To advance understanding of psoriasis—the most common autoimmune disease in the country, affecting up to 7.5 million Americans—and help scientists and clinicians improve treatments and patient outcomes, the National Psoriasis ...
Liquid Image's googles with built in cameras on display during the first press event 'CES Unveiled' at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center prior to the 2014 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 05, 2014 A ...
A privately launched supply ship rocketed toward the International Space Station on Thursday following a series of delays ranging from the cold to the sun. Orbital Sciences Corp. launched its unmanned Antares rocket from Wallops Island, ...
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The risk of death from hip- or knee-replacement surgery has dropped substantially in recent years, a large new study finds. Dutch researchers found that since the early 1990s, death rates have fallen by almost two-thirds among Danish ...
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Qosina is pleased to announce the addition of five new Control Stroke Syringes. These syringes help ensure volume regulation during fluid delivery, and are used for precise injection or withdrawal. All syringes are equipped with a dimple ...
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Recent technological advances in air quality measurement methods such as X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy now make it possible and practical to monitor air pollution in a much more sophisticated way than before Launching a natural research ...
Qosina is pleased to announce the addition of five new Control Stroke Syringes. These syringes help ensure volume regulation during fluid delivery, and are used for precise injection or withdrawal. All syringes are equipped with a dimple ...
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Kalila Medical, a privately held medical device company focused on the development of next-generation steerable catheter technologies, today announced it has received CE mark approval for its Vado™ Steerable Introducer Sheath for ...
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Keeping "bad" cholesterol in check and increasing "good" cholesterol is not only good for your heart, but also your brain, new research suggests. A study from the University of California, Davis, found that low levels of "bad" (LDL) ...
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What does it mean when doctors say a person is brain-dead? WebMD asked critical care specialist Isaac Tawil, MD, an assistant professor at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine, and bioethicist Arthur Caplan, PhD, director of the ...
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Sometimes when I think of the human brain,the theme from"Star Trek"starts playing in my own head.It's the music of great unknowns—and in certain ways the human brain,with more connections between its cells than there are galaxies in ...
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Hemiplegia caused by stroke indicates the dysfunctions of the neurological network between the brain and limbs. Under this condition, conventional acupuncture at the acupoints on the affected side can not transmit stimulus signal to the ...
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By Kirsty Oswald, medwireNews Reporter Results from a German national health survey indicate that asthma patients with multiple comorbidities are at increased risk for unplanned hospital admissions. The findings also confirm that ...
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The Kinect-based virtual reality system for the Xbox 360 enables users to control and The Kinect-based virtual reality system for the Xbox 360 enables users toconsole without the need to touch a game controller, and provides rehabilitation ...
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Stroke deaths in the United States have been dropping for more than 100 years and have declined 30 percent in the past 11 years, a new report reveals. Sometimes called a brain attack, stroke is a leading cause of long-term disability. ...