Arts program provides services, guidance to HIV/AIDS patients
...es. I see myself as a servant as the old lady who sweeps the bridge and keeps the nails pounded in. And that's valid. It's like the mother's gaze -- acceptance of a person and what they produce." Last fall, the fruits of the participants' creative labors -- paintings, drawings, shrines and star-shaped art ...Evidence links cocaine abuse and Parkinson's disease
...nction of the dopamine transporter, a protein that sweeps up dopamine from the synapse after it stimulates its target nerve, he added. Disruption of this process causes an abnormal rise in the concentration of dopamine in the synapse. This poses a threat to the brain because dopamine can interact with other...Dentists report on new computerized tomography systems
...mages. The newest generation of the CBCT scanners sweeps the head and face and provides multiple stacks of images to give a full head view of the bone and tissue structures in three dimensions. Current available CBCT scanners are: the NewTom 3G from Quantitative Radiology of Verona, Italy; the i-CAT from ...New MRI technique quickly builds 3-D images of knees
...Rather than using the conventional approach, which sweeps horizontally to gather magnetic resonance data, Block's technique acquires the body's signals radially, in a way that looks somewhat like a toy Koosh ball. "We can essentially acquire data during the whole experiment, where in the (conventional) case...Doctors must debate hospital closures
...ted urgently before a further wave of such changes sweeps the country, he writes. It cannot be timed or located to suit electoral convenience. We need clearer guidance on issues such as safe transit times for paediatric and obstetric emergencies, and we need more creative thinking on shared site working an...Einstein's tea leaves inspire new blood separation technique
...This creates an airflow known as "ionic wind" that sweeps across the surface of the blood, causing it to circulate. The microscopic particles in the blood travel in a downward spiral because of the needle's angle relative to the surface. When the fluid begins to circulate, one might intuitively expect the ......is change in the proportion of chemicals gradually sweeps across the brain like a slowly spreading wave. The brain, in turn, is under tremendous stress, developing a voracious appetite for oxygen as it works frantically to restore the proper chemical balance. Oxygen-rich blood pours into the area to allow...