Following the integration of 3D printing as part of its digital services portfolio, Siemens claims that is has completed the first installation a 3D-printed part in a nuclear power plant. The replacement part produced for the Krško ...
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China has donated medical equipment worth about 2.5 million U.S. dollars to Cambodia's Preah Ketomealea Hospital, known as Military Hospital, here on Thursday, said the hospital's director. The handover ceremony was held between Chinese ...
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French sportsman Julien Vandelli didn't foresee that he would spend five years reading the abstruse ancient Chinese medical text Huangdi Neijing in a Chinese university, where he practices acupuncture and medical massage. However, the ...
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French sportsman Julien Vandelli didn't foresee that he would spend five years reading the abstruse ancient Chinese medical text Huangdi Neijing in a Chinese university, where he practices acupuncture and medical massage. However, the ...
Researchers from Switzerland have found that microscopic hay particles play a key role in the formation of holes in cheeses like Emmentaler and Appenzeller. Agroscope Institute for Food Sciences research team has found that tiny hay ...
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A new type of whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) test could be an alternative to standard positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) imaging for assessing cancer in children and young adults, but without exposure to ...
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Giving intravenous magnesium to stroke patients soon after the start of symptoms, in an attempt to protect brain cells deprived of oxygen, failed to improve stroke-related disability 3 months later, according to research presented at the ...
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The Washington Post: Making Progress On Inequality Intense as it is, the current debate over rising income inequality is hardly new. ... The good news is that there's more good news than one might expect. ... In addition to avoiding ...
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A pair of common tests might help colorectal cancer patients who have undergone surgery remain cancer-free, British researchers say. Both a standard CT scan and a blood test known as CEA (carcinoembryonic antigen) improved doctors' ...
"Good to see you. I'm sorry. It sounds like you've had a tough, tough, week." Spoken by a doctor to a cancer patient, that statement is an example of compassionate behavior observed by a University of Rochester Medical Center team in a new ...
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Men and women with mild heart disease share the same risks, at least over the short term, a new study suggests. Doctors have thought that women with mild heart disease do worse than men. This study, however, suggests that the rate of ...
Smokers who have a CT scan to check for lung cancer stand a nearly one-in-five chance that doctors will find and potentially treat a tumor that would not have caused illness or death, researchers report. Despite the finding, major medical ...
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A new study shows that coronary artery calcium (CAC) screening, an assessment tool that is not currently recommended for people considered at low risk, should play a more prominent role in helping determine a person's risk for heart attack ...
Lowering CT dose and improving workflow are not choices that clinicians should have to make, so Toshiba CT is putting customers first by providing the industry's best solutions to solve these challenges. To make complex exams easier, ...
AtriCure, a developer of solutions to treat atrial fibrillation (Afib), has announced the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval to begin enrollment in a clinical study of its AtriClip left atrial appendage exclusion system. ...
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