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Irregular arm swing may point to Parkinson's disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Irregular arm swings while walking could be an early sign of Parkinson's disease, according to neurologists who believe early detection may help physicians apply treatments to slow further brain cell damage until strategies ...


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Feeling the way: Robotic device can help visually impaired people

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- For many people, it has become routine to go online to check out a map before traveling to a new place. But for blind people, Google maps and other visual mapping applications are of little ...





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Researchers say breast cancer survival improves Herceptin used with chemotherapy

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Using Herceptin with chemotherapy, instead of after, clearly improves treatment of women with HER2+ breast cancer, and should be the new standard of care, says a Mayo Clinic researcher who led what is regarded to be a key ...


Targeted therapy prolongs life in patients with HER2-positive breast cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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

Lapatinib plus trastuzumab are significantly better than lapatinib alone in extending the lives of breast cancer patients whose tumors are HER2-positive, according to Kimberly Blackwell, M.D., associate professor of medicine ...


Report shows CIMT may improve arm use in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT) is a potentially effective form of intervention for children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy, but more research is needed, according to a new systematic review published in the November ...


Experts: Man controlled robotic hand with thoughts (AP)

Scientists: Man controlled robotic hand with thoughts

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (16) | comments 2

(AP) -- A group of European scientists said Wednesday they have successfully connected a robotic hand to an amputee, allowing him to feel sensations in the artificial limb and control it with his thoughts.


Oh, the Secrets Ice Crystals Will Tell!

Studying ice crystals to understand the cloud-climate connection

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Beginning in mid-December, scientists will undertake a special mission to squeeze the secrets out of ice crystals in cirrus clouds. The SPARTICUS, or Small Particles in Cirrus, campaign will ...


Right-handed chimpanzees provide clues to the origin of human language

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 8

Most of the linguistic functions in humans are controlled by the left cerebral hemisphere. A study of captive chimpanzees at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center (Atlanta, Georgia), reported in the January 2010 issue ...


Implant-based cancer vaccine is first to eliminate tumors in mice

Implant-based cancer vaccine is first to eliminate tumors in mice

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (31) | comments 7

(PhysOrg.com) -- A cancer vaccine carried into the body on a carefully engineered, fingernail-sized implant is the first to successfully eliminate tumors in mammals, scientists report this week in the journal ...


New drug shows promise for those with clotting disorders

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study provides welcome news for patients with a common clotting disorder known as venous thromboembolism (VTE).


Study shows dream-enacting behavior is common in healthy young adults

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

A study in the Dec.1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that dream-enacting behaviors are common in healthy young adults, and the prevalence of specific behaviors differs between men and women.


Second-line CML drugs evoke faster response than front-line therapy

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Two medications approved as treatment for drug-resistant chronic myeloid leukemia continue to provide patients with quicker, better responses as a first treatment than the existing front-line drug, researchers at The University ...



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