The report shows how technological demographical and policy changes are having signif...llenges and opportunities of people living longer, technological changes and policy shifts throughout the NHS." Although patient access, better survival rates, an...

New Studies Show The Efficacies Of Virtual Realities Vis-à-vis Pai

...hough some studies continue to focus mainly on the technological aspects and the effectiveness of ADTs, greater con...he users, possibly modulating the effectiveness of technological progress. For example, some patients perceive a reduction in their visual field (due to the video he...

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