Critical Care
Stereotactic Radiotherapy Standard of Care for Frail Patients with Early-Stage Lung Cancer
Stereotactic body radiation therapy should be considered a new standard of care for early-stage lung cancer treatment in patients with coexisting medical problems, according to results from a U.S. clinical trial. More...24 Nov 2009

Novel Imaging Technology Developed to Study Sudden Cardiac Arrest
A research team has developed an innovative optical system to simultaneously image electrical activity and metabolic properties in the same region of a heart, to study the complex mechanisms that lead to sudden cardiac arrest. More...21 Nov 2009

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