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  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
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  Computerized Defibrillator Guides Untrained Users

  Human factors engineers have developed a CPR machine that allows people without CPR training to save the lives of those who are suffering from cardiac arrest. It monitors, and gives feedback about, ... > more
• Medical Technology
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  Computer Scientists Devise Tool For Visualizing Single Organs

  With MRI or CT scans, clinicians have to identify and extract the anatomy out of cross-sections views of the body. Computer scientists have created a new interactive tool that can examine scans and ... > more
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  GPS Navigation System Gives Acoustical Warnings

  Human factors psychologists have teamed up with computer scientists to develop technology that can do the job of a seeing-eye dog -- help the blind walk around safely and without getting lost. The ... > more
• Hearing Impairment
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  Cochlear Implants Work Better If Done On Both Ears

  Unlike other acoustical devices such as hearing aids, which just amplify sounds, cochlear implants mimic what happens inside the ear, changing sound waves into electrical signals sent to the brain. ... > more
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  New Computer Technology Makes Lasik More Sensitive

  Ophthalmologists have developed new software that analyzes the shape of the patient's cornea during the LASIK procedure and automatically adjusts the laser based on that cornea's unique anomalies. ... > more
• Influenza
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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
• Back and Neck Pain
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  3D Imaging System Helps Athletes Recover from Injuries

  A new computer-based system gives physical therapists real-time, objective measures of the motion of each joint in the patient's body. The system uses magnetic trackers to read the positions of ... > more
• Infectious Diseases
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  With New Antibiotics, Pediatricians Fight Proxy War on Bugs

  Strep throat has become harder to fight using penicillin or amoxicillin, but that's not because the Streptococci have developed a resistance to those drugs. Instead, more than 50 percent of children ... > more
• Ultrasound
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  Portable Machines Go Beyond Prenatal Uses

  Ultrasound uses sound waves that bounce off body parts, producing echoes. A computer translates the echoes into images that rival the quality of CAT scans and MRIs, showing broken bones, muscle ... > more

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