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New PET-CT Scan Improves Detection In Rare Cardiac Condition
Using a new imaging technique that can diagnose cardiac sarcoidosis much more accurately than traditional tests, researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago have fo...Full Article
Assessing Concussion Symptom Presentation May Provide Insight Into Rise In Rates
How physicians and athletic trainers assess symptoms may give insight into why concussion rates are on the rise, say researchers presenting their work at the American Orthopae...Full Article
Patient Receives 3-D Printed Skull After Traumatic Brain Injury
After two months in a coma, Chris Cahill, 35, of New Brunswick, New Jersey woke up confused about where he was and what had happened to him. Cahill was found unconscious from ...Full Article
The Medical Minute: Falls Are Common – And Preventable – Cause Of Childhood Injury
Some falls are just part of childhood. Learning to walk and nursing scraped knees are milestones that few kids escape. But more serious tumbles – from beds, stairs, playground...Full Article
Hold Your Breath And Spare Your Heart
“Take a deep breath and hold it.” With that simple instruction, The Department of Radiation Oncology at Valley-Mount Sinai Comprehensive Cancer Care is helping patients with b...Full Article
Henry Ford Treats World’s First Patient Using New MRI-Guided Radiation Therapy That Simultaneously Tracks, Treats Tumor
The Henry Ford Cancer Institute has treated the world’s first cancer patient today with an advanced radiation therapy that uses an FDA-cleared real-time magnetic resonance ima...Full Article
Reducing Inflammation Protects Stem Cells During Wound Repair
Scientists have found a new way to protect stem cells from harsh inflammation during wound repair. In a study recently published in the journal Cytotherapy, researchers in Ind...Full Article
Oxygen And Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Reverses Brain Damage In Drowned Toddler
Dr. Paul Harch, Clinical Professor and Director of Hyperbaric Medicine at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, and Dr. Edward Fogarty, at the University of North Dakota ...Full Article
How Puberty Prepares Adolescents For Adulthood Through Changing Face Perceptions
While the five senses help us to navigate through our world, how we perceive the faces we see is critical to becoming successful socially, says a Penn State researcher. Suzy ...Full Article
Gear Up For Summer Fitness With ATN Compression Socks -- 20% off code: LOVEYOURLEGS
Nervous to keep up with your workout routine this summer? Don’t sweat it! Whether you live in Arizona or California and head out for a run at peak heat in the middle of summer...Full Article
Soccer Boosts Bone Development In Boys
Playing soccer can improve bone development in adolescent boys, new research shows.
In a study comparing adolescent soccer players to swimmers, cyclists and a control group o...
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First Aid In The Brain: When Language Suddenly Fails
Talking to each other is a complex matter. While chatting we have to recognise single words and phrases out of a flood of sounds. In parallel we have to think about an answer ...Full Article
UMMS Researcher, Colleagues Develop Tumor-Targeting MRI Contrast Based On Human Protein
A team led by Gang Han, PhD, has designed a human protein-based, tumor-targeting Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) contrast that can be easily cleared by the body. The discover...Full Article
High-Speed Whole-Brain Imaging Improves Understanding Of Brain Disease
To fully understand brain function and dysfunction, it is important to be able to visualize changes in anatomy and activity in the whole brain. High-resolution brain imaging t...Full Article
MMA Fighters, Boxers May Have Signs Of Long-Term Brain Injury In Blood
Boxers and mixed martial arts fighters may have markers of long-term brain injury in their blood, according to a study released today that will be presented at the American Ac...Full Article
Detecting Long-Term Concussion In Athletes
Lawyers representing both sides in concussion lawsuits against sports leagues may eventually have a new tool at their disposal: a diagnostic signature that uses artificial int...Full Article
JFK’s Back Problems—A New Look
“Camelot,” the term used to describe the John Fitzgerald Kennedy (JFK) presidency after JFK’s death, conjures up an image of youth and vigor, an image the 35th president of th...Full Article
Aphasia Recovery Via Speech Therapy Related To Structural Plasticity Of The Ventral Stream
Language disturbances (aphasia) are common after stroke and can manifest as difficulty identifying the correct word to use (semantic problems) and/or difficulty pronouncing wo...Full Article
Using Body Noise To Improve Cancer Detection
Elastography, sometimes referred as seismology of the human body, is an emerging technology used to enhance medical ultrasound imaging. It does this by measuring the elasticit...Full Article
CT Technology Shows How Blood Flow Can Predict Effectiveness Of Ovarian Cancer Treatment
Technology developed at Western University and Lawson Health Research Institute can provide a new window into whether or not patients are responding to treatment for advanced ...Full Article
Sensor Enables CT Scanners To Render Sharper Images
ams, a supplier of high performance sensor solutions, released the AS5900, a current-to-digital converter for use in Computed Tomography (CT) scanners which offers ultra-low n...Full Article
What’s The Difference Between Alzheimer’s Disease And Dementia?
While often used interchangeably, dementia and Alzheimer’s disease are not the same. Dementia is a general term for a decline in mental ability severe enough to interfere with...Full Article
Third Straight ‘Gold Plus’ Keeps Boosting Ben Taub Hospital’s Stroke Program
Ben Taub Hospital is quickly building its reputation for outstanding stroke care, evident by the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association’s recent recognitio...Full Article
The Hippocampus Underlies The Link Between Slowed Walking And Mental Decline
The connection between slowed walking speed and declining mental acuity appears to arise in the right hippocampus, a finger-shaped region buried deep in the brain at ear-level...Full Article
Tramp-o-lines: Bouncing Fun Or Backyard Danger?
It’s summertime. What could be more fun than a group of children bouncing on a backyard trampoline? But, a look at statistics may change a parent's mind. "Trampolines are a ...Full Article