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Patients meet donors from largest-ever kidney swap (AP)

Patients meet donors from largest-ever kidney swap

Medicine & Health / Other

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(AP) -- Thirteen patients with healthy new kidneys from what's believed to be the world's largest kidney exchange met the donors who made it happen Tuesday - including three who are sure to face the question, ...


Miracle light: Can lasers solve the energy crisis?

Technology / Energy

created 14 hours ago | popularity 4.6 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Next year will mark the 50th birthday of the laser, one of the most productive and widely used mega-inventions of the last century. Scientists hope that 2010 also will see the launch of laser technology's greatest challenge: ...


Stopping a Stroke in its Tracks: Catheter Device Restrores Blood Flow to Brain by Suctioning Blood Clots

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created 15 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Bobbie Laird was suffering a life-threatening stroke triggered by a blood clot in her brain that was nearly half an inch long.


Adobe Systems posts 4Q loss, weighed by charges (AP)

Adobe Systems posts 4Q loss but says demand rising

Technology / Business

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(AP) -- Adobe Systems Inc. said Tuesday that although it booked a loss in the fiscal fourth quarter, consumer demand improved and allowed the maker of Photoshop and Flash software to post an optimistic outlook ...


Heart cells on lab chip display 'nanosense' that guides behavior

Heart cells on lab chip display 'nanosense' that guides behavior

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created 16 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Johns Hopkins biomedical engineers, working with colleagues in Korea, have produced a laboratory chip with nanoscopic grooves and ridges capable of growing cardiac tissue that more closely resembles natural ...


A view through special glasses of a 3D TV program during a trade fair

S.Korea's LG aims to sell 400,000 3D TVs next year

Technology / Business

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South Korea's LG Electronics announced Tuesday it plans to sell 400,000 three-dimensional televisions next year by teaming up with local digital satellite broadcaster SkyLife.


US-China showdown still looms over climate talks (AP)

US-China showdown still looms over climate talks

Space & Earth / Environment

created 18 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- In a showdown between the world's two largest polluters, China accused the United States and other rich nations Tuesday of backsliding on fighting global warming and the top U.S. envoy said Chinese ...


Sleep and Cancer: Uncomfortable Bedfellows

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created 19 hours ago | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Newly-diagnosed cancer patients face a number of life-long challenges, but a new study from the Duke Clinical Research Institute suggests that a lack of sleep may be one of the most persistent and disruptive. ...


In rural areas, more women falling into health care gap

Medicine & Health / Health

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For Americans living in rural areas, obtaining and maintaining health care can be challenging. Aside from common barriers, including shortages of care providers and facilities, older women face additional challenges, according ...


FDA researchers identify new MRI safety risk for patients with pacemakers

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

FDA researchers have found that certain cardiac pacemakers may inadequately stimulate a patient's heart while undergoing a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan due to the magnetic pulses mixing with the electronic pulses ...



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