News tagged with surgeries
Umbilical stem cells may help recover lost vision for those with corneal disease
Dec 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New research from the University of Cincinnati (UC) may help in the recovery of lost vision for patients with corneal scarring.
New device detects heart disease using less than one drop of blood
Jun 01, 2009 |
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Testing people for heart disease might be just a finger prick away thanks to a new credit card-sized device created by a team of researchers from Harvard and Northeastern universities in Boston. In a research report published ...
'Dolphin pads' help prevent bedsores
Apr 03, 2009 |
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They say dolphins are smart, and now people are borrowing a technology that was first used on the mammals.
Computer-aided system effectively detects and measures pneumothoraces in chest trauma patients
Mar 04, 2009 |
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A new computer-aided method used with MDCT to detect and measure pneumothoraces in trauma patients helps physicians make quicker and more accurate decisions in busy emergency room settings, according to a study performed ...
New clues to healing arthritis caused by traumatic injury
Feb 22, 2009 |
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A strain of laboratory mice that has "superhealing" powers has been found to resist inflammation after a knee injury, and also to avoid developing arthritis at the injury site in the long term, according to researchers at ...
UCSD engineer develops method to combat congenital heart disease in children
Feb 09, 2009 |
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Congenital heart defects account for five times more deaths annually than all childhood cancers combined. Alison Marsden, an assistant mechanical and aerospace engineering professor at the University of California, ...
