Ceramic hip implants provide alternative for younger patients
...after about 15 years, the metal begins to wear the plastic down, creating in some patients, osteolysis in the hip, which occurs when particles break off from the implant," said Dr. Steven Gitelis, orthopedic surgeon at Rush. He is one of the few orthopedic surgeons in Chicago testing the ceramic implant as ...New method of delivering chemotherapy using ultrasound works in BYU lab
...ackaging a drug in tiny molecules of water-soluble plastic so that the drug would not interact while passing ...llection of molecules that spontaneously form tiny plastic spheres when introduced into water. In previous work, Pitt and Rapoport found that an anti-cancer dr...Study shows faceguards, safety balls cut number of Little League injuries
...player-seasons. Faceguards, which are either clear plastic visors or wire mesh devices, clip to baseball helmets and are used during batting and base running. Reduced impact balls, one of the most commonly used types of safety balls, are made with polyurethane centers rather than the traditional cork and ya...Allentown chemist wins national award for plastic polymer inventions
...ct injuries such as cracked ribs; and unlike other plastic splints, it molds at body temperature for a custom fit. Starting with a chain of repeating molecules called polycaprolactones, Robeson tested a variety of toughening agents and other fillers until he had a compound that a doctor or nurse could melt i...Arizona pioneer in plastics wins top chemistry award
...trong, hard, impervious form of polypropylene, the plastic that makes dishwasher-safe food containers and wat...door carpets. Called isotactic polypropylene, this plastic was also discovered in 1954 by Italian chemist and later Nobel Prize winner Guilio Natta. At the tim...Rheumatoid arthritis patients caught in middle of doctors' disagreement over hand surgery
...in C. Chung, M.D., M.S., an associate professor of plastic and reconstructive surgery and the hand surgeon in these publications, will be leading a team of international researchers to study outcomes of surgical procedures in the rheumatoid population. These studies will be an important first step to bridge ...Innovative Canadian companies receive funding to improve air quality
...h as vinyl siding, wire coatings, food containers, plastic bags and water pipes. "We are pleased to be working with NOVA Chemicals and their consortia partners, ARC and the University of Waterloo. This innovative technology, backed by strong collaboration, holds the promise of both economic and environmental...Making tiny plastic particles to deliver lifesaving medicine
...n Hanes wants to pack the drugs inside microscopic plastic spheres that can be inhaled painlessly. Inside the.... Importantly, the components used to create these plastic microspheres were materials already FDA-approved for other medical applications, making it more like...New breast cancer mannequin to revolutionize teaching of breast cancer awareness
...chining. Normally the company deals with metal and plastic based precision light and medium engineering but Dr Tucker and the Nurses persuaded the company to give them free use of their equipment and skilled staff to create the prototype main mannequin frames and skins to the design and concept of Dr Tucker...Gastric bypass surgery resolves or improves diabetes in most patients, reports Pittsburgh study
... approximately 15 millimeters (about the size of a plastic medicine cup), and bypassing a small segment of intestines by constructing a Y-shaped limb of small bowel. Patients lose weight because there is a decrease in caloric intake resulting from the reduced reservoir capacity of the small stomach pouch. Ty...Fashionable, nonprescription contact lenses may pose a danger to your eyesight
.... Contact lenses, prescribed or not, are pieces of plastic that prevent normal amounts of oxygen from reaching the eye. Use of lower oxygen-transmitting lenses can cause the cornea's epithelium or outer layer of cells to produce bacterial receptors that can bind harmful, infection-causing bacteria to the e...Monkeys consciously control a robot arm using only brain signals
...ditional views that only in childhood is the brain plastic enough to allow for such adaptation. According to Nicolelis, the finding that their brain-machine interface system can work in animals will have direct application to clinical development of neuroprosthetic devices for paralyzed people. "There is cer...FGF-2 to the rescue following traumatic brain injury
...nce has led to the view of the brain as a dynamic, plastic organ, endowed with some potential for self-repair and regeneration. Recent progress in understanding continued neurogenesis the generation of new neurons (nerve cells) - in the adult brain has raised hopes that self-renewal leading to structural re...Surgically placed 'sling' reduces signs of aging in the neck
CHICAGO A thin, plastic "sling" surgically placed under the skin beneath t...onger support the tissues under the chin. Several plastic surgery procedures have been used to combat the signs of aging in the face and neck area, including ......into a chair with my fingertips covered with thick plastic and an unwieldy eye-tracking helmet on my head. My...mes easier for the last set of parabolas, when the plastic is removed from my fingertips. A team from Belgium's University of Louvain and Canada's Montreal Un...Rensselaer to open new Terahertz Research Center
...diation contamination, or to search for landmines, plastic explosives, or weapons. There are also potential applications in medical imaging, agriculture, forensic science, and food safety. President Shirley Ann Jackson, Dean of Science Joseph Flaherty, Physics Chair Gwo-Ching Wang, Professor Xi-Cheng ...New guidelines set standard on test to diagnose acid reflux, heartburn and other diseases
... problem. During the procedure, a thin, flexible plastic catheter with very small openings that are located at varying positions along the tube is placed down the esophagus through the patient's nostril. These openings sense the pressure in various parts of the esophagus when the muscle is at rest and dur...Software that minimises facial disfigurement
...s month in San Jose, California. Court Cutting, a plastic surgeon at New York University who specialises in repairing cleft palates, is impressed by the team's attempt, but says he will only use the model when it incorporates bone and muscle. Pieper himself points out that his model does not yet take acco...Doctors at Northwestern Memorial are studying next generation surgery for back pain sufferers
...stigator for the study. "The Maverick disc has no plastic parts and uses a simple design with only two moving parts. We expect this will decrease degradation of the disc and reduce problems with the mechanics of the disc." Fusion, the current standard of care, is performed more than 200,000 times in the Un...7-month-old is youngest recipient of artificial corneal transplant
...corneal transplants, Aquavella has been implanting plastic corneal devices since the 1960s. The first procedures were long and tedious, and results were not known for many months. Patients required careful follow-up for the rest of their lives in an attempt to reduce the ever-present danger of serious compli...