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Brain-Imaging Tool and Stroke Risk Test Help Identify Cognitive Decline Early
April 3, 2013 Medical researchers have used a brain-imaging tool and stroke risk assessment to identify signs of cognitive decline early on in individuals who don't yet show symptoms of ... > full story -
3-D Stem Cell Culture Technique Developed to Better Understand Alzheimer's Disease
April 2, 2013 A team of researchers has developed a technique to produce three-dimensional cultures of induced pluripotent stem cells called embryoid bodies, amenable to live cell imaging and to electrical ... > full story -
Personalized Brain Mapping Technique Preserves Function Following Brain Tumor Surgery
April 1, 2013 In a new paper, researchers review research showing that this ability to visualize relevant white matter tracts during glioma resection surgeries can improve ... > full story -
Early COPD Diagnosis Possible With Nuclear Medicine
April 1, 2013 In vivo ventilation/perfusion imaging can detect early changes to the lung caused by cigarette smoke exposure and provides a noninvasive method for studying lung dysfunction in preclinical models, ... > full story -
Breaking Ground in Robotic Cervical Surgery
March 29, 2013 A medical researcher has used ultrasound-guided laparoscopic surgery to tighten a pregnant patient's incompetent ... > full story -
New Metabolite-Based Diagnostic Test Could Help Detect Pancreatic Cancer Early
March 29, 2013 A new diagnostic test that uses a scientific technique known as metabolomic analysis may be a safe and easy screening method that could improve the prognosis of patients with pancreatic cancer ... > full story -
Brain Scans Might Predict Future Criminal Behavior
March 28, 2013 A portable MRI was used to assess anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) activity in 96 adult male inmates who were then followed for up to four years after their release from prison. Those who re-offended ... > full story -
Imaging Methodology Reveals Nano Details Not Seen Before: Understanding Nanoparticles at Atomic Scale in 3-D Could Improve Materials
March 27, 2013 Scientists have produced 3-D images and videos of a tiny platinum nanoparticle at atomic resolution that reveal new details of defects in nanomaterials that have not been seen ... > full story -
Researchers Discover the Brain Origins of Variation in Pathological Anxiety
March 25, 2013 New findings from nonhuman primates suggest that an overactive core circuit in the brain, and its interaction with other specialized circuits, accounts for the variability in symptoms shown by ... > full story -
Requests for Lower-Back MRIs Often Unnecessary, Experts Say
March 25, 2013 More than half of lower-back MRIs ordered at two Canadian hospitals were either inappropriate or of questionable value for patients. And family doctors were more apt to order these unnecessary tests ... > full story
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