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  Biomedical Scientists Develop Computerized Stethoscope To Analyze Heart Murmurs

  Scientists have developed a new tool that may eliminate unnecessary visits to a specialist by allowing doctors to examine and assess heart murmurs. The Zargis Acoustic Cardioscan first amplifies and ... > more
• Marine Biology
  Fish
  Sea Life
  Genes
  Parkinson's
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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
• Medical Technology
  Today's Healthcare
  Computer Science
  Medical Imaging
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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
• Pharmacology
  HIV and AIDS
  Communications
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  Nanotechnology Fingerprints Can Certify Authenticity

  Immunochemists have now devised a range of nanoscale materials that can be embedded in drug packaging or in the pills themselves to distinguish medicines from counterfeits. Traces of these ... > more
• Virtual Reality
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  Human Biology
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  Today's Healthcare
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  An Interactive, 3D Voyage into Human Anatomy

  Anatomists and biochemists have created a detailed virtual view of vital organs in the human body, down to the level of tissues and cells. The software recreates the visualization from a combination ... > more
• Eye Care
  Today's Healthcare
  Wounds and Healing
  Cosmetic Surgery
  Artificial Intelligence
  Diseases and Conditions
   
  

  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
• Perception
  Medical Technology
  Intelligence
  Medical Imaging
  Psychology
  Language Acquisition
   
  

  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
  Cold and Flu
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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
  Pain Control
  Neuropathy
  Workplace Health
  Bone and Spine
  Fibromyalgia
   
  

  EMG Helps Physiatrists Find Causes of Pain

  Electromyography (EMG) detects the electrical potential generated by muscle cells, and can test nerve function. EMG can help physiatrists pin down the cause of back pain in cases such as spinal ... > more
• Infectious Diseases
  Pharmacology
  Bacteria
  Children's Health
  Alzheimer's Research
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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

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