A Surgical Semiconductor Laser With More Precision And Power
...d. These small,relatively inexpensive lasers might replace more powerful and costly gas lasers in treating a ...-friendly, he says, since they have no gastanks to replace or mirrors to care for. Semiconductor lasers are also more efficient than gas lasers: A gas laser ca......o fatigue factors." The system is not intended to replace radiologists or other medicalor manufacturing professionals, Barnes says. It will merely suggestregions of mammograms or other data that should be given closerattention, based on past observations. Furthermore, the system providesconfidence informati...Jefferson Researcher Finds New Digital X-Ray Technology May Cut Costs And Improve Patient Care
... to be unveiled next week, has the potential to replace the current film X-ray technology, while reducing health care costs and improving patient care, says Gary S. Shaber, M.D., research professor of Radiology, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, and director, Division of General Diagnos...Heart Laser Surgery: An Alternative To Transplantation
...indicating that the use of heart laser surgery may replace transplantation in certain patients with severe coronary artery disease. Clinical results were reported today at theInternational Society For Heart and Lung Transplantation Meeting in Chicago, Illinois. According to Valluvan Jeevanandam, M.D., Surgi...Chemical Society's Highest Award Goes To Ronald Breslow
...y kind of tissue needs to make enough new cells to replace old onesor to grow. Thus the body keeps an inventory of immature "templates" called stemcells. These juveniles can't function in digestion or repair, but they canquickly grow -- differentiate -- into various adults that can. In turn, adultcells work ...American Heart Association Comment: Tirofiban -- The Platelet Receptor Blocker For Heart Attack
...eiving heparin. How often the drug treatment will replace angioplasty or other treatments toremove blockages and relieve chest pain is still unknown. The study found thatthe major benefits from the drug came immediately, but after a few months thosetreated with tirofiban were no better off than those recei...New Treatment Targets Most Malignant Brain Tumors
...powerful newweapon to fight such cancers and could replace external beam radiation therapyfor the tumors. The researchers also have begun initial tests using another radioactiveisotope, Astatine-211, that has been a far more efficient cancer-killer inlaboratory studies. Also, Astatine's radioactive p...Brain Regions Identified That Influence What We Remember Or Forget
... to spare theneurons that are at risk, rather than replace the ones that have beendestroyed." Gabrieli said one of the next steps is to "apply these new techniques to olderpeople at risk for Alzheimer disease and see if they predict who will and willnot get the disease." The research might be applied in othe...New "Body-Friendly" Fat Substitute Can Help To Transform
...l., conducted studies in which she used Nu-Trim to replace all or partof the fat and flour in oat muffins. Dr. Warner said the Nu-Trim not only addednutritional value, but also improved the texture and volume of the muffins,which had more moisture and better consistency than those prepared withunmodified oa...Electronic Nose Inspects Cheese, Hints At Human Sense Of Smell
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...tain white blood cells becomecancerous and rapidly replace and destroy normal bone marrow and blood cells. AML is among the most serious forms of adult leukemia, with a relatively highfatality rate. Most patients require intensive chemotherapy to achieve completeremission, and some also must undergo bone ma...Study Shows Hormone Replacement Therapy Does Not Elevate Breast Cancer Risk
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... is a fear that these medications will supplant or replace othermulti-modal therapies - counseling, family intervention, behavioral therapies,which at least in adults and adolescents have been shown effective," Rushtonsays. "Primary care physicians should work with psychiatrists and includepsychotherapy or ...Breakthrough New Therapy Uses Antibody-Targeted Chemotherapy To Fight Leukemia
...tain white bloodcells become cancerous and rapidly replace normal bone marrow and blood cells. AML is among the most serious forms of adult leukemia, with a relatively highfatality rate. Most patients require intensive chemotherapy to achieve completeremission, and some also must undergo bone marrow transpl...