Tiny in Medical News

UGA researchers achieve breakthrough in effort to develop tiny biological fuel cells

University of Georgia researchers have developed a successful way to grow molecular wire brushes that conduct electrical charges, a first step in developing biological fuel cells that could power pacemakers, cochlear implants and prosthetic limbs. The journal Chemical Science calls the technique...

The Power of a Tiny Microscopic Plant Found To Reduce Computer Eye Strain

BURLINGTON, N.J., March 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Along with the computer age comes the age of eye fatigue. As we sit for endless hours staring at our computer (whether at work or leisure), we develop a host of symptoms and resulting complaints. Burning achy eyes, headache, blurry vision, stiff shoulde...

Slippery slope: 1 tiny truffle can trigger desire for more treats

Indulging in just one small chocolate truffle can induce cravings for more sugary and fatty foodsand even awaken a desire for high-end status products, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research . In a study that examined goals and behavior in consumers, authors Juliano Laran...

UC San Diego researchers target tumors with tiny 'nanoworms'

Scientists at UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara and MIT have developed nanometer-sized nanoworms that can cruise through the bloodstream without significant interference from the bodys immune defense system andlike tiny anti-cancer missileshome in on tumors. Their discovery, detailed in this weeks...

Even Tiny Breast Tumors May Need Aggressive Treatment

For a subset of cancer types, treatment needs to be much tougher than is typically done, study finds MONDAY, Dec. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Even if they're very small (1 centimeter or less), certain kinds of breast cancer tumors can still be aggressive and require maximum therapy, U.S. researchers ...

Even tiny breast tumors can be aggressive and may require maximum therapy

SAN ANTONIO Breast tumors that are 1 centimeter in size or smaller no more than 0.4 inch in length can still be very aggressive and may require more intensive therapy than is routinely offered today, say researchers at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla. The study, which is being presented at ...

Scientists discover tiny RNAs play a big role in controlling genes

New Haven, Conn.A study by researchers at the Yale Stem Cell Center for the first time demonstrates that piRNAs, a recently discovered class of tiny RNAs, play an important role in controlling gene function, it was reported this week in Nature. Haifan Lin, director of the stem cell center an...

Researchers genetically engineer micro-organisms into tiny factories

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Microorganisms may soon be efficiently and inexpensively producing novel pharmaceutical compounds, such as flavonoids, that fight aging, cancer or obesity, as well as high-value chemicals, as the result of research being conducted by University at Buffalo researchers. In work th...

Big Relief for Tiny Itch Mites Found in All Natural Spray Remedy

BEDFORD PARK, Ill., Sept. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- A group of golfers received quick and very welcome relief from itch mite bites with a surprising natural remedy. Created by Earth's Balance, Golfers Rx provided quick healing to bites that otherwise would have plagued the golfers with a week or more ...

Doctors Puzzled Over Man's Normal Life With Unusually Tiny Brain

French doctors are puzzling over the case of 44-year-old civil servant who has led a quite normal life -- but with an extraordinarily tiny brain . In a case history published in next Saturday's Lancet, doctors led by Lionel Feuillet of the Hopital de la Timone in Marseille say the father-of...

Anxiety Disorders Show in Tiny Tots

Anxiety disorders seem to afflict humans very early, not sparing even tiny tots. Children as young as two are being treated for anxiety disorders in New South Wales in Australia. Anxiety disorders in children are far more prevalent than depression, figures released by Macquarie University's ...

Radical Idea of Implanting Tiny Electrodes to the Deaf

Scientists pursued the idea of implanting tiny electronic hearing devices in the inner ear to help profoundly deaf people. An alternative that promised superior results was implanting a device directly in the auditory nerve. Now, however, scientists have shown in animals that its possible ...

'Baby Blues’-no Tiny Proble

General practitioners and other health professionals dealing with pregnant women have been asked to keep a strict watch on their mental health// , during and after pregnancy. The appeal has come from UK’s government watchdog group the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, (NIC...

Toys With Tiny Magnets Recalled

Three children who reportedly swallowed tiny magnets that fell off toys had to be operated upon. Following these incidents, the Consumer Product Safety Commission has// ordered a major recall of 4.4 million Polly Pocket magnetic play sets made by Mattel. Mattel is an El Segundo-based toy manufactu...

New System Monitors Tiny 'Earthquakes' in Bones to Prevent Fractures

Researchers are applying the same basic technique seismologists use to measure earthquakes for a new medical technology that promises to prevent stress fractures by detecting the formation of tiny cracks in bones.// The crack formation generates waves similar to those created by earthquakes. ...

Applying brakes to symptoms of Alzheimer's with a tiny implant

In what holds promise for a large number of Alzheimer's patients, a breakthrough has arrived in the form of an inch long contraption designed to be implanted under// the skin on the abdomen. Indeed a promising treatment option, this implant contains a medicine that is slowly pumped into the patient...

Fentanyl Narcotic Pain Patch under Scrutiny

Fentanyl skin patches (brand name Duragesic) a potent narcotic medication for pain management// is under FDA scrutiny after reports of deaths in patients using the patch were reported. The FDA says it is conducting an investigation into the deaths associated with these patches as it is unclear if t...

New microchip technology performs 1,000 chemical reactions at once

...the utilization of miniaturized devices to automatically handle and channel tiny amounts of liquids and chemicals invisible to the eye. The chemical reactio... system allows researchers to not only test compounds quicker but uses only tiny amounts of materials, which greatly reduces lab time and costs," said Faull...

Madzone Marketing LLC Taps TransMedia Group to Provide Publicity Lift to Knife and Forklift(TM)

...acky products from MadZone Marketing ( www.madzonemarketing.com ) for which TransMedia will be doing publicity are "Smoke-Less Chips," which are tiny chips affixed to boxes of cigarettes that deliver a smoke less message every time the box lid is flipped open. "Beneath every wacky product...

Scientists learn why even treated genital herpes sores boost the risk of HIV infection

... more target cells, providing a greater chance for the initial 'spark' of infection," the authors write. This spark likely ignites once HIV penetrates tiny breaks in genital skin that commonly occur during sex. "Additionally," the authors continue, "the close proximity to DC-SIGN-expressing DCs [dendritic...

Breast CT Scanner Could Improve Cancer Screen Comfort

...ready looking to be more effective than traditional mammography at detecting breast masses. More work needs to be done to find microcalcifications, tiny specks of calcium which don't always mean cancer is present but bear checking, he added. Next, Boone hopes to use the breast CT scanner to guide in...

Robotics insights through flies' eyes

...keep it from losing orientation as it races to and fro. Still, how does its tiny brain process the multiplicity of images and signals so rapidly and efficie...he first step for the fly is to construct a model of these movements in its tiny brain. The speed and direction with which objects before the fly's eyes app...

Valve Repair First in New England Done With Robotic Device

...which requires a much-larger incision and the splitting of the breastbone for access to the heart. The robot-assisted surgical option, which involves tiny incisions between ribs, also can reduce the risk of infection, minimize blood loss and cut recovery times by weeks. "I know other people who ...

NephCure Foundation Announces Research Grant Program Recipients

...tive of NephCure's growth and increasing role as the leading advocate for research into NS and FSGS. NS and FSGS are conditions that affect the tiny filtering units (glomeruli) in the kidney. The result is that protein needed by the body is discarded into the urine. Over time, these conditions ca...

For Some Kidney Patients, Home Dialysis Is Better

...ields better results SATURDAY, July 25 (HealthDay News) -- More than 340,000 Americans are on dialysis to treat kidney failure, but only a tiny fraction are taking advantage of a treatment option that may improve their quality of life. Studies suggest that home hemodialysis administered ove...

Scientists Use Non-Embryonic Stem Cells to Create Healthy Mice

... The mouse may be named "Tiny," but what it represents in the world of science is anything but that. According to Chinese researchers, the birth of tiny (and Tiny's brethren) marks a milestone in stem cell research: Healthy, fertile animals grown using so-called pluripotent stem cells (iPS) derived not...

Scientists Use Adult Stem Cells to Create Healthy Mice

... The mouse may be named "Tiny," but what it represents in the world of science is anything but that. According to Chinese researchers, the birth of tiny (and Tiny's brethren) marks a milestone in stem cell research: Healthy, fertile animals grown using so-called pluripotent stem cells (iPS) derived not...

Five Eating Patterns That Worsen Stress

... meal a day, or throw out all the junk food and start a whole new healthy eating plan. When you're under stress, the best approach is to make tiny changes. For example, decrease the number of sodas you drink a day from ten to eight. Or better yet, just resolve to eat an extra fruit or vegetable a...

Ophthalmic Consultants of Long Island (OCLI), the Largest and One of the Most Prestigious Multi-Specialty Ophthalmology Practices on Long Island, Participates in Mission Cataract USA

...ng surgical procedures. Cataract surgery is usually done as an outpatient procedure under local anesthesia. In this procedure, the eye surgeon makes a tiny incision through which he or she removes the cloudy lens and replaces it with a permanent artificial lens. It can have an enormous impact on the quali...

Mathematics taking guesswork out of plastic surgery tissue transfer

...r. To create the initial model, Friedman and colleagues needed to determine a number of values: the level of oxygen in the tissue, which comes from tiny capillaries spaced just microns apart; the rate of exchange of oxygen from vessels to tissue; and the pressure under which the blood is flowing in tho...

New technique could sustain cancer patients' fertility

...thod to advance undeveloped human eggs to near maturity, in laboratory cultures maintained outside the body. The technique focuses on the follicle, a tiny sac within the ovary that contains the immature egg. The researchers were able to grow human follicles in the laboratory for 30 days, until the eggs ...

New technique could save cancer patients' fertility

... CHICAGO The tiny translucent egg nestled in the special laboratory gel was a mere 30 days ol... anyone had successfully grown a woman's immature egg cells, contained in a tiny sac called a follicle, to a healthy and nearly mature egg in the laboratory...

June 2009 Mayo Clinic Health Letter Highlights Probiotics, Carotid Artery and Breast Cancer Treatments

...ase or kidney disease. During angioplasty, the surgeon threads a long, hollow tube through the groin artery up to the narrowed carotid artery. A tiny balloon is inflated to open the blockage, and a stent is placed there to keep it open. Large studies are under way to determine if angioplasty might b...

New Report Just Published: World Telemedicine Market Report

...age II-16 Growing Automation to Streamline Processes II-17 PACS and the Web II-17 3. Product Introduction/Launches II-18 COH Launches tiny Tom Telepediatric Service II-18 Charite University Hospital Unveils Telecardiology Center II-18 SwiftMD Launches Novel Telemedicine Service II...

Physics research with atomic force microscope could lead to better health care

... stretch the molecules and measure precisely their tiny displacements. "Any work that we do on the grou...onalized medicine by allowing scientists to create tiny chips on which many tests can be run simultaneousl...in the way they like, another application might be tiny electric circuits and lenses that guide, respectiv...

Too Much Texting Can Spell Neck, Arm Pain

...ur knees should be bent at 90 degrees and your feet should rest on the floor. Many people hunch over when texting because they're trying to see the tiny keyboard. To keep from putting added pressure on your neck and upper back, rest the mobile device on your desk and lean against the chair's backrest. ...

Kids May 'Learn' to Tolerate Food Allergens

...mpts an allergic reaction by exposing the child to tiny amounts of that food. "It is something that has...apy takes it a step further by having children eat tiny amounts of the allergen. "The approach involves in...k of severe allergic reaction prompted by even the tiny amounts used in immunotherapy. "People have si...

Rare sheep could be key to better diagnostic tests in developing world, says Stanford study

...er the defibrination process the developed world uses. To defibrinate blood, technicians must shake the samples in a glass jar filled with hundreds of tiny glass beads constantly during and after the donation. That's fine in a lab with machines to do the shaking and autoclaves to sterilize all of those be...

Possible Gene Regions for Schizophrenia Located

...s that would have to be sorted through if participants had different ancestries. The researchers used the latest genetic technologies to search for tiny genetic variations called single base-pair polymorphisms (SNPs). They found that the largest genetic differences between people with schizophrenia and...

Siemens Hearing Instruments Introduces Affordable and Flexible Pure 300

...ons for those with hearing loss by launching the new Pure 300 RIC BTE hearing instrument, the newest addition to the Pure family of products. The tiny Pure 300 is rechargeable, subtle and equipped with a range of valued features in a discreet design. Pure 300 complements the 700 and 500 models to all...