Putting ecology back into river restoration
An ambitious plan is under way in the ecological community to agree a set of standards for ecologically successful river restoration. The plan is being led by the British Ecological Society's Journal of Applied Ecology, which this month is publishing a special profile on river restoration. Opening the debate is a paper by 22 leading US river ecologists proposing five criteria for ecologically suc...New Scripps Oceanography project to study sediments and ecosystem restoration in Venice lagoon
Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, in conjunction with Italy's Venice Water Authority, Consorzio Venezia Nuova and Thetis SPA, has launched a multifaceted scientific program aimed at providing fundamental information about the effects of sediment translocation in Venice lagoon, a vital facet of the historic city of Venice, Italy. The new effort,...Global warming may warrant new approaches to ecosystem restoration
Ecosystems behave in unpredictable ways and, because of this, restoration ecologists are often faced with unforeseen challenges. Researchers, in a recent article published in Restoration Ecology, argue that restoration methods of the past may not always be applicable in the future They see the largest potential challenge ahead is restoring environments undergoing the most rapid rate of change...Restoration Of Fertility After Cancer Treatment
For women who suffer from infertility caused by cancer treatments, help may be right around the corner . A new study shows // a technique may help these women gain back their fertility -- even after going into menopause .Cancer treatments such as chemotherapy, radiation and radical surgery can cause a woman to experience premature menopause and diminish her chance of getting pregnant. R...Vision restoration with a drug for macular degeneration
A recent research proposes that the drug used to treat wet age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD) could also aid in improvement of vision in some people. // Wet AMD is the biggest cause of loss of vision in the UK. Sight can be regained to some extent in people with a specific type of retina degeneration by giving injections of the drug Lucentis. The study was published in...Hair Restoration Procedures Performed Worldwide Increased 34 Percent in 2006
Younger patients and women seeking surgical procedures among most notable increases. Approximately 225,800 hair restoration procedures were performed worldwide in 2006, up 34 percent from 2004, according to statistics released today from a recent member survey conducted by the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS) -- the world's leading medical authority on hair loss and hair...SVR Surgical Ventricular Restoration System
Description:The SVR System eliminates the guesswork of Ventricular Restoration by optimizing ventricular size, shape and orientationThe SVR System is a comprehensive surgical therapy for patients suffering from congestive heart failure. Studies have shown that surgically restoring a dilated left ventricle to its optimal elliptical shape by using the SVR System and Mannequin results in significantly improv...