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Doctors' bedside skills trump medical technology

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

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

Sometimes, a simple bedside exam performed by a skilled physician is superior to a high-tech CT scan, a Loyola University Health System study has found.


Studies quantify radiation doses, cancer risks from CT scans

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Doses of radiation from commonly performed computed tomography (CT) scans vary widely, appear higher than generally believed and may contribute to an estimated tens of thousands of future cancer cases, according to two reports ...


Skull bone may hold the key to tackling osteoporosis

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Scientists at Queen Mary, University of London have uncovered fundamental differences between the bone which makes up the skull and the bones in our limbs, which they believe could hold the key to tackling bone weakness and ...


Tendons shape bones during embryonic development

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In all vertebrates, including humans, bones, muscles and tendons work together to give the skeleton its characteristic balance of stability and movement. Now, new research uncovers a previously unrecognized interaction between ...


Bioactive glass nanofibers produced

Bioactive glass nanofibers produced

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 0

A team of researchers from the University of Vigo, Rutgers University in the United States and Imperial College London, in the United Kingdom, has developed "laser spinning", a novel method of producing glass ...


CERN Colour X-ray Technology Set to Save Lives

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Medical studies are soon to start with the MARS scanner, a revolutionary CT scanner developed by the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. The scanner, which incorporates technology developed at the world's ...


Umbilical cord could be new source of plentiful stem cells, researchers say

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Stem cells that could one day provide therapeutic options for muscle and bone disorders can be easily harvested from the tissue of the umbilical cord, just as the blood that goes through it provides precursor cells to treat ...


OU Lab 1 of 4 in nation testing new exercise technique

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A year ago, Michael Bemben, professor of health and exercise science in the University of Oklahoma College of Arts and Sciences, was invited to the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., to formally announce the partnership ...


Researchers reveal ancient origins of modern opossum

Researchers reveal ancient origins of modern opossum

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A University of Florida researcher has co-authored a study tracing the evolution of the modern opossum back to the extinction of the dinosaurs and finding evidence to support North America as the center of ...


Parents: Be mindful of hazardous holiday ornaments

Parents: Be mindful of hazardous holiday ornaments

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study from Children's Hospital Boston's Division of Emergency Medicine has found that holiday decorations, particularly glass ornaments, are one more safety hazard parents must consider during the season. ...



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