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• Acoustics
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  Acoustic Study Shows Safe Listening Levels

  Loud, sustained sound can damage tiny hairs in the cochlea, and yet 80 percent of people listen to personal music devices at dangerous levels above background noise, a study by acousticians shows. ... > more
• Eye Care
  Diabetes
  Diseases and Conditions
  Medical Devices
  Hypertension
  Joint Pain
   
  

  Computer Scientists Make Laser Eye Operation Simpler

  A new technique called Patterned Scanning Laser uses a computer instead of a human to apply laser pulses to burn away abnormal blood vessels. Instead of manually operating the laser, the pattern of ... > more
• Brain Tumor
  Skin Cancer
  Cancer
  Prostate Cancer
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  Ovarian Cancer
   
  

  Chromosomal Test By Molecular Biologists Determines Cancer Spread

  A new biopsy test, created by molecular biologists, can tell ocular melanoma patients if theirs is the kind that will spread. Using very thin needles, surgeons collect cells from tumors and analyze ... > more
• Epilepsy
  Epilepsy Research
  Neuroscience
  Medical Technology
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  Disorders and Syndromes
   
  

  Neurologists Use New Brain Scanning Device To Better Control Seizures

  Doctors are now using a new kind of brain scan called magnetoencephalography (MEG), which measures brain activity in real time. In some cases, MEG can pinpoint the source of an epileptic seizure much ... > more
• Skin Care
  Psoriasis
  Cosmetic Surgery
  Cosmetics
  Today's Healthcare
  Skin Cancer
   
  

  Chemists Develop New Tool For Treating Rosacea

  Antibiotics have been the traditional treatment for the skin disorder rosacea, but patients often develop antibiotic resistance to the drugs. A drug recently approved by the FDA, Oracea, contains a ... > more
• Marine Biology
  Fish
  Sea Life
  Genes
  Parkinson's
  Breast Cancer
   
  

  Sea Urchins' Genetics Add To Knowledge Of Cancer, Alzheimer's And Infertility

  Researchers are using the sea urchins to study and understand diseases like cancer, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and muscular dystrophy. Although they are invertebrates, the creatures ... > more
• Food
  Nutrition
  Staying Healthy
  Food and Agriculture
  Foodborne Illness
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  Certain Dry Foods Are Good Past Their Best-before Date, Food Scientists Say

  Some low-moisture foods such as dried apples can be safe to eat even years after their expiration date, if properly stored, food chemists say. They verified this in a tasting experiment of ... > more
• Medical Technology
  Medical Imaging
  Today's Healthcare
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  Diseases and Conditions
   
  

  Medical Physicists Improve Vision for Radiation Therapy

  Radiation therapy requires visualizing exactly where a tumor is located, usually from looking at hundreds of different X-ray , CT or PET scan images. A new system patches together 2D images into one ... > more
• Perception
  Medical Technology
  Medical Devices
  Intelligence
  Medical Imaging
  Psychology
   
  

  MRIs Peek into the Brains of Synesthesia Patients

  Cognitive neuroscientists have now documented hundreds of cases of synesthesia -- the condition in which one sense triggers the response of a different one. Using functional magnetic resonance ... > more
• Influenza
  Bird Flu
  Bird Flu Research
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  Biochemists Develop Diagnostic Tool to ID Strains Faster

  Biochemists have developed a new tool that can identify a strain of influenza in hours, instead of the usual days or weeks, potentially speeding up the development of new vaccines. A sample of the ... > more

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