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...ter three months," Lowe said. "Whenwe compare the scans of their hearts before the procedure and after threemonths, we can clearly see that more of the heart muscle is oxygenated andfunctional." During the procedure, surgeons gain access to the heart through a six-to eight-inch incision through ...Filmless System Puts X-Ray Images On The Web
...hance the image. "We will be able to read scans within minutes and can help colleagues inother parts of the building or in outside offices make medical decisions. Forpatients, it reduces the time they must wait for medical results," adds Dr.Templeton. "It will also significantly lower medical cost......logy tools fortreatment and diagnosis, such as CAT scans and MRIs. The researchers, who include Dirsmith, Dr. Sajay Samuel, assistantprofessor of accounting at Bucknell University and Dr. Barbara McElroy,assistant professor of accounting at Berry College, suggest that the advent ofHMOs is not the s...How Ritalin Enhances Memory: Clues Provided By Brain Scans of ADHD Patients Using The Drug
...without ADHD, yet few difference are noted between scans ofthese two groups once the ADHD patients begin to take the drug Ritalin(methylphenidate), report researchers from Emory University at this week'smeeting of the Society for Neuroscience. The study is the first to evaluate the role of Ritalin o...... menopause. The study is the first to combine EBCT scans of the aorta and coronary arterieswith carotid ultrasounds to assess the extent of heart disease in living people,according to Kim Sutton-Tyrrell, Ph.D., associate professor of epidemiology atthe University's Graduate School of Public Health. The re...Brain Activity Differs In Introverts And Extroverts, UI Study Shows
...high-resolution image of the entire head. The PET scans revealed that introverts have more activity in the frontal lobesof the brain and anterior, or front, thalamus. These areas are activated when aperson's brain takes on internal processing such as remembering, problem solvingand planning. Extroverts ex......sed onfunctional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scans showing that brain functionassociated with language shifted away from the stroke-damaged area of the adultbrain to the corresponding area on the undamaged side of the brain. The findingsshow the "healing" that happens after a stroke occurs at a high ...Fetal Cell Therapy Benefits Some Parkinson's Patients
...er. There is reason to be encouraged." PET brain scans showed that more than half of the patients who rec...l College, Long Island, whoperformed the PET brain scans to detect any changes in dopamine activity. Thiscollaboration helped ensure that neither the resear...Migraine Pain: Not Mainly In The Brain
...brain. The research, which involved SPECT scans of patients in the midst of aheadache, points to a... permeable to molecules such asalbumen. The SPECT scans then pick up the albumen leakage into surroundingtissues. The images showed bright, diffuse...Computer matches CT scans to disease database
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...ists will compare the effectiveness of MRI with CT scans indetecting acute hemorrhages. If MRI proves to be as good or better than CT forseeing blood, MRI alone will replace both tests in most stroke patients. Another study will involve the development and testing of strategies to ex...Scientists capture images of brain in action as it's learning
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...s."Modern scientists, using technology such as PET scans are discovering thatFreud's "road" is indeed "royal." While current work in neuroscience is leading to discoveries in brain function,past work has led to better understanding of the brain's chemistry. This work,which was presaged by Freud when he tr...University Of Wisconsin to launch center to study how emotions affect health
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