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Image: Electrode blocking residual peripheral nerve trunk (Photo courtesy of Neuros Medical).

Neurostimulation Signal Blocks Phantom Pain

An innovative electrical nerve block technology for modulating peripheral nerves offers significant reduction of aches in people with chronic amputation pain. More...
27 Apr 2011

ICU Care Differences Reflect Extremes of Bed Availability

Patients who receive services in intensive care units fare differently in the United States than in the United Kingdom, according to a new study. More...
27 Apr 2011

Ultrasound and Blood Test May Increase Survival After Myocardial Infarction

Two comparatively simple techniques, an ultrasound investigation and a blood test to measure the level of B-type natriuretic peptide, can predict survival and future heart failure following acute coronary syndromes. More...
26 Apr 2011

Peppermint Helps Relieve Irritable Bowel Syndrome

A new study describes how peppermint helps to relieve irritable bowel syndrome, which affects up to 20% of the population. More...
26 Apr 2011

Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion Yields Good Donor Lungs

The use of normothermic ex vivo lung perfusion to make suboptimal donor lungs more viable for transplant yields clinical outcomes similar to those obtained with conventionally selected lungs, according to a new study. More...
25 Apr 2011

Considerable Increase in Pediatric CT Imaging Seen in the Emergency Departments

Computed tomography scans of children in hospital emergency departments increased substantially from 1995 to 2008. More...
21 Apr 2011
Image: A: sensor and cable; B: delivery syringe with hollow tube; C: LED source (Photo courtesy of AIP).

Pharmacological Device Delivers Powerful Drugs Safely

A novel drug-delivery device under development could unlock the potential of photosensitive chemicals to kill drug-resistant infections, and perhaps destroy cancer tumors as well. More...
21 Apr 2011
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Handheld Blood Glucose Analyzer
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Vivalytic Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) Array
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Cranial 4Pi Immobilization


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