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...rove participants' quality and length of life. CRT devices use electrical stimulation to synchronize contractions of the right and left ventricles. When compared with OPT alone, the COMPANION study showed a 19 percent reduction in combined overall mortality or hospitalization for heart-failure patients impla...Using 'smart fluids' to retrain muscles
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...10 mg was split into halves with two commonly used devices -- a tablet splitter and a kitchen knife. Initiation of the study followed anecdotal reports that patients given a prescription for branded FLEXERIL (cyclobenzaprine HCl) 5 mg tablets were being advised to split generic cyclobenzaprine HCl 10 mg tab...Parents overestimate children's bike, car safety habits
... real void between the availability of good safety devices and actual use by parents and children. This study shows the need to target injury prevention programs to parents and children together. We can't rely solely on parental reports of children's safety behaviors. Injury prevention must be treated as a f...$5 million NIH contract to fund development of pediatric heart assist device
...in children. Most currently-available heart assist devices were designed for adults and are too large for ped...or only a few days to, at most, a few weeks. Other devices either are not available in the United States, or are adaptations of adult technology, which are not...Spinal disc repair start-up orthonics receives funding from Viscogliosi Brothers, LLC
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... Nile virus Infections of left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) and other devices Hepatitis viruses in transplantation Fungal infections in thoracic transplantation In addition to...Ethics of boosting brainpower debated by researchers
...led for legislation to control the use of drugs or devices that alter the way the brain functions. Legislation isn't necessary, according to the group, but caution is. Illes and Farah argue that by being proactive in thinking about ethical issues, ethicists, neurologists and physicians can develop guidelines...ISHLT to recognize transplant pioneer Dr. Magdi Yacoub with lifetime achievement award
...s approach has broadened the usage of heart assist devices beyond keeping patients alive until a transplant becomes available. With Dr. Yacoub's studies, the concept of "bridge to recovery" is taking hold. Several abstracts, including Dr. Yacoub's research, will be presented at the ISHLT Annual Meeting. (Com...Latest fashion fad concerns eye M.D.s
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... a method of recharging the batteries of implanted devices like pacemakers without performing surgery. Dr. Alexander Sutin, an acoustics expert and senior scientist at Stevens Institute of Technology (Hoboken, NJ), is a co-author of six papers to be presented at the Acoustical Society of America's 75th Anniv...Fatty acid pathway, glucose combine to produce triacetic acid lactone
...precursors to explosives or components in everyday devices such as liquid crystal displays or anti-cancer agents. In a presentation at the 227th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Illinois doctoral student Wenjuan Zha reported how the fatty acid biosynthetic pathway of Brevibacterium ammoniag...