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Fetal Alcohol Exposure Affects Brain Structure in Children
November 25, 2012 — Children exposed to alcohol during fetal development exhibit changes in brain structure and metabolism that are visible using various imaging techniques, according to a new ... > full story -
Reading, Writing and Playing Games May Help Aging Brains Stay Healthy
November 25, 2012 — Mental activities like reading and writing can preserve structural integrity in the brains of older people, according to a new ... > full story -
Neural Interaction in Silence: Neurophysiologists Study Widespread Networks of Neurons Responsible for Memory
November 21, 2012 — While in deep dreamless sleep, our hippocampus sends messages to our cortex and changes its plasticity, possibly transferring recently acquired knowledge to long-term memory. But how exactly is this ... > full story -
Novel Breast Screening Technology Increases Diagnostic Accuracy
November 20, 2012 — The addition of three-dimensional breast imaging -- a technology called tomosynthesis -- to standard digital mammography significantly increases radiologists' diagnostic accuracy while reducing false ... > full story -
New Tumor Tracking Technique May Improve Outcomes for Lung Cancer Patients
November 19, 2012 — Researchers have shown that a real-time tracking technique can better predict and track tumor motion and deliver higher levels of radiation to lung cancer patients and others with moving tumor ... > full story -
Into the Magnetic Resonance Scanner With a Cuddly Toy
November 16, 2012 — Clinicians have been able to show on the basis of a large sample, that it is possible to examine children's heads in the MRI scanner without general anesthesia or other medical sedation. In many ... > full story -
Enhancing Breast Cancer Detection: Computer Algorithm Analyzes Thermal Images of Breasts
November 14, 2012 — Straightforward imaging with an infrared, thermal, camera for detecting breast cancer early without the discomfort or inconvenience of mammography or biomolecular tests, according to a new ... > full story -
Stereoscopic Mammography Could Reduce Recall Rate
November 13, 2012 — A new three-dimensional digital mammography technique has the potential to significantly improve the accuracy of breast cancer ... > full story -
Detection, Analysis of 'Cell Dust' May Allow Diagnosis, Monitoring of Brain Cancer
November 11, 2012 — A novel miniature diagnostic platform using nuclear magnetic resonance technology is capable of detecting minuscule cell particles known as microvesicles in a drop of blood. Microvesicles shed by ... > full story -
Non-Invasive Technique for Predicting Patients' Response to Chemotherapy
November 7, 2012 — A non-invasive way of predicting how much of a cancer-killing drug is absorbed by a tumor has been developed. The preliminary study was conducted in lung cancer patients and it also revealed that ... > full story
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