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• Infant's Health
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  Incubator Enables MRI Scans on Preemies for Preventing Birth Asphyxia

  Designed by a team of doctors, nurses, and engineers, a specially designed incubator allows premature babies to receive MRI scans to assess their health. The scans can measure many indicators, such ... > more
• Alzheimer's
  Alzheimer's Research
  Dementia
  Eye Care
  Healthy Aging
  Optics
   
  

  Optical Scientists, Psychiatrists Develop Minimally Invasive Eye Test for Alzheimer's

  Building upon a recent discovery that the same Alzheimer's disease process that goes on in the brain also occurs in the eye, researchers have developed a pair of optical tests that can determine the ... > more
• Heart Disease
  Hormone Disorders
  Prostate Cancer
  Diseases and Conditions
  Colon Cancer
  Lung Cancer
   
  

  Pediatric Cardiologists Show Hormone Therapy Reduces Cancer Treatment Side Effects

  Studying childhood cancer patients who have suffered tissue and organ damage from chemotherapy treatments, researchers have found that growth hormones can reverse damage to the heart. Before the ... > more
• Computer Modeling
  Heart Disease
  Today's Healthcare
  Personalized Medicine
  Wounds and Healing
  Mathematical Modeling
   
  

  Bioengineers Combine Mathematical Equations, Data to Simulate Surgeries

  A new hi-tech method takes the guesswork out of cardiovascular surgery. Using mathematical equations, bioengineers build a personalized computer model of each heart patient, then perform the surgery ... > more
• Colon Cancer
  Lung Cancer
  Breast Cancer
  Cancer
  Brain Tumor
  Prostate Cancer
   
  

  Surgeons Combine Heat, Chemistry to Bolster Anti-Cancer Drugs

  In efforts to boost the effectiveness of anti-cancer drugs, a new method called intra-peritoneal hyperthermic chemotherapy works by flushing a heated chemotherapy drug through tissue surrounding a ... > more
• Heart Disease
  Stroke Prevention
  Stroke
  Diseases and Conditions
  Caregiving
  Vioxx
   
  

  Cardiologists Employ Biomedical Engineering to Safeguard Heart Patients

  To prevent strokes in at-risk patients who suffer from atrial fibrillation, an abnormal heart rhythm, researchers have devised a mechanical alternative to common drug treatments. In the procedure, ... > more
• Sports Medicine
  Sports Science
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  Back and Neck Pain
  Disability
  Accident and Trauma
   
  

  Engineers Design Improved Padding for Football Players

  Engineers have developed more protective padding for football players. Unlike traditional padding, the new putty-like material can be molded into protective gear to fit a player's body and better ... > more
• Diabetes
  Hormone Disorders
  Stem Cells
  Immune System
  Lymphoma
  Leukemia
   
  

  Doctors Combine Cell Biology, Endocrinology to Eliminate Insulin Implants

  Some diabetes patients who cannot live without insulin injections now have a new option: a transplant of islet cells, which produce insulin in the body. Drawing upon advances in cell biology and ... > more
• Workplace Health
  Pain Control
  Fibromyalgia
  Neuropathy
  Joint Pain
  Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
   
  

  Ergonomists Reduce Repetitive Stress with Computer-Mouse Alternative

  An alternative to the mouse, the SpacePilot 3D motion controller combines programmable keys with a circular controller that can sense and adapt to the user's needs. In a recent study, ergonomists ... > more
• Bladder Cancer
  Lung Cancer
  Urology
  Cancer
  Brain Tumor
  Ovarian Cancer
   
  

  Urologists Use Optics, Chemistry to Catch Small Tumors

  Some bladder cancer tumors are so small, surgeons can't see them. Urologist Edward Messing is using a new liquid dye that reacts to light to help him see all the small bladder tumors that might have ... > more

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