News tagged with room
Study finds strategy shift with age can lead to navigational difficulties
A Wayne State University researcher believes studying people's ability to find their way around may help explain why loss of mental capacity occurs with age.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 06, 2012 |
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Namaste, travelers! SFO opens airport yoga room
(AP) -- Stressed out by flying?
Feb 03, 2012 |
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Vt. struggles to rebuild mental health system
(AP) -- The remnants of Hurricane Irene did what policymakers hadn't been able to accomplish for more than a decade - close the state's antiquated psychiatric hospital.
Jan 31, 2012 |
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Ontario's first cardiac stem cell transplant performed last week
Heart failure is a leading cause of death in Canada. As part of the ongoing IMPACT-CABG clinical trial to treat advanced heart failure, physicians at the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre performed the first cardiac stem cell transplant ...
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Jan 26, 2012 |
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Sri Lanka donates eyes to the world
(AP) -- At 10:25 a.m., a dark brown eye was removed from a man whose lids had closed for the last time. Five hours later, the orb was staring up at the ceiling from a stainless steel tray in an operating ...
Jan 22, 2012 |
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Homeless heavy drinkers imbibe less when housing allows alcohol
A study of a controversial housing project that allows chronically homeless people with severe alcohol problems to drink in their apartments found that during their first two years in the building residents cut their heavy ...
Jan 19, 2012 |
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MHI develops 12-inch wafer bonding machine capable of producing 3-D integrated LSI circuits at room temperature
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd (MHI) has developed the world's first fully automated 12-inch (300 millimeters) wafer bonding machine, dubbed the "Bond Meister MWB-12-ST," capable of producing 3-dimensionally integrated LSI ...
Jan 16, 2012 |
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America hits the brakes on health care spending
Is health-care relief finally in sight? Health spending stabilized as a share of the nation's economy in 2010 after two back-to-back years of historically low growth, the government reported Monday.
Jan 09, 2012 |
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Biomarkers identify acute kidney injury in emergency patients
Acute kidney injury (AKI) has severe consequences, with a 25 to 80 percent risk of in-hospital death. Researchers have found a way to diagnose AKI using a urine test, enabling emergency departments to identify these high-risk ...
Jan 09, 2012 |
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LG fridge chills cans, bottles in just minutes
South Korea's LG Electronics, a leader in smart appliances, has hit on a solution to a common frustration -- how to chill canned or bottled drinks in less than half an hour.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 09, 2012 |
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Study: 'Google Flu Trends' a powerful early warning system for emergency departments
Monitoring Internet search traffic about influenza may prove to be a better way for hospital emergency rooms to prepare for a surge in sick patients compared to waiting for outdated government flu case reports. A report on ...
Jan 09, 2012 |
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Just messy or is it hoarding? Sorting out darker reality hidden inside clutter
It was a living room, but barely looked like one. The lecture-hall audience grew quiet seeing a photo of a room cluttered with mail, bills, and boxes projected onto the screen. The couch had only one empty ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 23, 2011 |
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Scientists find microbes in lava tube living in conditions like those on Mars
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of scientists from Oregon has collected microbes from ice within a lava tube in the Cascade Mountains and found that they thrive in cold, Mars-like conditions.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 15, 2011 |
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'Virtual operating room' to sharpen surgeons' smarts and skills
(Medical Xpress) -- Even for highly trained physicians and surgeons, there’s no teacher like experience.
Dec 14, 2011 |
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The smallest conceivable switch: Targeted proton transfer within a molecule
For a long time miniaturization has been the magic word in electronics. Dr. Willi Auwaerter and Professor Johannes Barth, together with their team of physicists at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM), ...
Dec 12, 2011 |
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