Evanston Northwestern Healthcare first to use latest robotic surgical system
... the patient through 1-2 cm incisions. A third arm holds the 3D camera, which the surgeon can easily reposition, as well as zoom and rotate to adjust his or her field of vision, from the console. The System delivers a highly magnified, view of the operative field, with bright, crisp images and natural dept...Mayo Clinic to host inaugural National Symposium on Health Care Reform in May
... will open the symposium. "Mayo Clinic steadfastly holds to our primary value that 'the needs of the patient come first.' Our unique strength lies in bringing together leading medical experts from diverse fields to find the best integrated solutions for patients' complex health concerns. "In similar fashio...$13.7 million in gifts support UI Center For Macular Degeneration
...ence to continue pursuing innovative research that holds great promise for all who have, or some day may be affected by, blinding eye diseases. This gift from the Carvers -- along with those from Gary and Cammy Seamans, Leo Hauser and the Foundation Fighting Blindness -- constitute a landmark for UI biomed...Strength of cocaine cravings linked to brain response
...lain these behavioral changes," said Dr. Self, who holds the Wesley Gilliland Professorship in Biomedical Research. The researchers looked at dopamine receptors molecules on cell surfaces that are activated when dopamine or other molecules bind to them. They focused on two types of receptors called D1 and...New generation of cardiac interventions, therapies optimize heart disease care
.... "Grafting healthy cells into the diseased heart holds enormous potential to induce new blood vessels and strengthen weak hearts in patients with coronary heart disease." To test the effectiveness of direct injection of bone marrow cells, Dr. Tse and his colleagues in Hong Kong and Australia removed bone...Saliva component may predict future oral bone loss
...etermine the risk for future loss of the bone that holds teeth in place. By comparing dental X-rays of 100 patients with analyses of their saliva, the researchers found that higher-than-normal levels of a salivary protein called IL-1-beta were associated with increased bone loss. The level of another pr...GE Healthcare and St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix announce research agreement
... about this agreement with GE and the potential it holds for research," said Linda Hunt, president of St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. "Using GE's premium technology in both the research and clinical environments and having GE scientists as collaborators should significantly shorten the cycle time...Should heart attack care be more like trauma care? Study suggests regional system could be feasible
... also continues to show that emergency angioplasty holds the most benefit for patients when it's performed by experienced doctors at hospitals where it is the "default" STEMI treatment and when it can be performed in a timely way. For these reasons and more, Nallamothu notes that the regionalization of hea...Multiple sclerosis research into reparative cells offers new avenue for fighting disease
...Program and Clinical Center at UT Southwestern and holds the Irene Wadel and Robert I. Atha Distinguished C...strategies to intervene in the disease." Dr. Racke holds the Lois C.A. and Darwin E. Smith Distinguished Chair in Neurological Mobility Research....Accomplishments at UH earn spot in French Academy of Sciences for professor
...cientific knowledge and education. Glowinski, who holds a Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Professorship in Mathematics, is also a mechanical engineering professor. "Roland Glowinski is one of the world's foremost computational scientists," said Jeff Morgan, professor and chair of the mathematics depart...MRI offers new hope for severe epilepsy sufferers
...10.1111/j.1528-1167.2006.00379.x "Health research holds the key to improved health and quality of life for Canadians and people throughout the world and Dr. Bernasconi's research, which will positively affect people suffering from various brain disorders, is a testament to this," said Dr. Remi Quirion, Sc...Former smoker-led intervention program helps women quit
...ow that a community health worker-led intervention holds promise for promoting awareness and outreach of the program, promoting trust in the community and ensuring cultural appropriateness of the intervention." The initial study was funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research and the American Lega...Alzheimer's disease progresses more rapidly in highly educated people
... reserve' theory, suggest the authors. This theory holds that the brain's ability to cope with Alzheimer's disease varies from person to person. But the amount of nerve connections (neurons) and information hubs (synapses) are likely to be more numerous in people who are highly educated. Alternatively, the...Team discovers possible 'universal strategy' to combat addiction
...addiction. His work epitomizes how health research holds the key to improved health and quality of life for Canadians and people throughout the world," said Dr. Rmi Quirion, Scientific Director of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction. Zhang, who...Ronald Breslow to receive 2006 Othmer Gold Medal
...In addition to numerous honors and awards, he also holds the National Medal of Science. "Ronald Breslow is ...ow: The Central, Useful, and Creative Science." He holds the National Medal of Science, and has been named one of the top 75 contributors to the chemical ent...Three Pitt 'teacher-scholars' honored by NSF with CAREER awards
...rtment's Computational Optimization Laboratory. He holds secondary appointments in the school's Department of Bioengineering and the Pitt School of Medicine. In his project, titled "Next-Generation Research and Education in Therapeutic Optimization," Schaefer will construct quantitative models of the prog...Ames Laboratory innovation key to a 'lead-free' Europe
...key role. Solder is the shiny metallic "glue" that holds components on circuit boards and bonds other elect...generated royalties in excess of $5 million. ISURF holds the patents for research developed at Iowa State, including Ames Laboratory which is operated for th...Unique vascular dysfunction in women's heart disease described in major journal supplement
...'s Health at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. She also holds the Women's Guild Chair in Women's Health. When patients seek medical care for chest pain, diagnosticians typically look for a "culprit" obstructive lesion plaque that is blocking an artery. But in many women, two areas of dysfunction one in the ce...Binghamton University receives $1.7 million NYSTAR award to enhance flexible electronics research
...neering at Binghamton University. "This initiative holds extraordinary promise for New York State and the nation and will aid in moving university-developed R2R processes and technologies to the marketplace," he said. "The CAMM will be fully integrated into the IEEC's mission and will directly enable the I...Avantogen and Innovate merge key oncology program, RP101, RP101
...apid clinical development of RP101 whichwe believe holds exciting prospects". Dr Opara added "streamlining the ownership and management of RP101 will appeal to the capital markets in the US and strategically makes commercial sense when we begin to consider licensing and partnering opportunities." BIO-IB, L...