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Don't I know you? Research sheds light on memorial retrieval

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

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

We have all had the embarrassing experience of seeing an acquaintance in an unfamiliar setting. We know we know them but can't recall who they are. But with the correct cues from conversation or context, something seems ...


New technology helps scientists understand ancient fossils

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Some of the world's oldest human bones and other ancient relics are studied here using some of the world's newest technologies.


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fMRI scans used in murder trial sentencing

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 13

(PhysOrg.com) -- Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) scans have been used, possibly for the first time, in the sentencing phase of a murder trial in Chicago in the US.


Study uses brain scans to discover how children 'read' faces

Study uses brain scans to discover how children 'read' faces

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Oxford University scientists are using brain-scanning technology to understand how we learn to recognise and 'read' faces as children.


1 conjoined twin talking after separation surgery (AP)

1 conjoined twin talking after separation surgery

Medicine & Health / Other

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

(AP) -- A Bangladeshi toddler separated this week from her conjoined twin sister was talking and behaving normally Thursday after waking from a medically induced coma, the head of the surgery team said.


Belgian says he was alert but mute for 23 years

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(AP) -- For 23 torturous years, Rom Houben says he lay trapped in his paralyzed body, aware of what was going on around him but unable to tell anyone or even cry out.


EKG can show false positive readings for diagnosing heart condition

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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

The electrical measurements on the electrocardiogram can often mislead physicians in diagnosing the heart condition left ventricular hypertrophy, causing other screening tests to be ordered before a definitive conclusion ...


Formerly conjoined twins to need years of care (AP)

Formerly conjoined twins to need years of care

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Formerly conjoined Bangladeshi twins separated this week in a marathon surgery will remain in the care of a humanitarian group for at least two years, the organization's CEO said Friday.


Study: CT scans rule out heart attacks faster

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- A new study suggests that a type of "super X-ray" can give a faster, cheaper way to tell whether a chest pain sufferer is really having a heart attack.


Disease-matching software could save children

Disease-matching software could save children

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- By matching children with rare or life-threatening diseases and modelling potential disease progression, researchers hope to find new routes forward.