UW, Siemens Unveil New Panoramic Ultrasound Imaging Application Using Programmable Technology
...y thatfunctions in real time to display anatomical movement and blood flow. Ultrasound imaging systems are technologically complex and historically weredesigned and built from single-purpose hardware components with limitedprogrammability. This meant that the development of new applications was alengthy proce...New Drug For Parkinson's Disease Proves Effective, Study Finds
...an other dopamine agonists in reducing tremors and movement problems. Inaddition, unlike current drugs, pramipexole dihydrochloride does not cause lightheadedness resulting from a noticeable drop in blood pressure when a patient stands up. Dr. Kieburtz says that's probably because the drug targets the specifi...Increased Public Access To Defibrillation Could Prove Potentially Cost-Effective And Life-Saving
...activity in state legislatures shows that there is movement toexpand access to AEDs. In Florida, legislation was recently signed into lawthat allows an AED to be used by any person for the purpose of saving the lifeof an individual having a cardiac arrest. The Florida state Good Samaritan lawwas also amende...Chemical Society's Highest Award Goes To Ronald Breslow
...e and intend to do," for example. Healso spurred a movement for all scientific societies to join as a single lobbyfor Congress. "There are 130 organizations now that are part of a massive effort tomake sure science gets sufficient funding," he said. "We can fight over how itgets divided up later." ...Identification Of Brain Areas Could Help Eliminate Side Effects Of Pain Medication
...hemical known to be essential for normal rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. Often after surgery, patients have disrupted REM sleep because of pain medication. Lydic explains that REM sleep is the dreaming phase of sleep and is essential for feeling rested. Everyone has REM sleep each night, even if we do not...National Science Foundation Awards Knowledge And Distributed Intelligence Grants
...f Texas-Austin-Austin, TX This project models the movement and interaction of fluids in surface waters and subsurface groundwater and petroleum reservoirs. Applications include petroleum and natural gas production; groundwater contamination and remediation; surface water circulation and pollution and the in......pecially with high doses, can suppressgrowth. "The movement is to support early diagnosis and intervention of asthma," saysDr. Szefler, who is a member of the Food and Drug AdministrationPulmonary-Allergy Drug Advisory Committee. "More information is becomingavailable for the safe and effective use of inhaled...PAHO Director Urges Health Protection In Hurricane Talks
...l areas,or the risks from crowded shelters and the movement of people betweencountries," Dr. Alleyne said at the meeting Thursday at the Inter-AmericanDevelopment Bank. "Water-borne diseases, leptospirosis, dengue, malaria, canreturn, but I want to put special emphasis on cholera because of the damage itcan c...Radically New Type Of Surgery Tested On First Patient
...lanting electrodes into the brains ofpatients with movement disorders, repair of aneurysms and other blood vesselabnormalities, delivering therapeutic drugs or chemotherapy agents to parts ofthe brain, cardiac electrophysiology and removal of arterial plaque." Surgeons currently use images of the brai...Women With Cancer Want More Control
... not know they have." "The leaders of the advocacy movement have a sophisticated understanding of thelimits of conventional cancer treatments, particularly radiotherapy andchemotherapy," says Margaret Woodell, a Rensselaer researcher and graduatestudent who conducted most of the interviews Hess and Woodell's ...Tiny Tools Give New Meaning To 'Cutting Edge'
...ve," he said. And in ultrasonic technology, faster movement also means more precision cutting.Lal's ultrasonic applications can vibrate the working end of his cutting toolsup to 200,000 times per second, roughly eight times faster than any ultrasonicdevices on the market. Lal currently has six patents pending......ight lead to an underestimation ofthe speed of our movement through the environment, which in turn might elicit acompensatory and possibly fatal speeding-up. It is now planned to use theVirtual Reality setup at the Max Planck Institute to test this prediction undermore realistic settings....Brain Resolves Sensory Contradictions By Creating Its Own Reality
... "Once the subject stops spinning, the sensationof movement continues for thirty seconds or so, just as for a ...rnal modeling" essentially creating a sensation of movement that couldbe happening based on the sensory information. The researchers say their work could be an...AVANT Atherosclerosis Vaccine Raises HDL, Reduces Atherosclerosis In Vaccinated Animals
...ansfer protein (CETP), a molecule that mediatesthe movement of cholesterol from HDL to low density lipoprotein (LDL), or "bad"cholesterol. Blocking CETP activity results in high levels of HDL. Elevated LDLcholesterol is a key risk factor for atherosclerosis; LDL is the major carrierof cholesterol to body tis...Fetal Cell Therapy Benefits Some Parkinson's Patients
...positive, there was clearimprovement in control of movement in Parkinson's patients 60 years of age oryounger. There is reason to be encouraged." PET brain scans showed that more than half of the patients who received theimplants had a greater than 20 percent increase in dopamine activity in theputamen, reg...Laser Pointer Helps Parkinson's Patients Take Next Step
...cur dozens of times aday, making almost any simple movement from room to room a laborious task takingseveral minutes. Patient Stan Clark of Old Forge, a small town in northern New YorkState, noticed that when his legs stopped, looking at patterns on the floorsometimes helped him start moving again. A ......it and limb control,speech impairment, involuntary movement of the eyes, and epileptic seizures. Two of Dr. Pulst's scientific presentations will be devoted to providinginformation from new studies on SCA2. Dr. Pulst served as one of the leadscientists in the 1996 discovery of SCA2, and he and his colleagues ...1930s Fascism Spawned Public Health Initiatives
...d, how projects and policiescame and went with the movement of political forces." In his book, "The Nazi War on Cancer," (Princeton 1999), Proctor chartsthe path of Nazi science and medicine throughout many different twists andturns, focusing on cancer. The atrocities and injustices of Nazi Germany ar...Biochemical Marker Targets Brain Injury Leading To Movement Problems After Stroke
...e the brain injury that is associated with loss of movement in individualswho have had a stroke. The study is...point an area of the brain associated with loss of movement resulting from astroke. Identifying the location of brain cell damage provides scientists witha tar...New outpatient surgery is helping women with stress incontinence
...adderpush hard when the bladder is full and sudden movement raises intra-abdominalpressure. Unable to resist the force, the sphincter gives way, and urine spurtsfrom the bladder. Stress incontinence accounts for about half of the estimated 10 million cases ofincontinence among American women. And whereas othe...