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Most radiation oncologists utilize advanced medical imaging techniques, study suggests

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A recent study shows that 95 percent of radiation oncologists use advanced imaging techniques such as positron emission tomography (FDG-PET), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and 4-dimensional computed tomography (4DCT) ...


When roots lose contact

When roots lose contact

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Plant roots can shrink as a result of water deficit and lose contact with the surrounding soil. This effect has been suspected for a long time, but has only now been demonstrated for a fact with the help of ...


Nanoimaging in 3-D

Nanoimaging in 3-D

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (14) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- As technology shrinks ever smaller, interest in objects and devices on the nanoscale becomes more apparent. However, visualizing these objects in three dimensions comes with special challenges. ...


Brain Scan Study Shows Cocaine Abusers Can Control Cravings

Brain Scan Study Shows Cocaine Abusers Can Control Cravings

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- When asked to inhibit their response to a "cocaine-cues" video, active cocaine abusers were, on average, able to suppress activity in brain regions linked to drug craving, according to a new ...


Imaging test detects Alzheimer's disease that is likely to progress

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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

Early Alzheimer's disease detected by a compound that binds to brain plaques appears likely to progress into symptomatic Alzheimer's disease with dementia, according to a report in the December issue of Archives of Neurology, one of ...


Clinical Trial Examines Drug?s Potential for Protecting the Optic Nerve

Clinical Trial Examines Drug's Potential for Protecting the Optic Nerve

Medicine & Health / Research

created 5 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Acute optic neuritis, an inflammation of the optic nerve, doesn't occur all that often. But for those who experience it, the vision loss, pain and nerve damage that often result are no small ...


Repeat negative CT scan for lung cancer does not encourage ex-smokers to resume the habit

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Assurance of a cancer-free status did not prompt people participating in a long-term computerized tomography (CT) lung-cancer screening program to pick up their cigarettes again, researchers wrote in a study published in ...


Scientists gain new understanding of disease-causing bacteria

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A team of scientists from The Forsyth Institute, the University of Connecticut Health Center, the CDC and the Wadsworth Center, have used state-of-the-art technology to elucidate the molecular architecture of Treponema pallidum, ...


Clearing the way for detecting pulmonary embolism

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

When it comes to diagnosing pulmonary embolism—a sudden blockage in the lung artery that could be deadly if not treated—which technique is the most effective? Research published in the December issue of The Journal of Nu ...


Cold war - Fighting the threat of latent TB

Cold war - Fighting the threat of latent TB (w/ Podcast)

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists are making breakthroughs in studying the latent form of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This work could revolutionise the treatment of TB.



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