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Giant Pouched Rat - Via Britannica Encyclopedia

A Best Friend of Humanity: The African Giant Pouched Rat

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 25, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (17) | comments 4 weblog

(PhysOrg.com) -- The African Giant Pouched Rats, Cricetomys gambianus have been trained to methodically sniff out land mines in war-torn regions of Africa. Apopo International based in Antwerp, Belgium is ...


S. Korean firm to open major dog cloning centre

Biology / Biotechnology

created Aug 14, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A South Korean biotechnology firm will early next year open a centre capable eventually of producing up to 1,000 cloned dogs annually, a company executive said Friday.


Breast Cancer Physicians Have Limited Access to Trained Interpreters

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In a new survey of physicians who treat breast cancer patients, only one-third said they had good access to trained medical interpreters or telephone language-interpretation systems when they needed it. Poor access to interpreters ...


Surgeon training found effective in breast cancer sentinel lymph node trial

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Training methods for surgeons who perform breast cancer sentinel lymph node resection were found to be effective in almost 97% of surgeons assessed, according to a new study published online August 24 in the Journal of th ...


Medical interpreters break language barriers in health care

Medical interpreters break language barriers in health care

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Language barriers in health care settings can decrease access to quality care and diminish comprehension for limited English proficient patients (LEP). These barriers compromise quality of care, and increase ...


Recovering with 4-legged friends requires less pain medication

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Adults who use pet therapy while recovering from total joint-replacement surgery require 50 percent less pain medication than those who do not. These findings were presented at the 18th Annual Conference of the International ...


What makes a hero?

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jul 30, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research at Newcastle University shows that it's not enough to be noble and do a courageous act to be considered a hero. Studying the reactions of the public to five tales of heroism, researchers at Newcastle ...


Where physician completed obstetrical residency may provide quality-of-care indicator

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A ranking of obstetrics and gynecology training programs based on the maternal complication rates of their graduates' patients found these rankings consistent across individual types of complications, suggesting that these ...


Resident physicians seldom trained in skin cancer examination

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Many resident physicians are not trained in skin cancer examinations, nor have they ever observed or practiced the procedure, according to a report in the October issue of Archives of Dermatology.


IG: Improvements in VA endoscopic equipment use

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Inspections show that Veterans Department medical facilities have made significant progress on fixing endoscopic procedure problems that potentially exposed thousands to HIV and other infections.


Sleep helps reduce errors in memory, research suggests (w/ Video)

Sleep helps reduce errors in memory, research suggests (w/ Video)

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sleep may reduce mistakes in memory, according to a first-of-its-kind study led by a cognitive neuroscientist at Michigan State University.


Tailoring physical therapy can restore more functions after neurological injury

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New research suggests a tailored approach to physical therapy after a neurological injury such as a stroke, traumatic brain injury or spinal cord injury could help restore a wider variety of functions.


Study shows new brain connections form rapidly during motor learning

Study shows new brain connections form rapidly during motor learning

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 29, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- New connections begin to form between brain cells almost immediately as animals learn a new task, according to a study published this week in Nature. Led by researchers at the University of Cal ...


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Microsoft Researchers Developing Muscle-Based PC Interface (w/ Video)

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (10) | comments 2 weblog

(PhysOrg.com) -- Microsoft researches have teamed up with the University of Washington and the University of Toronto to develop a muscle-controlled interface that allows for hands-free, gesture-driven interaction ...


Where's the science? The sorry state of psychotherapy

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 02, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (9) | comments 4

The prevalence of mental health disorders in this country has nearly doubled in the past 20 years. Who is treating all of these patients? Clinical psychologists and therapists are charged with the task, but many are falling ...