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Posted April 17, 2012:

• Understanding of Hearing in Baleen Whales Amplified

Posted April 16, 2012:

• New Method May Help Detect Marker for Alzheimer's Disease Earlier

Posted April 15, 2012:

• Nanoparticles Home in on Brain Tumors, Boost Accuracy of Surgical Removal

Posted April 11, 2012:

• Grid-Based Computing to Fight Neurological Disease

Posted April 10, 2012:

• New MRI Technique May Predict Progress of Dementias

Posted April 9, 2012:

• First FDA-Approved Magnetic Heartburn Device

Posted April 6, 2012:

• Invasive Heart Test Being Dramatically Overused, Study Shows

Posted March 29, 2012:

• Radioactive Antibody Fragment May Help Scientists Identify Artery Deposits

Posted March 27, 2012:

• Nanoparticles and Magnetic Current Used to Damage Cancerous Cells in Mice
• New Endoscope Technology Paves the Way for 'Molecular-Guided Surgery' for Cancer

Posted March 21, 2012:

• Hard Electronics: Hall Effect Magnetic Field Sensors for High Temperatures and Harmful Radiation Environments

Posted March 20, 2012:

• Friendly-to-a-Fault, Yet Tense: Personality Traits Traced in Brain
• Nanotherapy: Treating Deadly Brain Tumors by Delivering Big Radiation With Tiny Tools

Posted March 16, 2012:

• Treating Psoriasis to Prevent Heart Attacks and Strokes

Posted March 13, 2012:

• Children at Risk for Schizophrenia Show Disordered Brain Networks in Childhood, Adolescence, Researchers Say

Posted March 8, 2012:

• New Way to Image Bleeding in Arteries of the Brain Identified

Posted March 7, 2012:

• Little Benefit of Breast Imaging Tests for Women With Breast Pain, Study Suggests

Posted March 2, 2012:

• New High Definition Fiber Tracking Reveals Damage Caused by Traumatic Brain Injury

Posted February 28, 2012:

• Stopping Hormone Therapy Might Help Breast Cancer to Regress

Posted February 23, 2012:

• Nanoscale Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Quantum Computer Get Nudge from New Research

Posted February 17, 2012:

• X-Ray Microscopy Seen as Next Wave in Structural Biology Research

Posted February 15, 2012:

• Virtual Ghost Imaging: New Technique Enables Imaging Even Through Highly Adverse Conditions

Posted February 13, 2012:

• First-of-Its-Kind Stem Cell Study Re-Grows Healthy Heart Muscle in Heart Attack Patients
• Brain-Imaging Technique Predicts Who Will Suffer Cognitive Decline Over Time

Posted February 12, 2012:

• Researchers Develop Method to Examine Batteries -- From the Inside

Posted February 9, 2012:

• Obesity Is Associated With Altered Brain Function

Posted February 6, 2012:

• PET Techniques Provide More Accurate Diagnosis, Prognosis in Challenging Breast Cancer Cases

Posted February 1, 2012:

• Encouraging Results With Stem Cell Transplant for Brain Injury
• Sleep Apnea Linked to Silent Strokes, Small Lesions in Brain

Posted January 30, 2012:

• Researchers Rewrite Textbook on Location of Brain's Speech Processing Center

Posted January 26, 2012:

• Diagnostic Brain Tumor Test Could Revolutionize Care of Patients With Low-Grade Gliomas

Posted January 25, 2012:

• Potential Target for Anti-Craving Medications Identified

Posted January 24, 2012:

• New Way Developed to Image Brain Tumors and Predict Recurrence

Posted January 23, 2012:

• New Tool Enhances View of Muscles
• Use of Iodinated Contrast Media in Imaging Procedures Appears to Affect Thyroid Function

Posted January 22, 2012:

• Hyperthermia Treatment of Cancer Using Magnetic Nanoparticles

Posted January 20, 2012:

• Tactile Imaging Sensor Can Assist Doctors With Early Identification of Tumors

Posted January 16, 2012:

• Traditional Physical Autopsies – Not High-Tech 'Virtopsies' – Still the Gold Standard for Determining Cause of Death, Experts Claim

Posted January 15, 2012:

• Scientists Introduces Automated Imaging to Greatly Speed Whole-Brain Mapping Efforts

Posted January 12, 2012:

• New, Noninvasive Way to Identify Lymph Node Metastasis

Posted January 11, 2012:

• Advance Toward an Imaging Agent for Diagnosing Alzheimer's Disease

Posted January 7, 2012:

• PET Effectively Detects Dementia, Decade of Research Shows

Posted January 5, 2012:

• Cell-CT: A New Dimension in Breast Cancer Research

Posted January 3, 2012:

• Quantitative CT Helps Identify COPD Patients at Risk for Exacerbations

Posted January 2, 2012:

• Schizophrenia Diagnosis Associated With Progressive Brain Changes Among Adolescents

Posted December 22, 2011:

• Multiple Sclerosis Linked to Different Area of Brain
• MRI Scan 'Better' for Heart Patients

Posted December 20, 2011:

• Being Told Painting Is Fake Changes Brain's Response to Art
• New Device for Rapid, Mobile Detection of Brain Injury

Posted December 19, 2011:

• Quantum Computing Has Applications in Magnetic Imaging

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