Rush begins use of magnetic guided navigation system
...eurysms by directing a catheter into the aneurysm, holding it in place, and then injecting a special material to obliterate it," said Dr. Demetrius Lopes, CINN's neuroendovascular specialist who will be the principal neurosurgeon using the technology. In the spine, the catheter's flexibility is expected to...Improved molecular beacons show promise for cancer detection, rapid viral diagnosis
...eir specific mRNA targets, Watson-Crick base-pairs holding the dye and quencher together break, allowing emission of a specific fluorescent signal when excited by light. Details of the research, sponsored by the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation and the National Science Foundation, will be presented March 26 a...Avon Foundation-AACR launch new international scholar awards
...ployees or subcontractors of private industry; Be holding a first faculty appointment at the level of Instructor, Acting Assistant Professor, or Assistant Professor, and have held this appointment for no longer than five years by December 31 of the application year. (A candidate with a different title, but ...Health is key to maintaining wealth for seniors
...y healthy as they grow older: holding onto their retirement savings. A new study, led by a researcher at Ohio State University, is the first to contrast how health affects the wealth of elderly married couples versus single ...UC Davis physicians use high-tech virtual system
...nd other visual and tactile elements contribute to holding the physician's attention, challenging his or her expertise, and enhancing the opportunity for learning. "Simulation systems allow health-care providers to practice procedures, new devices and rare cases in real time in a risk-free environment," said...Elementary schools need a lesson in bathroom breaks
... urinating. In addition, when kids get too good at holding off, they can't relax enough to void when they have the opportunity, or they stretch their bladders and do damage," he added. Cooper, who treats many children with urinary incontinence and some with problems defecating, became interested in the issue...Finding the link between fat and high blood pressure
...vention Institute have shown that some people keep holding onto sodium long after the stress has gone, delaying a process called natriuresis, the body's way of eliminating sodium. His studies have shown this mechanism is impaired in about 30 percent of adolescent blacks and 15 percent of adolescent whites; t...Promise of laparoscopic liver resection for liver cancer explored in unique program
... University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) is holding the first-ever workshop devoted exclusively to laparoscopic liver surgery, Sept. 18-19. The course will attract among the best surgical oncologists, liver surgeons and liver transplant surgeons from across the United States and will be teleconference...Possible brain cancer-air pollution link to be studied
...ry of chemotherapeutic drugs directly into tumors, holding patents for his method for selective opening of abnormal brain tissue capillaries. The blood-brain barrier refers to the boundary between blood vessels and brain tissue. AQMD is the air pollution control agency for Orange County and major portions o...Damage to the frontal lobes can affect a person's ability to 'stay on the job'
... tasks consistently -- a necessary requirement for holding a job. The findings may influence how clinical ass...ity to perform consistently -- a key requisite for holding a job," says Dr. Stuss. "Many people who suffer brain injuries from an accident, tumor, or stroke fo...Overweight boys outweigh girls in stress response, study finds
...me inside vessels. The kidneys help with volume by holding onto sodium. Natriuresis is the bodys natural way of eliminating that sodium after the stress is gone to return blood pressure to pre-stress levels. The study assessed the blood pressure levels of 151 boys and 141 girls ages 15 to 18 during and follo...Welfare recipients will not seek help if it is too far away, study says
...r use of or access to an automobile. In addition holding access to service providers constant African Americans were less likely than whites to use support services, according to the study. African Americans with poor mental health status were nearly half as likely to use mental health services as whites ...One-shot addiction treatment shows promise
.... A tablet form of buprenorphine that is taken by holding it under the tongue is already used in the U.S. and around the world as an analgesic and as a treatment for opioid dependence; the tablet normally needs to be taken every day. The recent study was the first to test this new long-lasting depot formul...Scientists identify cell defects that limit immune system's impact on late-stage tumors
...ive. This runs counter to the predominant paradigm holding that defectiveness is related to antigen reactivity or specificity. At least experimentally, this is not the case. Of course, in a real tumor, most of the T cells that are present are going to be antigen-specific. Antigen-specificity allows T cells t...Award-winning research affirms use of hypnosis in eliminating pain
...eliminate experimental pain such as that caused by holding a hand in ice-cold water. "Most exciting," she said, "was that these individuals, once they learned hypnotic analgesia techniques in the lab, were able to transfer the learned ability to help control their own back pain. Their psychological wellbei...UNC neuroscientist awarded renewal of federal grant that began in 1957
...hile at Utah, Perl first obtained the NINDS grant, holding it there for 15years. In 1970, he was recruited to UNC to build the university's strengthin the neurosciences. Perl served as chairman of UNC's department of physiology from 1971 to 1989. A founder and acting president of the Society for Neuroscience...Study: Carbon dioxide may find new use in producing medical implants
...ch voids within an implant could come in handy for holding extra quantities of a drug for long-term therapy. Today, medical implants are used for mechanical support where tissue or bone has been removed. The researchers' vision is to "piggyback" drug delivery onto this mechanical function. The implant may be...Time with patients, staff support boost flu shot rates
...ting the patient registered quickly helped, as did holding down waiting room time. If patients had to wait more than twice their face-to-face time with the doctor, vaccination rates dropped dramatically, he says. That may represent more systemic problems in running the medical office. This may be a reflectio...Pain resource nurses at Fox Chase Cancer Center seen as educators and advocates for a change
...ing in medication revisions." MacDonald recommends holding quarterly meetings to discuss the most up-to-date pain management information, as done at Fox Chase. She also suggests placing informational cards on patients' breakfast trays to further educate them. Creative strategies for educating fellow nurses...AAN 2004 Public Leadership Award goes to Leon Fleisher, musician who overcame dystonia
...taught music and conducted orchestras while always holding out hope for a treatment that would enable him to regain full use of his hand. He also emerged as a spokesman on behalf of dystonia patients everywhere, advocating for greater public understanding for the muscle-impairing disorder that afflicts milli...