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New methods to prevent injury of patients

...to medical personnel. In road safety, automobile technology improvements have brought benefits - rather than blaming the driver. Researchers feel that in hospitals, computerised prescriptions could stop drug errors more effectively than blaming doctors or nurses who make a mistake....

Computer Program can assist to detect Heart Attack

...axt and his colleagues set out to see how well the technology worked when some of the information it uses to mak...iagnosis was missing. The researchers applied the technology to 1,400 adults who arrived at the emergency department complaining of chest pain. On average, 5% of...

Drug trafficking via Internet a growing threat

...g advantage of encrypted e-mail and other Internet technology to sell their stashes, launder money and trade tip... closely guarded secrets, but with modern computer technology and chemists’ increasing willingness to share their knowledge, this information is now available to ...

Identifying bacteria made amiable

... in the area of DNA sequencing recently - DNA chip technology and comparative gene sequence databases. The Quee... at the same time as the emergence of the DNA chip technology meant that is was a superb opportunity to be able to make use of this explosion of data," said Dr Pa...

Approaching through Telemedicine benefits patients

...ogether with specialists through videoconferencing technology is an excellent way to extend the communication between doctors and patients.// Doctors from the Royal University College Medical School in London tested the "virtual outreach" method in a group of more than 2,000 patients seen at an urban and rural...

Laser technique assists beard problem

New research and technology has been inventing new techiques. Laser hair removal is a useful remedy for ingrowing hairs that develop after shaving. Many men suffer from irritating 'razor bumps' after they shave.// The medical name is pseudofolliculitis barbae (PFB) and it occur...

The issue of urinary incontinence

...terials, have banged upon a synthetic polymer. The technology came from the disposable nappy now in very widespread use. But doctors were slow to accept that adults could or should wear nappies -instead, they resorted to indwelling catheters, which compounded the problem because they raise the risk of urinary t...

Decrease in calories slows aging of the heart

...rking with middle-aged mice, they used 'gene chip' technology to analyse thousands of genes active in the heart. They found that on a full diet, the pattern of genetic activity alters with aging - for example, making heart cells larger. But when calories are restricted many of these changes were not seen. This ...

Treating acne with laser

...York, discussed how dermatologists are using laser technology to treat acne by altering the biological mechanisms responsible for this common condition. Acne is a chronic inflammatory disease of the sebaceous hair follicles. Each follicle contains a tiny hair and multiple sebaceous glands. Under normal circums...

Genetic indicates memory

...a standard learning task and then researchers used technology called cDNA to screen thousands of genes. They looked at genes in the hippocampus area, a brain region known to be important in learning and memory. The researchers checked the genes one hour after the task, six hours later, and then 24 hours later. ...

Decision making made easier

...come to a decision they were happy with. The new technology opens the door to better-informed patients, and more rational treatment decisions. If the tool were available over the Internet, costs would be minimal. The main issue of concern is to ensure that the quality of material on the videodisc is of the hi...

Bioengineering production strains - Microbia develops new methods

...uring pharmaceuticals and fine chemicals. This new technology enables the illumination of the best route to opti...latory nodes affecting lovastatin production. The technology described is a component of Microbia's Precision Engineering approach to biomanufacturing process im...

Biosensor chip to help drug development

...ro-Chip, which researchers claim is a breakthrough technology that will help scientific researchers to gain new ...standard complementary// metal oxide semiconductor technology extended with additional process steps to realize the capacitive sensors array. Researchers successf...

Likely reason which makes analgesics work against Alzheimer's

... also brought to light the benefits of using FDDNP technology for investigating new vaccines and drugs against Alzheimer's disease....

Liver cancers which spread are linked to a particular gene

...activity in liver tumors using the new 'gene chip' technology and found a way of detecting tumors that spread. They found that there is a difference between// those tumors that spread and those which do not. They found that a protein called osteopontin produced by a particular gene is necessary for spreading. T...

Curbing medication errors with new rules

...mber, identifying information about the drug. This technology would help prevent errors such as administering the wrong drug, the wrong dose, or the wrong method of treatment (for example by injection rather than by mouth). The second rule requires reporting all actual and potential medication errors received b...

Tech Wizards turn to build Anti-SARS gadgets.

...ive. Some of Beijings greatest mindsof the Chinese technology sector have created a newtrend in products. The new set of devices, christenedas Anti-SARS devices and gadgets. The gadgets are aweapon to fight the epidemic that is crippliong ourworld. Many such creation were unveiled at the Beijingtrade fair recen...

Hope for First New Melanoma Treatment in Decades

...ive tumor. A technique called chromosome transfer technology was used to transfer an entire chromosome 10 - about 5 percent of the genome - from healthy cells into the abnormal melanoma cells. The introduction of chromosome 10, which contains the PTEN gene, temporarily switched off the tumor cell growth in mic...

Skin Cancer “Reflection” Detectin

...ady gotten into my lymph system,” he says.// Now, technology called photonics may help doctors detect skin cancer much sooner. Optical scientists says it works similarly to ultrasound. "When you do ultrasound, you're measuring the time of the sound as you're imaging, where in optics, we're measuring, in a way,...

Wearable Body Monitoring

...ositive pathway. Ultimately,Researchers foresees technology like this being used by everyone from assisted living facility nurses to rehabilitation therapists to athletes and even people in the transportation industry....

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