Contrast agent puts new light on diagnosing breast cancer
...on-invasive imaging method that relies on harmless light instead of X-rays, the contrast agent could help d...hy, an imaging method that transmits near-infrared light through the body, doctors can reconstruct a three-dimensional image of tissues deep inside the breas...Light-based probe 'sees' early cancers in first tests on human tissue
...ponent, of cells, through changes in the way laser light scatters. "The size and shape of cell nuclei are powerful indicators of this precancerous condition called dysplasia, which literally means 'bad growth'," Wax said. "Typically, nuclei are a fairly consistent size. However, when you go down the road t...New blood thinner may work without bleeding risk
...let compound. This is encouraging, particularly in light of the fact that this patient population requires advanced therapies and is difficult to treat." ...Studies highlight 'real world' use, safety of drug-eluting stents
...the treated artery. The registry is also shedding light on the importance of long-term anti-clotting medic...cking platelet activity. To do this, they shined a light through the blood samples before and after adding a chemical that makes untreated platelets clump to...Cancer-fighting foods, supplements explored in day-long symposium, March 25
...ression of the immune system caused by ultraviolet light exposure, says Santosh Katiyar, Ph.D., an associate professor in the universitys department of dermatology. (AGFD 011, Sunday, March 25, 10:25 a.m.) Compound found in high-fiber foods shows promise against prostate cancer A dietary component...MIT brace aids stroke recovery
...she said. "Cooking, dressing, shopping, turning on light switches, opening cabinets-it's easier now that I ... training, such as lifting boxes or reaching for a light switch, to more complex tasks such as carrying a laundry basket or flipping a light on and off while...Position of car indicator lights affects safety -- designers should take note
...ft of the keyboard as quickly as they could if the light on the left of the car flashed, and a button on the right if the right light flashed. [See Figure 1 - attached] The students responded significantly faster to cars where the ...Spirituality increases as alcoholics recover
...ersity of Michigan Addiction Research Center sheds light on this phenomenon. In the March issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, they show that many measures of spirituality tend to increase during alcohol recovery. They also demonstrate that those who experience increases in day-to-day spir...Fiber-based light source promises improvements in food inspection
WASHINGTON, March 14 -- A new light source based on fiber-optic technology promises to...he problem is current line-scan cameras lack ideal light sources to image objects properly. Now, Princeton Lightwave of Cranbury, N.J. and OFS Labs (a Som...A closer look inside our lungs -- Penn researchers develop 2 novel imaging techniques
...act right time, after it's been exposed to a laser light to make all of the atoms spin in the same direction, creating the polarized helium, which then enters the lung. Utilizing another new MR technique, Penn imaging researchers are pushing the scale of what we see in the lung down to an even smaller ...Tracing broken wiring in stroke patients
...rain. The researchers said their findings shed new light on the neurological details of this "spatial neglect." Their findings also demonstrate the value of the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique for studying how disruption in brain circuitry produces behavioral symptoms. Maurizio Corbetta and co...Survey reveals misperceptions about Alzheimer's among African-American and Hispanic caregivers
... and Needs survey. This gap in understanding sheds light on the reasons for delay in diagnosis and treatment, which is an unnecessary setback for caregivers and individuals with the disease alike. "Facing Alzheimer's disease is never easy, but getting a diagnosis and taking advantage of support services...Emergency Medicaid for immigrants goes to childbirth
...rth complications or infant health problems. "In light of the extent of Emergency Medicaid spending for pregnancy-related emergencies, and the fact that children born to mothers covered by the program receive full Medicaid, it may cost less to provide full coverage for contraceptive and prenatal care," D...Sheffield scientists light up bacteria
...ape when they encounter bacteria, and developing a light signal through fluorescence non radiative energy transfer (NRET), the researchers will be able to detect early stage bacterial contamination. Being developed by a multi-disciplinary team of researchers from the Universitys Departments of Chemistr...Holographic images use shimmer to show cellular response to anticancer drug
... digital camera, the system screens the pattern of light reflected back from the object and allows the came... of microns, or 0.0001 centimeter. The scattered light waves reflected back from the object come together at the camera's detector and form what is called ...Sunny days pose risk of 'flicker illness' for a few airlifted patients
...e journal Prehospital Emergency Care suggests that light streaming through whirling helicopter rotor blades...hman said. "But we never exposed him to flickering light again, either, giving us all the more reason to suspect that as the cause." Giuseppe Erba, M.D., p...New insights into autoimmunity and depression
...w.interscience.wiley.com/journal/arthritis ), shed light on the brain pathways of depression in general and in central nervous system dysfunction in SLE in particular. Healthy female mice received injections, directly into the brain, of human anti-ribosomal P antibodies extracted from the blood sampl...Medicalize me: Experts look at how our perceptions of illness are shaped
...ays in the special section look to history to shed light on the current situation. Metzl is the author of a 2003 book Prozac on the Couch: Prescribing Gender in the Era of Wonder Drugs, which examined how depression and anxiety medications were represented in advertising aimed at physicians, and in the ent...Multislice CT speeds the diagnosis of chest pain in the emergency room
...and research settings," the researchers noted. "In light of the increasing prevalence of obesity and other metabolic syndrome indicators in the pediatric population, it seems urgent to address this problem in this age group."......d from opium, is used in medicine as an analgesic, light anesthetic or a sedative. Although opiates have been long advocated for the suppression of cough, there are few trial data to support this recommendation. In fact, prior to this research, the use of opiates in intractable chronic cough had never been...