News tagged with virtual colonoscopies


Picture is cloudy over virtual colon exam

Medicine & Health / Health

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

The federal government's decision this week to not reimburse for high-tech colonoscopy exams may pose trouble for emerging companies that specialize in managing complex data from increasingly powerful imaging machines.





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Is Second Life's Economy Too Big To Fail?

Technology / Internet

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (7) | comments 1

One of the more interesting developments in terms of technology is the virtual economy -- and how it translates into something that involves real money.


Virtual biopsy can tell whether colon polyp is benign without removal

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 21, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (13) | comments 0

A probe so sensitive that it can tell whether or not a cell living within the human body is veering towards cancer development may revolutionize how future colonoscopies are done, say researchers from the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, ...


Mayo Clinic estimates new, tiny, super-sensitive probe could cut colon polyp removal in half

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 07, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Based on results of a landmark study, researchers at Mayo Clinic's Florida campus see a future in which virtual biopsies will eliminate the need to remove colon polyps that are not cancerous or will not morph into the disease.


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FTC warns of explicit content in virtual worlds

Technology / Internet

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 1

The US consumer protection agency warned parents Thursday that children can easily bypass age requirements in virtual worlds and access violent or sexually explicit content.


Virtual reality games could help bullying victims

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Virtual reality games could help children to escape victimisation and bullying at school, according to researchers at the University of Warwick.


Crushing cigarettes in a virtual reality environment reduces tobacco addiction

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Smokers who crushed computer-simulated cigarettes as part of a psychosocial treatment program in a virtual reality environment had significantly reduced nicotine dependence and higher rates of tobacco abstinence than smokers ...


Colon cancer screening more effective earlier in day, study finds

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The effectiveness of a screening colonoscopy may depend on the time of day it is performed. According to a new UCLA study, early-morning colonoscopies yielded more polyps per patient than later screenings, and fewer polyps ...


Study shows how to lower costs, waiting times for colonoscopies

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Colorectal cancer is a leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States, leading to over 50,000 fatalities every year. But it can be prevented with early screening using a procedure called a colonoscopy. Now researchers ...


Virtual solution to driving phobias

Virtual solution to driving phobias

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Nervous drivers are being helped to overcome their road phobias by donning Cyclops-style goggles that transport them to a three-dimensional virtual world.


Milling and drilling in cyberspace

Milling and drilling in cyberspace

Technology / Engineering

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

Machinists, NC programmers or mechatronics engineers -- trainees in engineering jobs often have to master complex equipment. In the future, trainees will practice and learn milling, turning, drilling and programming ...



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