Chinese children with hearing devices benefit from new speech test
...hinese audiology, said Dr. Soli, vice president of technology transfer, House Ear Institute. The MESP is the House Ear Institutes first research collaboration in China resulting in a license of intellectual property, and we are excited to be a part of this achievement. The MESP test will allow, for the first t...New study shows promise in reducing surgical risks associated with surgical bleeding
...uraged by the increasing evidence that recombinant technology is safe and effective because it means that we may be able to avoid using blood or blood products from other people or animals and automatically diminish the risk of infection and the associated immunologic responses that have been noted in the past....Indiana University Imaging Center receives $6M grant for kidney research
... United States. The grant recognizes the imaging technology and expertise that has beendeveloped at IU using a... includes provisions for several pilot projectsfor technology development with researchers at IU, the University ofPittsburgh and Harvard University. The pilot ...Drug-eluting stent controversy explored in the American Heart Hospital Journal
...afe and effective outcomes, will lead future stent technology in the optimal direction. ...Wireless technology shows promise in diagnosing pediatric intestinal disease
...to study small bowel health in children. While the technology has become widely used in adult treatment, this is...atients reported in literature, confirms that this technology is a very useful system for the clinical work in suspected small-bowel diseases in infancy, he says....Miniature implanted devices could treat epilepsy, glaucoma
...sistant professor of biomedical engineering. The technology is designed to prevent an epileptic "focal seizure," which starts in a specific area of the brain but can then quickly spread to the rest of the brain "like a brush fire," Irazoqui said. "Once you find out where that focal area is, if you know the ...WPI wins $1M to develop system to locate and monitor emergency workers in buildings
...ng over the past four years by integrating it with technology developed by Foster-Miller, Inc., in Waltham, Mass...ons critical need for indoor location and tracking technology by public safety departments, the military, the mining industry, and other fields where people can b...Sports concussion research using fMRI provides insight for safe return-to-play decisions
...preliminary, fMRI represents an important evolving technology that is providing further insight now for safe return-to-play decisions in young athletes and may help shape guidelines in the future. The study helps define concussion and recovery for safe return-to-play According to the Centers for Disea...Scientists train nano-'building blocks' to take on new shapes, as reported in Science
...n them to get something very useful as far as high technology goes, he said. It's funny how research comes back in style, and we find new uses for 'old tools.'...Shining light on pancreatic cancer
.... 1, 2007, Clinical Cancer Research. "This novel technology uses light to probe tissue architecture at submicron scale. We are excited about this technology because it enables sensing subtle changes in tissue that otherwise are undetectable by conventional ...Method shows promise for early detection of pancreatic cancer
EVANSTON, Ill. --- Optical technology developed by a Northwestern University biomedical ...tic patients, said Vadim Backman, developer of the technology and professor of biomedical engineering at Northwesterns Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering a...Mapping mountains from space with GOCE
...of Surveying and Mapping, will promote science and technology focusing on past and present achievements within surveying and mapping, geodesy and applications to climate-change research, geo-hazards and the water cycle. Over the last 10 years an improved knowledge of the geoid has revolutionised height deter...National quality agenda, payment reform, care integration keys to improving quality, patient safety
... 90% of respondents said use of health information technology should be mandated for Medicare providers within 5... should step in. As expected, health information technology was identified as a promising vehicle for improving quality and efficiency, said Anthony Shih, M.D.,...Science steps in to discover wonders of Toe-tankhamun
...n Performance Laboratory will use state-of-the-art technology to test whether the replicas of the artificial toes benefit the wearer and could therefore be deemed functional, said Jacky. If either one is functional it may be interesting to manufacture it with modern materials and trial it for use on people wi...Nottingham center to help UK to meet its carbon targets
Cutting-edge technology that captures polluting carbon dioxide and stores it permanently inside rocks will be developed at a new 1.1m research centre at The University of Nottingham. Dr Mercedes Maroto-Valer, Associate Professor and Reader in Energy Technology, has won 1....University hospitals wins multiple national IT awards for electronic patient data bank
...spitals (UH) has received two national information technology awards for its FirstGateways Physician Portal, an ...y national publication that highlights information technology practices that help solve strategic problems in health care. UH also was selected to receive the ...Health reform bills could improve quality and efficiency, but fall short of national plan
...lls addressing transparency and health information technology may not be sufficient to achieve a high performanc...ational office for coordinating health information technology and provide modest grant funding, but fall short of removing the financial barriers to widespread ad...Worcester Polytechnic Institute to host national forum on locating first responders inside buildings
...o a critical need for indoor location and tracking technology by public safety departments, the military, the mi...veloping precision personnel location and tracking technology that employs principles from orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM), which transmits high...Journalists: Register now for CHEST 2007 in Chicago
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