A small, easily implantable device called the Lung Volume Reduction Coil (LVRC) may play a key role in the treatment of two types of emphysema, according to a study conducted in Europe. Results of the study indicate the beneficial effects of the device persist more than a year after initial...
Mention a breakthrough involving "gumbo" technology in this city, and people think of a new twist on The Local Dish, the stew that's the quintessence of southern Louisiana cooking. But scientific presentations at a meeting of the world's largest scientific society werefocusing on what may be an...
Well, folks can dream. Melissa King, the former Miss Delaware Teen USA who turned in her crown after she was identified—mistakenly, she maintains—as the star of an amateur...
For many patients with difficult-to-treat neuropathic pain, deep brain stimulation (DBS) can lead to long-term improvement in pain scores and other outcomes, according to a study in the February issue of Neurosurgery, official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. The journal is...
Just like a comic book super hero, you could say that the enzyme superoxide dismutase (SOD1) has a secret identity. Since its discovery in 1969, scientists believed SOD1's only role was to protect living cells against damage from free radicals. Now, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg...
Take off those Thanksgiving pounds with a week at a spa retreat. A new study shows that not only are they relaxing and nourishing, but they are safe and a week-long spa stay can correspond with changes in our physical and emotional well-being. New research from Thomas Jefferson University...
Belatacept (trade name Nulojix®) has been approved since June 2011 to prevent a rejection reaction of the body to the donor organ (transplant) in adults who have received a kidney transplant. The Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) has examined the added benefit of the...
color with Ford or need custom paint? I want a GREEN colored exterior 2012 ford focus, but they don't have green. I looked around the website for optional add-ons and nowhere did I see other colors. Anybody know the easiest way to make it happen?
color with Ford or need custom paint? I want a GREEN colored exterior 2012 ford focus, but they don't have green. I looked around the website for optional add-ons and nowhere did I see other colors. Anybody know the easiest way to make it happen?
color with Ford or need custom paint? I want a GREEN colored exterior 2012 ford focus, but they don't have green. I looked around the website for optional add-ons and nowhere did I see other colors. Anybody know the easiest way to make it happen?
color with Ford or need custom paint? I want a GREEN colored exterior 2012 ford focus, but they don't have green. I looked around the website for optional add-ons and nowhere did I see other colors. Anybody know the easiest way to make it happen?
The ability to navigate using spatial cues was impaired in mice whose brains were minus a channel that delivers potassium - a finding that may have implications for humans with damage to the hippocampus, a brain structure critical to memory and learning, according to a Baylor University...
Hint: every tree + not every tree = oxy-moron
Hint: grace + law = life + death = dead end
Hint: blessed + cursed = accursed
Hint: saved + destroyed = bad ending
Hint: every tree + not every tree = oxy-moron
Hint: grace + law = life + death = dead end
Hint: blessed + cursed = accursed
Hint: saved + destroyed = bad ending
A UCSF stem cell study conducted in mice suggests a novel strategy for treating damaged cardiac tissue in patients following a heart attack. The approach potentially could improve cardiac function, minimize scar size, lead to the development of new blood vessels - and avoid the risk of tissue...
An article in the January issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology summarizes methods for radiation dose optimization in pediatric computed tomography (CT) scans. Approximately seven to eight million CT examinations are performed for various pediatric clinical indications per...
The discovery of a new class of dual-acting antimalarial compounds - the imidazolopiperazines (IZPs) - was published in the journal Science online, at the Science Express website. The findings report on compounds that target both liver and blood infections, attacking the Plasmodium parasite at...