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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  Physicist Calls for Airline Industry to Educate Workers about Radiation Levels

  At the high altitudes and latitudes commercial airlines fly, crews are subjected to higher-than-normal radiation levels from the sun and cosmic rays. Physicist Robert Barish believes airline crew ... > more
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  Cancer Biologists Develop More Accurate Blood Test for Prostate Cancer

  A new blood test is more reliable at finding prostate cancer in its early stages by detecting a protein marker in blood plasma. Doctors say the new test, now in clinical trials, will have an accuracy ... > more
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  Vascular Surgeons Lower Blood Pressure with Implanted Device

  A new cell phone-sized implant can keep blood pressure in check from within the chest, just like a pacemaker controls heartbeats. When the device detects a rise in pressure, it sends electrical ... > more
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  Cardiologists Discover New Enzyme that Predicts Risk of Heart Attack

  MPO, or myeloperoxidase,is an enzyme produced by white blood cells. High levels of MPO predict a heart attack, the need for invasive intervention, or cardiac death within the next six months with ... > more
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  Biomedical Engineers use Fluorescence Spectroscopy Inside Coronary Arteries

  So-called vulnerable plaque is the most dangerous type of build-up in the coronary arteries. A new technique, called laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy, uses fiber optics to determine what kind ... > more

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