It may be small comfort to anyone sporting a comb-over, but researchers have found a second genetic risk factor for baldness.
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Hand Transplant Patient Shows Signs Of Sensory Recovery
Activation of the left cerebral hemisphere during sensory stimulation of the transplanted right palm.
Four months after a successful hand transplant — 35 years after amputation in an industrial accident at age 19 — a 54-year-old man’s emerging sense of touch is registered in the former “hand area” of the his brain, says a University of Oregon neuroscientist.
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Bailout Provides Broader Mental Health Coverage
Representative Patrick J. Kennedy speaking at a rally in March on Capitol Hill. Mr. Kennedy
and Representative Jim Ramstad, third from left, led the fight in the House for mental health parity.
More than one-third of all Americans will soon receive better insurance coverage for mental health treatments because of a new law that, for the first time, requires equal coverage of mental and physical illnesses.
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Are Doctor’s Scrubs Germ Free?
Many hospitals have stepped up efforts to encourage regular hand washing by doctors. But what about their clothes?
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iStan: Medical Dummy Mimics Live Patient
iStan Medical Dummy
If your knowledge of America’s medical training technology is comprised only of that disembodied torso of a dummy you practiced CPR on back in high school, you might think that we’re a little behind other nations, such as Japan and its high-tech professional toys. Not so, however – just take a look at the iStan. When a firefighter or medical professional reaches you during an emergency, advanced dummies like the iStan make sure they won’t be practicing on you. They’ll already know what to do.
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ShapeHand Data Glove To Help The Medical Community
ShapeHand Data Glove
If you didn’t know about MoCap technology, you might be interested to know how it works and why it is being used in the medical industry lately. The technology may help the medical community to conduct research in MRI research and analysis. The ShapeHand Data Glove makes use of this technology and is a portable, lightweight motion capture system, which consists of flexible ribbons.
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New Test Diagnoses Heart Attack In Minutes, Not Hours
Early-warning system
A new method for diagnosing heart attacks very early on could improve a patient’s chances of survival and reduce the amount of permanent damage that he or she suffers. Normally, it takes up to six hours to diagnose a heart attack with certainty. The new approach can do so in just 10 minutes by analyzing tiny biochemical markers in the blood, such as lipids, sugars, and amino acids–a technique known as metabolic profiling.
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Wearable Kidney – ‘Dialysis On The Go’
Two researchers at UCLA, Martin Roberts and David B.N. Lee, have designed a peritoneal, wearable kidney that could replace the failing organs of a patient.
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Pain Girl – The Dental School Robot
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Yes, this is all in Japanese, but very cool anyway. Simroid is a 28 year-old powered female robot designed to train dental students and help improve their communication skills. With senors embedded in her, Simroid is able to simulate real life reactions from dental patients, such as raising of hand while the dentist is cleaning your teeth.
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