Nation's leading hospitals serving up fast food
...n that, says co-author Brahmajee Nallamothu, M.D., inspired their research. "I always found it odd that as a health institution we had a fast food chain in our facility, and I wondered if other top hospitals also did," says Nallamothu. "But through my research I found the UMHS food services department works ...Students invent voice-activated grasping tool for disabled man
...s, speech-recognition software and an exo-skeleton inspired by science fiction, three Johns Hopkins University undergraduates have designed and built a muscle enhancement device that will help a disabled man grasp and lift a cup, a book and other household items. By uttering commands such as open and raise, t...Stanford researcher dusts off old drug; uncovers new anti-rejection properties
...cted on donor blood vessels." These results inspired Morris and postdoctoral fellow Camille Dambrin, MD, to test sirolimus on transplanted aortas - the major artery leaving the heart. In their initial trials on rats and primates, delayed treatment with sirolimus stopped the progression of chronic rejec...Brain-imaging study offers clues to inhalant abuse
...ment of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory -- inspired by schoolchildren who wanted to know more about huffing -- have produced the first-ever images showing what parts of the brain and body are most affected by toluene, a commonly inhaled solvent. The study, which was performed in baboons and mice, appe...Rollins family gives $4.2 million to establish new Office of Public Health Preparedness at Emory
...dation of Atlanta. The formation of the office was inspired by the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon as well as the series of anthrax-tainted letters mailed to public figures in Florida, Washington and New York. The objectives of the office include addressing the threat posed by emer...UF study: Grandparents celebrated instead of reviled in children's lit
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...scious goals may sometimes be inspired to do better on subsequent performance tests. "The key is that nonconscious goals can affect both mood and performance," she said. Chartrand said other research she has conducted show...A Johns Hopkins neurologist, inspired by the plight of a young patient, has established a nationwide consortium of Centers of Excellence for research and treatment of the often-paralytic neurological disease transverse myelitis (TM). When Cody Unser visited Hopkins' Transverse Myelit..."Dutch Nobel Prize" for three researchers
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...of BiomedicalEngineering to develop a biologically inspired model that would improve thefidelity of electronic...gher fidelityinto a new generation of biologically inspired electronics....You Don't Need To Make Sperm Or Even Be Alive To Be A Father
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