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Eye-tracker device could help disabled people 'write' with their eyes
People who have lost the ability to use their arms and legs may soon be able to "write" with their eyes with the help of new technology developed in France.
News in Brief: 19th International AIDS Conference
Highlights from the AIDS meeting, July 22-27, Washington, D.C.
Tumor cells' inner workings predict cancer progression
Using a new assay method to study tumor cells, researchers have found evidence of clonal evolution in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). The assay method distinguishes features of leukemia cells that...
Novel therapy may prevent damage to the retina in diabetic eye diseases
Targeting a key protein blocks two important pathways related to blood vessel leakage in diabetic retinopathy
Lingering hack can signal whooping cough
Some people who've been coughing for weeks might actually have highly contagious whooping cough.
Well: When the Doctor's Words Aren't Soothing
A medical professional's manner can provoke or soothe a patient's apprehension. Doctors speak of the scripts they teach medical students to help prepare patients who are waiting for test results....
FDA’s claims over stem cells upheld
Drug watchdog wins right to regulate controversial therapies.Nature 488 14 doi: 10.1038/488014a
Molecular causes for life-threatening fungal infections in case of sepsis unraveled
With infectious diseases, it is often not the pathogen itself, but rather an excessive inflammatory immune response (= sepsis) that contributes to the patient’s death, for instance as a result...
Accelerated resolution therapy significantly reduces PTSD symptoms, researchers report
Brief treatments with an innovative behavioral treatment known as Accelerated Resolution Therapy substantially reduced symptoms associated with post-traumatic stress disorder including, depression, anxiety, sleep dysfunction and other physical and psychological...
In-utero exposure to magnetic fields associated with increased risk of obesity in childhood
In-utero exposure to relatively high magnetic field levels was associated with a 69 percent increased risk of being obese or overweight during childhood compared to lower in-utero magnetic field levels,...
Standard radiation therapy dose provides pain relief for painful heel spurs (plantar fasciitis)
Patients with plantar fasciitis (painful bone heel spur) experience significantly less pain and improved quality of life following a standard dose of external beam radiation therapy, a common cancer treatment...
Estimate: A new Amish community is founded every three and a half weeks in US
A new census of the Amish population in the United States estimates that a new Amish community is founded, on average, about every 3 1/2 weeks, and shows that more...
Computers can predict effects of HIV policies
Policymakers struggling to stop the spread of HIV grapple with "what if" questions on the scale of millions of people and decades of time. They need a way to predict...
HIV stats show 1 in 4 Americans has infection under control
Only a quarter of Americans with HIV have the infection under control, and young people and blacks are least likely to get effective care, according to new government data coming...
Dormant HIV gets rude awakening
Researchers tackle virus particles hiding in the immune system as part of efforts to find a cure for AIDS.Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2012.11077
War of words over Irish GM trial
The go-ahead for the first trial of GM potatoes in Ireland angers campaigners who say it threatens Ireland's green image.
The Olympics and bare feet: What have we learned?
A researcher finds that after Ethiopian Olympic runner Abebe Bikila introduced barefoot running to American in 1960, researchers still don't know if it promotes or prevents injuries. She presents a...
Fat gives nanoparticles a fighting chance
(Phys.org) -- Inhalable and thermo-responsive, fat-encased nanoparticles have been developed by researchers at the University of Sydney as possible treatment for lung cancer.
Simple hospital innovation saves time, money
Having hospital employees identify efficiencies that don't compromise patients adds up to savings in time and money, Saskatchewan Health finds.
MRSA cases in academic hospitals double in 5 years
Infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) doubled at academic medical centers in the U.S. between 2003 and 2008, according [...]
Shift work linked to increased risk of heart attack and stroke
Shift work is associated with an increased risk of major vascular problems, such as heart attacks and strokes, concludes a new study.
AUDIO: HIV vaccine 'five to 10 years away'
Andy Hosken speaks to Timothy Ray Brown, the first person in the world known to have recovered from HIV, and Dr Ravindra Gupta, a research fellow at UCL, gives his...
National Briefing | New England: New Hampshire: Technician Tied to Outbreak Had Previous Firing
A medical technician who was charged last week with causing a hepatitis C outbreak in New Hampshire was fired from a hospital in Arizona in April 2010, an official at...
Affordable Care Act Reduces Fund for Uninsured, Worrying Hospitals
The Affordable Care Act will trim government aid that facilities use in part to cover treatment for illegal immigrants.
Implantable Hydrogels Release Drugs, One At A Time
Drug Delivery: Gels could help doctors trigger multistep healing
Well: Life, Interrupted: The First 100 Days
For patients who undergo a bone marrow transplant, the 100th day after the procedure is an important milestone. Suleika Jaouad celebrates her 100th day.
Well: There Once Was a Surgeon From Nantucket
Dr. Timothy Lepore, the only surgeon working on Nantucket island, has taken it upon himself to deliver whatever type of medical care his island inhabitants need, often challenging conventional notions...
French research gives scientists hope of 'functional cure' for HIV
Small group of patients were able to stop taking Aids drugs without any resurgence of the virus in their bodies, study findsA small group of patients with HIV in France have been...