Wireless technology shows promise in diagnosing pediatric intestinal disease
...igns of disease and damage that would otherwise be impossible to view in children. The camera, encased in a capsule that can be swallowed or placed into the stomach, travels through the digestive system naturally and painlessly, reducing the need for invasive tests, anesthesia or radiation related to more tr...Should adult male circumcision be recommended for HIV prevention in the US?
...ased risk of HIV infection, say the authors, it is impossible to draw firm conclusions from such observational research, which is prone to bias. Adult male circumcision will likely have the largest impact in populations where circumcision has been rare, they say. Yet in the US circumcision is already very com...Organic farming can feed the world, U-M study shows
...ews for developing countries, where it's sometimes impossible to deliver food from outside, so farmers must supply their own. Yields in developing countries could increase dramatically by switching to organic farming, Perfecto said. While that seems counterintuitive, it makes sense because in developing count...A pioneering system allows autistic children to communicate with their environment
...In present world, social and labour integration is impossible without communication and access to education. The functioning of SC@UT is easy: through a PC (or even better, a PDA) parents or tutors can download the specific software from the website http://www.ugr.es/~scaut/ . After this, the device is ready...SCAI highlights study using wireless technology to speed care of heart attack patients
...n laboratory's 5 PM closing time, it was virtually impossible to begin catheter-based treatment within 90 minutes. In fact, the average door-to-intervention timean alternative term used in this study to reflect the full range of catheter techniques available to interventional cardiologistswas nearly 146 minutes...Huge waves that hit Reunion Island tracked from space
...se strong swells are preceded by calm water, it is impossible to detect their arrival from shore," Collard said. "SAR is the swell instrument and can typically observe swell periods in the range of 12 to 25 seconds." A larger wave period correlates to a more extreme wind event. The one that hit Saint Pierre,...Pediatricians and pathologists see traumatic brain injury differently
...nd those who survive are often devastated. It is impossible to do randomized controlled studies of abusive head trauma but researchers need to develop improved tools to correctly identify and ultimately prevent this abuse according to Dr. Laskey. "We have to understand abusive head trauma. Research in the f...A self-fulfilling prophecy in bleeding stroke?
...ome, the results did not change. Although it's impossible to know what would have happened if all the patients in the study had had no limitations placed on their care, the results show that a major factor has been overlooked in the way ICH patients' survival is calculated. Until ICH scoring tools can be...SCAI Founders' Lecture highlights remarkable progress in catheter-based aortic valve replacement
...ld-up of atherosclerotic plaque, which may make it impossible to pass a catheter through the arteries of the legs and abdomen. Dr. Cribier, who is chief of cardiology at University Hospital, in Rouen, France, performed the first human percutaneous aortic valve implantation in 2002. Since then, the Cribier-Edw...Your brain and hormones may conspire to make you fat
... foods - that can result in obesity that is nearly impossible to reverse. Why some of us get fat and what we c...the tendency to obesity develops, it can be nearly impossible to reverse weight gains. However, these early factors can be manipulated to provide a more desirable...Child and adolescent psychiatrists could improve their screening for dating violence
...tion of love. Similar to suicidal behavior, it is impossible for clinicians to use strategies that reduce suicidal behavior unless one identifies it and the frequent co-occurring disorders (such as depression), explains Brown. Screening is the first step in identification, diagnosis and proper treatment; it...Listen to your heart: Researchers discover a physiological indicator of vulnerability to temptation
...to complete difficult anagrams, some of which were impossible to solve. The authors measured how long participants persevered at the anagrams and as predicted, those who had exerted high self regulation by resisting sweets were more likely to give up earlier on the task. Moreover, the people who had higher ...Insight on fruit fly immune system could lead to new types of vaccines, Stanford researchers say
...tion from infection, an ability previously thought impossible for insects. The findings could have implications for new ways of developing human vaccines, especially for people with compromised immune systems. The evidence that a fruit fly's immune response can adapt to - or retain memory of - an earlier in...When crowded, things become stuff
...ed" when clutter jumbles its appearance, making it impossible to identify. Guest editors Denis Pelli, New York University; Patrick Cavanagh, Harvard University and Universit de Paris 5; Robert Desimone, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Bosco Tjan, University of Southern California; and Anne Treisman, ...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- Feb. 28, 2007
...in the past because of the presumption that it was impossible to detect insulins degradation products, the compounds formed as the body breaks down insulin. Using urine samples from volunteers, including athletes with diabetes, the scientists were able to identify degradation products from Lantus insulin, one...Bird flu -- Call for antiviral drugs to be shared
...f the number is high then it could be difficult or impossible to contain the virus with vaccination. Other measures could therefore be crucial, but it is likely that only a few countries will be able to stockpile supplies of drugs active against the virus. In these circumstances, compared with a 'selfish str...NIAID DNA vaccine for H5N1 avian influenza enters human trial
... D.O., principal investigator of the study. "It is impossible for the vaccine to cause infection," she adds, "because it employs new technology known to safely stimulate broad immune responses." NIAID researchers will measure immune responses to the vaccine, assess its safety, and compare its potency to more tr...Snake-like robot and steady-hand system could assist surgeons
...low them to perform surgical tasks that are nearly impossible today. The tools include a snakelike robot that could enable surgeons, operating in the narrow throat region, to make incisions and tie sutures with greater dexterity and precision. Another robot, the steady-hand, may curb a surgeon's natural tremor...'Inverse planning' system improves brachytherapy treatment for prostate and other cancers
... treatment plans as they insert needles. This was impossible to do before." The new software should help clinics provide more consistent cancer treatment that does not depend solely on the skills of the treating physicians. "Right now, the planning varies from physician to physician even though the end g...ResearchChannel reveals the research environment of the future
...ng connections between data points that are nearly impossible to see on a single computer screen. A variety of visualizations will demonstrate the utility of these ultra-resolution environments for analyzing large and visually complex data sets, such as co-authorship, citation and time-series social networks. ...