Muscle cell transplants repair damaged heart tissue
...group had non-sustained ventricular tachycardia a fast heart rate that starts in the lower chambers (ventricles). While the trial was not designed to evaluate the effect of cell transplant on cardiac function, Dib calls the results extremely encouraging. Examining the heart by echocardiogram, magnetic ...Inaccurate arsenic test kits jeopardize water safety in Bangladesh and India
...tion atomic absorption spectrometry (FI-HG-AAS) a fast and sensitive method performed in a laboratory setting. They found random errors in the labeling of tubewells, which led them to begin the systematic study reported in the current paper. They found that nearly 50 percent of the wells painted red by f...Laser technology helps measure pollution from NYC buses
...ne Research used a mobile step van laboratory with fast response laser sensors that provided emission results every second. The laser sensors generated a low-power light beam that measured pollutant levels in samples of the target vehicle's exhaust plumes drawn into the van as the buses went along their n...Life-saving imaging techniques developed at Oxford University
...n processes have resulted in a system that is both fast and robust. Mammogram Analysis (Microcalcifications) Early correct diagnosis of breast cancer can mean the difference between life and death for the significant proportion of western women affected by the disease. Small clumps of calcium salts - mi...Innovations in hearing loss detection & treatment
... and women were asked to walk at slow, medium, and fast self-selected walking speeds over a special mat that measured the position and time of each footfall. Study collected basic gait data to determine how they compared to data from a Swedish study. Investigators found differences in walking patterns of ...Fast-acting ebola vaccine protects monkeys
...the scientists decided to test whether the boost's fast response was strong enough on its own to protect against the disease. To perform this test, they collaborated with colleagues at USAMRIID, who had the necessary facilities and expertise and who had developed good animal models for the experiment. Th...Yale expert warns children may lead shorter lives than their parents because of obesity
...ivity; rid schools of soft drinks, snack foods and fast food; use school cafeterias as learning laboratories; alter national programs such as Food Stamps, Head Start and the National School Lunch Program to help in the fight against obesity and poor diet, and work with celebrities and the major children's...Wireless technology may help doctors treat patients
... where they are developing wireless technology for fast and secure transmission of patient information using hand-held devices. Last spring, the IST students developed a mobile/wireless application prototype with a limited number of information fields. Using IBM's mobile database product, the prototype en...Adolescents to benefit from launch of new migraine treatment
...logical condition. Imigran 10mg Nasal Spray has a fast and effective onset of action and Imigran 20mg Nasal Spray is already a well-established treatment for adults with migraine. It is estimated that up to ten percent of adolescents are affected by migraine and as many as 2.75 million school days are lo...Top-ups of naturally occurring gut hormone could help treat obesity
...ebo controlled crossover study. After an overnight fast subjects attended the Hammersmith Hospital Sir John McMichael Research Centre at 8.30 am. They were then given a ninety minute infusion (placed on an intravenous drip) of either PYY3-36 or placebo (a saline solution). Two hours after the end of the i...Starve a tumor, or feed a tumor?
...nding rapidly and the blood vessels are growing as fast as they can to keep up. Both are out of control. Oftentimes the tumor grows so fast that it crushes its own blood vessels, leading to cell death in some regions of the tumor because th...Technique reduces time spent on radiation doses
...avelet-based simulation because wavelets give good fast approximations to smooth data fields with "rough" noise, such as is produced by Monte Carlo simulations with relatively few particles. Wavelets take out more of the roughness while preserving more of the true sharp features of the "smooth" function ...New test can identify patients who may suffer serious late toxicity from radiotherapy
...: Radiotherapists in Switzerland have developed a fast test that can be used immediately on patients to discover whether they are likely to suffer serious late onset side effects from radiation. Dr Mahmut Ozsahin told delegates at ECCO12 The European Cancer Conference today (Monday 22 September) that t...Uninsured face higher death risk from aorta problems
...hen patients whose aneurysms had ruptured got help fast enough to be brought in for emergency surgery, the odds were stacked high against their survival but they were stacked much higher against those without insurance. More than 45 percent of the uninsured patients died during or immediately after emerg...Sudden cardiac death: New risk factor first identified in Illinois family by SLU cardiologist
...h irregular QT intervals may experience abnormally fast heart rhythms. If the heart cannot return to a normal rhythm, the patient may develop ventricular fibrillation, a life-threatening irregular heartbeat that can cause sudden cardiac death. In the Illinois family, the daughter, Shalon Gardner, suddenly...Hopkins' Peter Agre receives 2003 Nobel Prize in chemistry
...ular chemistry and it could never have happened as fast as it did without the wonderful resources and collaborators available at Johns Hopkins. This is an honor for the entire Hopkins family." "This is a great day for the school of medicine and the university at large," says Edward D. Miller, M.D., dean ...Sperm from marijuana smokers move too fast too early, impairing fertility, UB research shows
...ms. Whatever the cause, the sperm are swimming too fast too early." This aberrant pattern has been connect... "The sperm from marijuana smokers were moving too fast too early," said Burkman. "The timing was all wrong. These sperm will experience burnout before th...Study overcomes stroke care's biggest travesty
...uffering a stroke, or they don't seek medical help fast enough. Even if they get to the hospital in time, many other patients fail to receive appropriate acute care because of delays in emergency room care, or because physicians lack the experience, expertise or guidance to decide on acute therapy. Often...Increasing MRSA in California jails
...resistant strains are appearing at an increasingly fast pace outside the hospital environment. MRSA is typically spread by direct physical contact and indirect contact through objects such as towels, sheets, clothes, and sports equipment. Jails tend to be high-risk areas for MRSA due to the close living c...New research links lung cancer screening to accelerated rates of smoking cessation
...in current and former smokers undergoing low-dose, fast spiral CT screening in a lung screening study. All study volunteers had smoked a pack or more a day for 20 plus years. Cox and her Mayo collaborators paid close attention to see if after screening, more current smokers decided to quit, and if those...