- Prosthetic foot up for MacRobert engineering prize
A prosthetic foot that mimics the muscle actions of real feet has been short-listed for the UK's top engineering prize.
Four projects are on the shortlist for the Royal Academy of Engineering MacRobert Award, worth £50,000....
(Issue date: 18 May 2010)
- New U of T software application will streamline mental health care
Mental health and technology are now being brought together with an innovative tool developed by University of Toronto Bloomberg nursing researchers in collaboration with Toronto-based software development company HInext and the...
(Issue date: 18 May 2010)
- Sniff of local anesthetic in the dentist’s chair could replace the needle
Modern dentistry has eliminated much of the "ouch!" from getting a shot of local anaesthetic. Now a new discovery may replace the needle used to give local anaesthetic in the dentist’s chair for many procedures. Scientists are...
(Issue date: 18 May 2010)
- NIH funds UI Study onTreating Age-related Macular Degeneration
An interdisciplinary team of scientists at the University of Iowa has been awarded a five-year, $2.8 million grant from the National Eye Institute (NEI) to improve how doctors manage treatment for patients with the wet form of...
(Issue date: 18 May 2010)
- Omni-focus Video Camera to revolutionise industry
The University of Toronto, a world-leading research university, announces a breakthrough development in video camera design. The Omni-focus Video Camera, based on an entirely new distance-mapping principle, delivers automatic...
(Issue date: 18 May 2010)
- A Better Way to Predict Heart Attacks
Every year thousands of people get heart scans that provide pictures of calcium deposits in their coronary arteries. Studies have shown that the coronary artery calcium score (CACS) can point to signs of atherosclerosis and...
(Issue date: 09 May 2010)
- Older people in assisted-living facilities sleep poorly
In a study of residents of Assisted Living Facilities (ALFs) in Los Angeles showed that 65% had clinically significant sleeping problems and that poor sleep was associated with declining quality of life and increased depression...
(Issue date: 09 May 2010)
- New Emergency Preparedness Information Available for Dental Offices
Best practices for managing medical emergencies in dental clinics have evolved over the past decade to account for advances in knowledge and the development of new medications and medical equipment. Morton Rosenberg, DMD, of...
(Issue date: 09 May 2010)
- CE 3-D US for differentiating focal liver lesions
Recently, contrast-enhanced (CE) ultrasound (US) appeared as an important modality to show the vascularity in the areas of interest, and has been used widely in clinical diagnosis of liver lesions. Three dimensional...
(Issue date: 09 May 2010)
- Comparison of Available Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tools Shows Room for Improvement
All the breast cancer risk assessment tools now available have serious limitations when it comes to discriminating between individuals who will and will not develop breast cancer, according to an article. Assessing a woman’s risk...
(Issue date: 09 May 2010)
- MRI: Just as Effective as MR Arthrography in the Diagnosis of Hip Labral Tears
Conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may be an effective alternative to minimally invasive MR arthrography for the diagnosis of hip labral tears, a common cause of hip pain, according to a study to be presented at the...
(Issue date: 09 May 2010)
- Study shows risks of non-cardiac surgery after stenting
Patients who can postpone non-cardiac surgery for at least six weeks after receiving a coronary stent are less likely to suffer reduced blood flow to the heart, heart attack and death than those who have surgery sooner, Scottish...
(Issue date: 05 May 2010)
- New method predicts risk of invasive breast cancer
For the first time, scientists have discovered a way to predict whether women with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) – the most common form of non-invasive breast cancer – are at risk of developing more invasive tumors in later...
(Issue date: 05 May 2010)
- FDA approves Abbott test to screen blood, organ donors
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved a second test to screen blood, tissue and organ donors for a blood-borne parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi) that causes Chagas disease, a serious and potentially fatal...
(Issue date: 05 May 2010)
- Treating battlefield injuries with light-activated technology
Airmen's traumatic battlefield injuries may be more effectively treated by using a new light-activated technology developed as a result of research managed by Air Force Office of Scientific Research and supported by funds from...
(Issue date: 05 May 2010)
- Magnetic brain stimulation fights depression
A daily dose of electricity delivered to a specific part of the brain can lift depression, new research confirms, even for people who've already tried multiple antidepressants to no avail.
(Issue date: 05 May 2010)
- World first remote heart operation to be carried out in Leicester using robotic arm
A pioneering world first robotics system operation is to be conducted at Glenfield Hospital Leicester thanks to expertise at the University of Leicester and University Hospitals of Leicester.
Dr André Ng, Senior Lecturer in...
(Issue date: 02 May 2010)
- Release of ONIX V1.4
The UK National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Informatics Initiative released the latest version of Oncology Information Exchange (ONIX) (V1.4). This version of ONIX introduces two major updates: the inclusion of the newly...
(Issue date: 02 May 2010)
- Tool allows precise targeting of radiotherapy for cancer radiation therapy
A system that allows precise targeting of radiotherapy using real-time X-ray images has allowed French doctors to increase the dose of radiation they administered to lung and liver cancers while minimising harm to nearby healthy...
(Issue date: 02 May 2010)
- Molecular Imaging Can Identify a Potentially Deadly Blood Vessel Condition, Research Suggests
According to research molecular imaging can help physicians identify aortic dissection—an often fatal blood vessel condition—and help guide treatment. Aortic dissection occurs when a tear in the wall of the aorta causes blood to...
(Issue date: 02 May 2010)
