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• Neuropathy
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  Anesthesiologists Use Nerve Blocks As Alternative To General Anesthesia

  Anesthesiologists use ultrasound to locate peripheral nerves, then inject a nerve numbing medication into the area. A single injection leaves a limb numb for several hours or a day. The medication is ... > more
• Optics
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  Engineers Measure Blood Alcohol Content With Spectroscopy

  Using optical technology, engineers created a way to measure the amount of alcohol in a driver’s skin. They use near-infrared absorption spectroscopy to measure blood alcohol content. The light ... > more
• Children's Health
  Educational Psychology
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  Autism
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  Computer Scientists Use Technology To Help Children With Autism

  Computer scientists have devised two tools to help people interact with autistic children. Videotaping interactions allows teachers or parents to replay situations and evaluate the cause of ... > more
• Multiple Sclerosis Research
  Multiple Sclerosis
  Disability
  Energy Technology
  Today's Healthcare
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  Biomedical Engineers Use Electrical Stimulus To Help Patients Lift Their Feet

  Physical Therapists are helping people with central nervous system disorders learn to walk again. A wireless computer-enabled device aids those suffering from a condition called foot drop, which ... > more
• Today's Healthcare
  Brain Tumor
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  Intelligence
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  Birth Defects
   
  

  Neurosurgeonýs Drive Propels Him From Border Fence To Faculty

  Physician scientist Alfredo Quinones has come a long way since illegally entering the United States. Today he is a faculty member at Johns Hopkins University. Quinones is a respected brain surgeon ... > more
• Brain Tumor
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  Molecular Biologists Devise Strategy To Starve Brain Tumors

  Brain tumor researchers have found that brain tumors arise from cancer stem cells living within tiny protective areas formed by blood vessels in the brain. Killing those cells is a promising ... > more
• Today's Healthcare
  Medical Technology
  Brain Injury
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  Stroke
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  Neurologists Use GPS For The Brain As Guide In Surgery

  Neurosurgeons' jobs are made easier by a 3-D CT scan produced by an advanced imaging system. It produces a computerized image of blood vessels and surrounding soft tissue, which can be rotated for ... > more
• Hearing Loss
  Hearing Impairment
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  Disability
  Acoustics
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  Acoustic Device Allows Sound To Travel Through Bones

  Otolaryngologists develop a new, implantable hearing aid. It works with a transmitter worn behind the ear that sends sound vibrations from her deaf side through the skull to her good ear. It's ... > more
• Intelligence
  Brain Injury
  Memory
  Neuroscience
  Psychology
  Disorders and Syndromes
   
  

  Psychologists Use fMRI To Understand Ties Between Memories And The Imagination

  Psychologists have found that thought patterns used to recall the past and imagine the future are strikingly similar. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging to show the brain at work, they have ... > more
• Consumer Behavior
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  Mathematicians Show Tricks Behind Ads, Sales

  Consumers need to be more aware of the mathematical details behind sales pitches, math experts say. Simple arithmetic can show exactly what kind of deal is ... > more

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