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Using cells grown in a lab, new treatments eliminate risks of traditional procedures ROSEMONT, Ill., July 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- People with ankle injuries who do not respond successfully to initial treatment may have a second chance at recovery, thanks to two new procedures developed t...Contracts adding legal twist to family health care
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Financial contracts to care for sick or aging relatives nearly unthinkable just a decade ago are drawing new interest as everyday Americans wrestle with the time and expense of providing long-term health care, a University of Illinois legal expert says. Law professor Richard ...New twist on old medical technology may prevent amputations
Old technologies, bone cement and a well known antibiotic, may effectively fight an emerging infection in soldiers with compound bone fractures, according to a study published online today in the Journal of Orthopedic Research . An urgent search for solutions is underway as 20,000 additional Amer...New Twist on Treatment of Foot Pain
'Dry-needling,' steroids effective against plantar fasciitis, researchers say MONDAY, Dec. 1 (HealthDay News) -- Italian researchers say they've developed a fast, effective, non-invasive treatment for the painful foot condition known as plantar fasciitis. Using a combination of "dr...Bright Starts(TM) Adds New Twist to Old Favorites
Baby Toy and Gear Brand Jump-starts Baby's Curiosity with Exciting New Line of Toys ALPHARETTA, Ga., July 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Proving that there's a new way to make babies smile, Bright Starts(TM) introduces its newest collection of toys designed to delight babies wi...V8 V-Fusion(R) Takes an Exotic, Tasty Twist on Vegetable Juice
Unique Blends of Vegetables and Fruits Designed to Tackle Taste Barrier to Vegetable Consumption CAMDEN, N.J., March 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Who knew vegetable nutrition could taste so good? This spring, the makers of V8(R) juices are rolling out a new 100% juice blend with an...Holiday Meals With a Calorie-Conscious Twist
Swapping out heavy ingredients can mean healthier eating without the guilt, experts say WEDNESDAY, Nov. 26 (HealthDay News) -- A few healthy substitutions in your Thanksgiving recipes can help reduce the calorie content of your food without sacrificing the taste, says the American Med...The Injured Obese Child: Let's Give Him Some Ankle Support
... MD, emergency medicine physician and lead author of the study. "Because obese patients have an increased body mass and force, they are more likely to twist or roll on a lower extremity and cause injury than the non-obese children. Other injuries that the patients experienced were fractures and lacerations...Chronic Ankle Pain May Be More Than Just a Sprain
...endon injuries may be the culprit ROSEMONT, Ill., May 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Ankle sprains are a common injury after a fall, sudden twist or blow to the ankle joint. Approximately 40 percent of those who suffer an ankle sprain will experience chronic ankle pain, even a...Harris Methodist Fort Worth Hospital Using Bubbles to Help Babies Breathe
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Scientists say they have found a workable way of reducing CO2 levels in the atmosphere by adding lime to seawater. And they think it has the potential to dramatically reverse CO2 accumulation in the atmosphere, reports Cath O'Driscoll in SCI's Chemistry & Industry magazine published today. S...New twist on life's power source
Stanford, CA A startling discovery by scientists at the Carnegie Institution puts a new twist on photosynthesis, arguably the most important biological process on Earth. Photosynthesis by plants, algae, and some bacteria supports nearly all living things by producing food from sunlight, and in th...MIT reports new twist in microRNA biology
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - MIT scientists have found a new way that DNA can carry out its work that is about as surprising as discovering that a mold used to cast a metal tool can also serve as a tool itself, with two complementary shapes each showing distinct functional roles. Professor Manolis Kellis...Triage technology with a Star Trek twist
Triage technology comes with a Star Trek twist, at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Science & Technology Directorate (DHS S&T). Determining who needs medical care at the scene of a disaster is still pretty old-fashioned: emergency responders bent over a victim, checking body temperatu...University of Miami engineer designs stretchable electronics with a twist
CORAL GABLES, FL (January 21, 2008)- Jizhou Song, a professor in the University of Miami College of Engineering and his collaborators Professor John Rogers, at the University of Illinois and Professor Yonggang Huang, at Northwestern University have developed a new design for stretchable electroni...Intellifit(R) Offers Custom-Made Jeans with a High-Tech Twist
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Most fashion consumers consider custom-made jeans to be a luxury reserved for celebrities and lottery winners. But Intellifit, a leader in proprietary apparel fit technology for retail, is out to change that perception. This week, the company will begin ...Scientists discover new way to look at how molecules twist and turn on water
Findings by Geri Richmond's team provide insight for environmental challenges Chemists have discovered details about how the tadpole-shaped molecules found in many soaps and detergents bury their heads into the top-most surface of water, an insight expected to yield benefits such as better meth...DNA Recombination and Repair—A New Twist to RecA Function
Molecular motors harness the energy of ATP (or GTP, a related energy currency) and transform it into mechanical force. Well-known examples of motors include myosin and dynein, proteins that use ATP to ferry intracellular cargo along fibers made of actin or tubulin proteins. The ATP-dependent assemb...Venomous sea snakes play heads or tails with their predators
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MADISON Since scientists first learned to make nanowires, the nano-sized wires just a few millionths of a centimeter thick have taken many forms, including nanobelts, nanocoils and nanoflowers. But when University of Wisconsin-Madison chemistry professor Song Jin and graduate student Matthew B...'Radio wave cooling' offers new twist on laser cooling
Visible and ultraviolet laser light has been used for years to cool trapped atomsand more recently larger objectsby reducing the extent of their thermal motion. Now, applying a different form of radiation for a similar purpose, physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST...STAAR Surgical Receives FDA Clearance for the Epiphany(TM) Injector System
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... In yet another twist on the strangeness of the nanoworld, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland-College P...