Surgery by satellite -- New possibilities at medicine's cutting edge
...who no longer stand by the patient, but direct the operation from a computer console. In most cases the surgeon is seated at a console within the theatre, only a few metres away from the patient. Now a team of surgeons and scientists have shown that the surgeon and robot can be linked via a 4,000 mile Internet...Medical, high-energy physicists collaborate to improve PET scans
...to some potentially dramatic new insights into the operation of the universe at the smallest of scales. Today's high-energy physics experiments typically measure particle velocities to within an accuracy of 100 picoseconds (a trillionth of a second). A photon of light can travel approximately one inch in 100...Federal Budget boosts Australian health and medical research
...ical research facilities across Australia, and the operation of the Australian synchrotron in Victoria. Research Australia CEO Rebecca James said the funding provided a much needed boost to the sectors ageing infrastructure. "Our health and medical researchers are among the best in the world." "They requ...First clinical trial of gene therapy for childhood blindness
...activity in these cells should restore vision. The operation delivers the normal genes to the retina, using a harmless virus or "vector" to carry the gene into the cells. The vector has been manufactured for this trial by Targeted Genetics, Seattle, USA. Previous work using animal models has demonstrated th...LAP-BAND System surgery improves insulin resistance
...ss (RYGB) is the most commonly performed bariatric operation in the US, and often considered the "gold standard" by which other surgical procedures are judged. This procedure involves a rearrangement of the gastrointestinal (GI) architecture so that food bypasses about 95 percent of the stomach and large parts...NeuroArm: Navigating the future of surgery
...ampton operations. "The combination of our remote operation and sensory information expertise, coupled with our manipulation technologies, will enable improved decision making and performance in the operating theatre." Developing neuroArm required an international collaboration of health professionals, phys...Chance of hysterectomy predicted by multi-year study
... life over time. Hysterectomy is the most common operation performed on U.S. women other than childbirth and affects more than 600,000 patients per year. Prior to this study, little has been known about how non-cancerous uterine conditions lead to hysterectomy, Learman said. The rate of hysterectomy also has...Low-tech operation could dramatically reduce maternal deaths
Teaching doctors in Africa a low-tech operation to cut the cartilage of the symphysis pubis could ...let and permits vaginal delivery of the baby. The operation takes just 2-3 minutes and is usually carried out in the labor ward, not the operating theater. ...Biologists learn structure of enzyme needed to power 'molecular motor'
...vered the structure of an enzyme essential for the operation of "molecular motors" that package DNA into the head segment of some viruses during their assembly. The enzyme, called an ATPase, provides energy to run the motor needed to insert DNA into the capsid, or head, of the T4 virus, which is called a bac...IceSAR campaign provides glimpse of future Sentinel-1 images over ice
...ucts, it is critical that we validate the modes of operation and quality of data products ahead of launch. The IceSAR campaign is allowing us to simulate Sentinel-1 radar images over ice well before launch in 2011, and better prepare for the mission." Now one week into the IceSAR campaign, a few surprises ar...Measuring lung motion leads to better radiation treatment for lung cancer
...may not be feasible if medical conditions make the operation very risky or if the tumor has grown into structures that cannot be removed. In such cases, as long as the cancer has not metastasized, radiation therapy offers a real chance for cure. In addition, radiation therapy is sometimes used to control a tum...New device could revolutionize eye disease diagnosis -- creating eye maps on the high street
...gn in the last century. As a result the effective operation of the device is constrained by the skill, expertise and eyesight of the eye specialist. The new digital ophthalmoscope (developed from a three-year research partnership bringing together the University of Warwick, ophthalmoscope manufacturer Kee...Residents in disaster areas face medication adherence dilemmas
...tion, and within a couple of weeks we were at full operation with regards to our clinic and hospital facilities," Krousel-Wood said. "We saw patients coming to the clinic who were having issues with their medications, particularly patients with chronic diseases like high blood pressure. Access to health care...In presence of fragrant cleaning products, air purifiers that emit ozone can dirty the air
...ely 100 milligrams of ozone per hour. Continuous operation of the ionic purifier without limonene resulted in...ction in the average particle concentration, while operation of the ozonolysis purifier resulted in no detectable effect on the particle level. When limonene was...Link found between muscle damage during childbirth, condition causing fallen bladder, uterus
...ause that would result in numerous women having an operation they do not need. Rather, they say, the study results should be used to help determine how to prevent these injuries in the first place. The study appearing in the February issue of the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology found major defects of the l...Esophageal cancer rates climb with obesity; U-M study finds esophagectomy safe in obese patients
...cinoma. Transhiatal esophagectomy, or THE, is an operation in which most of the esophagus is removed without ... by going through the chest, a much more difficult operation for the patient. The researchers sought to determine if THE is a safe procedure for the growing n...Hospital death rate study reveals wide variations
.... All Ontario teaching and community hospitals in operation during the 2002/3 study period were included. Small hospitals discharging fewer than 100 acute medical patients a year and specialty hospitals not providing care for the four key conditions studied were excluded. 5980 nurses working in medical and c...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- January 3, 2007
...e have designed a molecular device that mimics the operation of an electronic keypad, a common security circuit used for numerous applications in which access to an object or data is to be restricted to a limited number of persons," the researchers state. "The development of a molecular-scale keypad lock is a ...Are one-third of costly implanted heart devices unnecessary? New study suggests yes
...ndidates, as many as one-third could be spared the operation to implant a device, without raising their risk of sudden death. That would mean that Medicare could be spared the additional $90,000 lifetime cost of each device compared to best medical therapy. The study, published in the January issue of the Jo...Blood transfusions raise heart patients' infection and death risk -- especially women
... times more likely to die within 100 days of their operation than those who did not. The paper is published i...g diseases, age, race, sex, and whether the bypass operation was done on an elective, urgent or emergency basis. They looked at infections and deaths that were r...