Students' device may improve chest closure after heart surgery
... the surgeons because the surgeon isn't physically pushing a needle through a bone," Malhotra said. Although the students used commercial cable ties for their prototype, they said patients would best be served by a biocompatible polymer clasp that would dissolve harmlessly in the body after two years, when t...Bone research in Space Symposium, June 2, IOF World Congress on Osteoporosis
...ntermeasures. "The space community has really been pushing for this meeting," Zernicke said. "The symposia will give us the opportunity to sit together, find out where we are now in terms of the current state of the research, and where we need to go as a group."...New Queen's study of hand-brain function offers insight into recovery for stroke survivors
...ime and placing them into holes on a pegboard; and pushing with their index finger against a metal bar that measures force. Performance on these tests were linked to the ease with which brain cells that control muscle functions can be activated; how active the brain cells are at the time of testing; and the...Minimally invasive approach can take the pain out of herniated disks
...ou are basically making a smaller disk so it's not pushing on surrounding structures. So, there is a degree of immediate relief." Within two weeks, most patients say they are 50 percent to 60 percent better and by three months, they are 80 percent to 90 percent better. Although doctors can't definitively exp...UI research aims to help patients with spinal cord injury
...mulation by attaching electrodes to their skin and pushing a button to start the program. No study participant was below 70 percent compliance with this training protocol and average compliance was 80 percent. "That would translate to someone going to the gym four days a week rather than five," Shields said....Mayo Clinic leaders offer health reform vision, prescriptions
...t -- anywhere in the world -- within one second of pushing a computer key. Examples include medical and family histories; medication lists that automatically check for potentially dangerous drug interactions; test results and radiology images; best practices with links to the latest medical literature and di...Chaos=Order: Physicists make baffling discovery
...nlinear. Once the child gets to a certain height, pushing twice as hard will not make the child go twice as far. Neurons are composed of many elements and are typically nonlinear. "When you hear your favorite music twice as loud you don't double the pleasure," mused Brandt, explaining how one aspect of the ...Some masks used in children's asthma treatment not effective, research shows
...d mask on a device that measures applied force and pushing the mannequin face into it with a controlled force of 1.5, 3, or 7 pounds to match the range of forces used by parents when applying the mask. The face displaced water from the masks. With masks that fit better on the face and were flexible, more wat...Tobacco industry promoted 'ineffective' ventilation systems
...e world " BAT targeted the hospitality industry by pushing a so-called "smoker resocialisation" initiative, which aimed to portray smoking in a "more positive and stylish context" and to lobby against smoke-free public places. In June 2000, BAT also installed "smoking tables" designed to suck tobacco smoke d...Brain activity related to processing faces is similar in people with, without autism
... direction of the central arrow or central face by pushing a left or right button. Participants were shown horizontal rows of five arrows or five faces. Sometimes all the arrows and faces were oriented in the same direction. At other times, the central arrow or face was in the opposite direction. The tes...Changes in brain, not age, determine one's ability to focus on task
...eyboard arrows on a computer screen and reacted by pushing one of four buttons that corresponded with the direction the center arrow was pointing. Sometimes the participants would be distracted by changes in direction by arrows not in the center. The experiment allowed researchers to study the ability to foc...CDC awards UGA researchers $900,000 grant to study teen behaviors in high school
...y forms, ranging from teasing and name-calling, to pushing and shoving, to the extreme of bringing weapons to school. The new study, called "Healthy Teens," is a continuation of a previous grant that followed the same students through middle school. "Healthy Teens" will study factors that protect students f...... woman refused to try to stand up on her own, even pushing herself down into her chair as Kurlan and a nurse tried to convince her to attempt to stand up. With enough persuasion, though, and with several people available to help her up, the woman finally did rise. At first she took short, tentative steps, su...Large sinus tumors can be removed endoscopically, study finds
...cally but rhinologists, such as Dr. Kountakis, are pushing the envelope, looking at its potential in advanced disease. "Operative risk and post-operative morbidity are significantly less than with open procedures," study authors write. "Recurrences are more frequent, but are detected early and are easily re...Study aims to help elderly recover after surgery
...ty's Geriatric Medicine section by learning simple pushing movements designed to train their leg muscles. The volunteers will also have a muscle biopsy performed, where a small sample of muscle will be taken from the thigh. Research Assistant Joanna Lynch said: "After illness or surgery, frail elderly people...Swamped city: New Orleans and nature
...have cold fronts blow in during the winter months, pushing water up Bayou St. John and flooding the low areas of the city," he explained. "These happened frequently up through the 1890s." Colten's book also makes note of the social impacts or implications of the city's flooding problems. "Oftentimes, the ...Study explains why up to eight percent of cancers go undetected
...Osman and colleagues at Saint Louis University are pushing for national changes in the way PET imaging scans are performed after determining that as much as 8 percent of cancerous legions occur outside of the current imaging field. His results will be presented during the June 18-22 Society of Nuclear Medici...Specific behaviors seen in infants can predict autism, new research shows
...earch today. "This is groundbreaking work that is pushing the frontier of what we know about the biological nature of autism, and why it emerges so early in life," says Dr. Zwaigenbaum. "Our hope is that it will lead to the development of new and earlier treatments that could make a huge difference for the...