New breast CT scanner rivals mammography
... The Cone Beam Breast Computed Tomography (CBBCT) scanner takes 360-degree views of breast anatomy, without having to compress the sensitive tissue. It produces three-dimensional pictures, which are designed to distinguish benign lesions and calcifications from tiny cancers that are sometimes hidden within dense...ResearchChannel reveals the research environment of the future
... "High-definition vid...Columbia pediatricians, Anne Gershon and Richard Polin, awarded top honors
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A world-first pilot study suggests that anabolic steroids, best known for doping in sports, may in fact help older people recover better after joint replacement surgery. ...... Associate Professor Erik Hohmann hopes to extend the initial pilot into a larger study after finding benefits for recuperating patients, even though only low doses of the drug were used to avoid side effects. ...... Benefi...Master planners in brain may coordinate other areas' roles in cognitive tasks
St. Louis, May 31, 2006 -- Scientists have used data from scans of 183 subjects to identify brain areas that consistently become active in a variety of cognitive tasks, such as reading, learning a rhythm or analyzing a picture....... If the brain in action can be compared to a symphony, with specialized sections required to pitch in at the right time to produce the desired melody, then the region...New lifestyles, new data planners need a modern definition of the 'family'
A wider range of social and demographic data to enable planners and policymakers cope with huge changes in people's living arrangements is called for in an important new booklet published today by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). It will involve re-defining what we mean by 'family' and households....... The advice comes against a background of:... ... ... ... ... ... .....Unplanned quit attempts more likely to succeed
Unplanned attempts to stop smoking are more likely to succeed than planned ones, concludes a study published online by the BMJ today.... ...The process of stopping smoking has been thought to involve a series of stages, going from thinking about stopping, through planning an attempt, to actually making the attempt. Such planning is widely thought to be important for success.... ...Over 1,900 smok...Water channel protein implicated in relative of multiple sclerosis
San Diego -- Researchers have identified a molecular suspect in a disorder similar to multiple sclerosis (MS) that attacks the optic nerve and spinal cord, according to a report presented at the 130th annual meeting of the American Neurological Association in San Diego. The protein, called aquaporin-4, is a channel protein that allows water to move in and out of cells....... "Aquaporin-4 is the f...Combination scanner may increase accuracy in detecting spread, recurrence of head, neck cancer
CHAPEL HILL -- A highly powerful scanner combining two state-of-the-art technologies computed tomography (CT) and positron emission tomography (PET) may detect the spread of head and neck cancer more accurately than other widely used imaging examinations. ...These findings, based on new research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, appear in the July issue of...Voice-to-voice translation machine perfects bedside manner
Three years of work by a large interdisciplinary team at the University of Southern California has created a rudimentary but working two-way voice translation system that allows an English-speaking doctor to talk to a Persian-speaking patient. ...... The Transonics Spoken Dialog Translator turns a doctor's spoken English questions into spoken Persian, and translates patients' spoken Persian repli...Planned home births in the United States are safe, say researchers
Planned home births for low risk women in the United States are associated with similar safety and less medical intervention as low risk hospital births, finds a study in this week's BMJ....... Midwives involved with home births are often not well integrated into the healthcare system in the United States and evidence on the safety of such home births is limited....... In the largest study of its...Northwestern Memorial Hospital installs 64-Slice CT scanner, now available for clinical use
Northwestern Memorial Hospital has installed the latest computed tomography (CT) imaging software and machinery, also known as a 64-slice CT scanner. While current generation CT scanners are fine for most applications, the newly installed device produces precise diagnostic pictures within five to 10 seconds, enabling one to "freeze" motion and better define certain disease processes. For patient...Spinoff company receives $2.5 million NIH grant to build prototype scanner
Koning Corp., a Rochester-based imaging start-up, today announced that it has received a $2.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to build a next-generation scanner for the early diagnosis of breast cancer, image-guided therapeutics and breast cancer screening. Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) has the potential to consistently find tumors before they become incurable, a...