Results with newer bladeless LASIK equivalent to standard microkeratome LASIK
...Clinic study comparing femtosecond (bladeless) and mechanical microkeratome LASIK surgeries has found equal resu..., and replacing the flap. In standard LASIK with a mechanical microkeratome, the flap is created by a blade; in bladeless LASIK, the newer type, the flap is creat...A new math model finds that the cochlea's spiral shape enhances low frequencies
...an elastic membrane that runs down its length. The mechanical properties of this "basilar" membrane vary from very stiff at the outer end and becomes increasingly flexible as the chambers narrow. These changing properties cause the waves to grow and then die away, much as ocean waves get taller and narrower in ...For patients with severe lung injury, less is more
...n the intensive care unit (ICU) and supported with mechanical ventilators (breathing machines) and intravenous f...nction and shortened the time that patients needed mechanical ventilation and intensive care, without increasing the risk of organ failure, the researchers report......s in trabecular and cortical bone may improve bone mechanical strength, explaining the decreased risk for fracture in those on strontium ranelate treatment," said Jiang. Both groups obtained their data by analyzing biopsies taken from those enrolled in the TROPOS, SOTI and also the STRATOS phase II clinical tri...Dr Elise Feng-I Morgan of Boston University receives 2005 IOF-Servier Young Investigator Award
... to use the latest techniques from aerospatial and mechanical engineering to understand how vertebrae fracture, caught the judges attention as it will contribute to widening our knowledge of osteoporosis," said Professor Pierre Delmas, President, International Osteoporosis Foundation. The IOF-Servier Young Inv...Child safety seats reduce risk of death in crashes more than seat belts alone
...for the adult-sized seat belt, thereby affording a mechanical protection advantage over seat belts," the researchers write. "If restraint systems are seriously misused, however, their safety performance would be expected to be diminished." Based on past and these current findings, the authors state that effort...University student named Young Scientist of the Year
...evidence in sexual assault cases. Andrew Graham, a mechanical engineering student at the University, has been named joint runner up in the Future Science category of the awards. Andrew works with a team of engineers designing medical robotics, focusing on revolutionary robotic equipment that will aid in the fas...Using device to give CPR does not improve survival
...R compressions with those given by an FDA-approved mechanical device. The randomized study, conducted in five N...citation (CPR) rather than CPR administered by the mechanical device. Results of the study are published in the June 14 issue of the Journal of the American Medi......clusions drawn from two studies examining use of a mechanical CPR device for the resuscitation patients with out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest. One study concluded the device was beneficial, while the other concluded it may be harmful. Lewis and Niemann deal with several questions raised by the research, ...Mixed results comparing use of manual vs. automated chest compression following cardiac arrest
...t compressions led to the development of automated mechanical chest compression devices. The load-distributing band (LDB) is a circumferential chest compression device with an electrically activated constricting band on a short backboard and has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use in attem...Risk of ventilator-associated pneumonia cut significantly
...septic chlorhexidine to critically ill patients on mechanical ventilation greatly decreased their daily risk of ...ho were enrolled consecutively in the study needed mechanical ventilation for 48 hours or more at two university hospitals and three general hospitals in the Neth...New ACC/AHA guidelines released for valvular heart disease
...s surgery to replace a diseased heart valve with a mechanical heart valve would need blood-thinning medications to prevent blood clotting and stroke. If she became pregnant, blood thinners would pose a toxic risk to the fetus. Implanting a biological heart valve would eliminate the need for blood thinners, but ...Stanford doctors advance in bid to turn mice stem cells into blood vessels
... of delivering controlled chemical, electrical and mechanical stimulation to the stem cells. Bioreactors have been used for centuries as fermentation chambers for growing organisms such as bacteria and yeast, but only recently have they been used in stem cell research labs. "Oscar is the first one to really cre...Ultrasound may help regrow teeth
...iencing dental root resorption, a common effect of mechanical or chemical injury to dental tissue caused by diseases and endocrine disturbances. Mechanical injury from wearing orthodontic braces causes progressive root resorption, limiting the duration that braces can be worn. This new device will work to count...Ferracane to receive Wilmer Souder Award from IADR
...e conversion of monomers to polymers and how their mechanical properties are changed. He is also an expert on the behavior of mercury in amalgam. Dr. Ferracane is not only an outstanding researcher but also an outstanding teacher. Although he does not have a dental degree, he is so highly respected by clinician...Healing the heart with bone marrow cells
...g death." Despite advances in surgical procedures, mechanical assistance devices, drug therapy, and organ transplantation, more than half of patients with congestive heart failure die within five years of initial diagnosis. "Cardiovascular diseases are the most important cause of mortality in Canada and the...Rutgers-Newark researcher discovers new motor protein mechanism linked to heart disease and strokes
...A, which uses chemical energy and converts it into mechanical energy. SecA is present only in bacteria and is not found in humans. SecA uses mechanical energy to secrete toxins and other harmful proteins to the exterior of the bacterium cell. Once a ...Inhaled nitric oxide reduces lung disease in premature babies
...difficult, and the infant often requires prolonged mechanical ventilation and hospitalization. Although treatm... having shorter hospitalizations and less need for mechanical ventilation or oxygen therapy than the control infants. The NOCLD team expects to provide definiti...Researchers aim to give nurses a lift
...For example, providing nursing with access to more mechanical lifting devices would help reduce the risks, he said, adding that mechanical lifting devices are currently used only about 15 per cent of the time. "Also, hospital rooms are ...Penn researchers use the abdomen to deliver oxygen to assist ailing lungs
... to provide a way to support patients who are on a mechanical ventilator, suffering from reversible lung failure, but who need extra time and support to heal -- beyond what a ventilator can provide -- in order to survive. The findings are in the August issue of Chest, the journal of the American College of Ches...