Indiana University researchers closer to helping hearing-impaired using stem cells
...na University School of Medicine are several steps closer to the day when a profoundly deaf patient's own bone marrow cells could be used to let him or her hear the world. The IU group, led by Eri Hashino, Ph.D., was able to transform, in the laboratory, stem cells taken from adult bone marrow into cells wi...New studies suggest airborne SARS transmission is possible
...peculate that the increased risk of infection with closer proximity to the index SARS case suggests airborne transmission. Although they do not have "direct proof" of airborne transmission, according to Dr. Yu, "no other known routes of infectious diseases transmission could adequately explain the spread of...The European Society of Cardiology launches Women at Heart
...at the Women at Heart initiative will bring us all closer to the fulfilment of this mission". Women are equal The misconception that CVD is a male disease is rife across Europe and the rest of the world. In fact, in Europe, CVD is the main cause of death for both men and women. CVD includes coronary he...Blacks less likely to get expensive, newer heart treatments
...tion between blacks and whites, this study takes a closer look at a wide range of recommended treatment options. These include newer recommended medications, heart catheterizations, and discharge recommendations for non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome," said the study's lead author Ali F. Sonel, M.D.,...Newly discovered pathway might help in design of cancer drugs
...e carrying out a precision attack. It let us get a closer look."...Brain imaging studies investigate pain reduction by hypnosis
... is one piece of the puzzle that moves us a little closer to a final answer for how hypnosis really works. "More practically, for clinical use, it helps to dispel prejudice about hypnosis as a technique to manage pain because we can show an objective, measurable change in brain activity linked to a reduced ...Chemicals in tattoo inks need closer scrutiny
...e world's largest scientific society, suggest that closer regulation of the tattoo industry may be warranted, according to the researchers. Although inks used in tattoos are subject to regulation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as cosmetics and color additives, the agency has not traditionally regu...UCLA Medical Center becomes first hospital to introduce remote presence robots in ICU
...nts of the robot's head and even zoom in to take a closer look at the patient or bedside monitors. "The RP-6 robot will increase doctor access for patients, their families and hospital staff, and UCLA is excited to test the newest addition to our intensive care team" Martin said. "We recognize that leveragi...Breakthrough in medical research: New chemotherapy gives hope to brain tumour patients
...een possible. I hope this example will stimulate a closer collaboration between basic and clinical research in the future", remarks Monika Hegi, PhD signing author for the translation research work and leader of the laboratory of Tumor Biology and Genetics of the University Hospital Lausanne Neurosurgery de...$4 million grant boosts University of Michigan campaign for a new children's hospital
...by the U-M Health System, the new grant moves Mott closer to the creation of a new state-of-the-art hospital that will provide patients in Michigan, the United States and across the globe with even greater access to U-M's world-class medical care for newborns, children and pregnant women. The U-M Health Sys...Referrals to palliative care come too late to improve quality of life for cancer patients
... programs," Dr. Ferrell said. "This study supports closer collaboration between oncologists and palliative care specialists, rather than simply a swift transfer from one provider to the other as the patient's condition declines."...Prestigious 2004 AAAS Philip Hauge Abelson Prize honors Maxine Singer
...nant DNA technology and gene therapy, would "bring closer the day when the ability to manipulate genetic material can be used for improving the life of all humans." In 1973, Singer co-chaired a Gordon conference, where she focused on helping to address early concerns about potential risks of recombinant DNA...'Broken heart' syndrome: Real, potentially deadly but recovery quick
...ngs, shortness of breath and heart failure. Upon closer examination, though, the researchers determined that cases of stress cardiomyopathy were clinically very different from a typical heart attack. "After observing several cases of 'broken heart' syndrome at Hopkins hospitals - most of them in middle-...AHA urges earlier diagnoses, referrals for PCI in women
...resentation has been 38 percent at best, and often closer to one-quarter of the studied populations," she said....$10-million study explores men's role in transmitting HPV
...ited States in the past 50 years. "We are getting closer to eradicating cervical cancer" through prevention, Giuilano says. HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States. It affects the skin in the genital area as well as the anal canal. Condoms do not protect against H...Get ready for next generation surround sound
Ultra-realistic surround sound is a step closer for everyone thanks to a new method that will cheaply and efficiently compute the way individuals hear things. Currently, creating accurate 'virtual sound fields' through headphones is almost exclusively the domain of high-budget military technologie......r mysteries about our magnetic planet will get the closer attention they deserve, in ESA's forthcoming Swarm project. Three satellites will work together to measure the magnetic field and its variations far more accurately than ever before. The Swarm mission was proposed to ESA by Eigil Friis-Christensen (C...New rights to access, but for most transparency is still as clear as mud
...ng about social change and improvements, it merits closer and more critical attention than it has had so far." Transparency is now at the heart of developments in such fields as law, economics, accountancy, political science and public administration, and has become important in other areas such as the info...RelayHealth selected by Columbia University to link doctors and patients online
...ok forward to bringing CPPN providers and patients closer together through the coming years." To date, dozens of major medical groups and integrated delivery networks representing more than 10,000 affiliated physicians in fifteen U.S. cities have selected and licensed the RelayHealth service....Orqis receives FDA approval to expand clinical trial of Cancion CRS therapy to 40 centers
... Center in Boston. "This puts us yet another step closer to our goal of documenting the value that the Cancion therapy can bring to patients with heart failure." Heart failure is the deterioration of the heart's ability to pump blood throughout the body and adequately perfuse th...