New approach to thyroid surgery reduces incision size
...incisions while still safely identifying important structures in the area, which are the nerves to the voice box and the parathyroid glands," says Dr. David J. Terris, Porubsky Professor and chair of the MCG Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery and lead author on the study. This approach incorpo...A giant step toward tiny functional nanowires
...ometers wide. Mirkin and his team made the notched structures by first depositing into a porous template segmented nanowires made of two materials, one that is resistant to wet-chemical etching (gold) and one that is susceptible (nickel). The template is then dissolved, releasing the nanowires. Next, the wires ...Steiner symposium brings together leading diabetes experts
...tute, Novo Nordisk A/S, Copenhagen Mutant insulin structures -- Michael Weiss, M.D., Ph.D., Case Western Reserve, Cleveland Insulin receptor signaling -- C. Ronald Kahn, M.D., Harvard Medical School 4:45 6:00 Session 5: Biology of the beta cell in diabetes Chairs: Gordon Weir, M.D., Harvard Medical School;...Most perinatal strokes lead to neurologic disorders
... were more likely to have sustained injury to deep structures of the brain that control movement. The cause of stroke in babies is poorly understood, and is currently under investigation in several ongoing large studies of newborn stroke in the U.S., Canada, and Europe. "Our data do not directly impact the cur...Rice nanophotonics lab gets $3 million training grant
... and manipulate light using ultrasmall, engineered structures -- some as tiny as a strand of DNA -- is one of the fastest growing fields in nanotechnology. Nanophotonics spans the disciplines of physics, chemistry, electrical engineering and bioengineering, and it holds promise for important technological advan...OHSU researchers help develop portable device to assist those combating balance disorders
..., drugs that have a negative effect on the balance structures in the inner ear. When using the device, these subjects witnessed a marked decrease in sway area, meaning that they were less likely to lean far out of their safe zone. They also spent an increased amount of time within their safe area. Some subject...Quitting smoking could save your teeth, study shows
...actor for periodontitis, which affects the support structures of the tooth and is an important cause of tooth loss. "All members of the dental team, just like any health professional, can play an important role in helping people stop smoking. On 31 May 2005 the UK hosted the launch of the World Health Organisa...NMR method rapidly solves 8 target genomic structures
...entists present a paper on how they determined the structures of eight proteins in just 10-20 days per protein. ...han we expected and is applicable broadly to solve structures of proteins with 200 amino acid residues or more," said Szyperski, who was named one of Scientific A...July/August 2005 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...d organizational capacity for innovation: 1) clear structures and vision for corporate and clinical governance, 2) opportunity for people to learn at all organizational levels, 3) both clinicians and managers in leadership roles that encourage participation, 4) the right timing for adapting initiative, and 5) e...Habit leads to learning, new VA/UCSD study shows
...the hippocampus. When the hippocampus and related structures are destroyed, the human patient loses the ability to learn new memories and to access recent memories. Habit learning occurs when information is stored unconsciously, through repetition and trial-and-error learning. These memories are believed to...Female genital mutilation could cause infertility
...s well as a biological one. It threatens the basic structures of traditional society, marriage, and the family. The way to overcome female genital mutilation is through multiple strategic approaches with various different messages, which collectively tip the weight of public opinion. Legitimate concern about im...Early warning signs of Alzheimer's show up across cognitive areas years before official diagnosis
...hors, with recent observations that multiple brain structures and functions are affected long before the AD diagnosis. They remind readers that the deficits seen in preclinical AD mirror quite closely those seen in normal aging, such as impairments in episodic memory, executive functioning, and cognitive speed...MRI cardiac catheterization poised for success in children with congenital heart disease
...uscle, and to visualize the heart valves and other structures in relation to one another, and from any angle. "MRI allows us to get a much better three-dimensional image--almost the image that a surgeon gets when looking directly at the heart," Dr. Moore said. "That's information you can only guess at with ang...Study: Brain structures contribute to asthma
...th lung function or inflammation. The two brain structures are involved in transmitting information about the... and they have strong connections with other brain structures essential in processing emotional information. "In asthmatics, the anterior cingulate cortex and th...Earthquake briefing on Capitol Hill
...king, how to design and build earthquake-resistant structures and how to protect our infrastructure, including communications, oil and gas pipelines, and water and sewage systems. The briefing will also address how to respond to an earthquake after it happens, providing information on emergency response systems...Enhanced imaging techniques could improve medical diagnosis
...increase the medical understanding of neurological structures beyond what is currently provided by state-of-the-art MRIs. Wyatt hopes to produce an MRI brain template for two species of macaque monkeys and verify his results using the animals in ongoing studies of alcohol abuse and alcoholism. "Monkeys are a u...Researchers discover how malaria parasite disperses from red blood cells
...es a roughly spherical shape, covered with rounded structures that resemble the petals of a flower. Shortly thereafter, the blood cell's membrane appears to break apart. At roughly the same time, cellular compartments, called vacuoles, which encase the newly formed merozoites, also break apart. The entire pr...Evolving trends in the treatment of vascular birthmarks
...cosmetic defects but also functional impairment of structures such as the eye, tongue or throat, John P. Deveiki...he benefits of surgery may be limited when healthy structures are intimately involved with the lesion. In the article, he presents a study on the evaluation and t...MRI pioneer wins national physics prize
...nd image quality. He helped design and improve the structures creating linear magnetic field variation ("gradien...e field of view. He helped design and improve the structures creating magnetic field variation ("gradients") that produce the MRI image information. Edelstein's ......lan Rector's team at the University of Manchester, structures the source data in multiple steps enabling users to put complex clinical questions to the repository. First data is structured in a longitudinal format, then by clinical context and finally by the actual type of data. Previously, the retrieval of s...