Scientists, doctors use snake robots for surgery , rescues, and exploration
Mon, 28 May 2012 23:33:21 -0700

Pittsburgh imagine a tiny snake robot crawling through your body, helping a surgeon identify diseases and perform operations. It's not science fiction. Scientists and doctors are using the creeping metallic tools to perform surgery on hearts, ...

Tool-wielding robots crawl in bodies for surgery
Tue, 29 May 2012 05:19:50 -0700

Pittsburgh (AP) Imagine a tiny snake robot crawling through your body, helping a surgeon identify diseases and perform operations. It's not science fiction. Scientists and doctors are using the creeping metallic tools to perform surgery on hearts, ...

International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery Kicks Off 20th Anniversary ...
Thu, 31 May 2012 17:20:58 -0700

More than 500 physicians and surgical assistants dedicated to advancing the art and science of hair restoration are expected to attend this premier Continuing Medical Educational event, which offers interactive sessions, live patient viewing, ...

A blood test to monitor cancer treatment
Thu, 31 May 2012 17:10:27 -0700

British researchers, who developed the new blood test, said can closely monitor the progress of tumours without the need for surgery or scans. In a world first, they used the blood analysis to detect deadly mutations in 20 of 38 patients studied with ...

Robots Can Perform Surgery , But Can They Debone a Chicken?
Tue, 29 May 2012 19:32:10 -0700

By cameron mcwhirter atlanta robots fly aircraft into war and help doctors perform surgeries . Gary Mc Murray has spent eight years getting a robot to debone a chicken. Engineers from Japan to Holland have been trying for decades to create a robot that ...

Lawsuits, federal action target 'mesh' surgical repairs in women
Thu, 31 May 2012 05:24:56 -0700

The fix quickly turned a medical annoyance into a painful nightmare, requiring four surgeries to remove eroding pieces of mesh, destroying intimacy with her husband and threatening their marriage, she said. The mesh is designed to reinforce weakened or ...

Researchers at Boston Children's Hospital identify a genetic cause for CLOVES ...
Thu, 31 May 2012 10:12:32 -0700

Using advanced technologies for rapidly sequencing and analyzing DNA from clinical and pathologic samples, a multidisciplinary research team consisting of geneticists, pathologists and surgeons at Boston Children's Hospital has identified the genetic ...

Keeping patients and environment healthy
Thu, 31 May 2012 03:46:23 -0700

As well as housing three GP surgeries , a large pharmacy and a range of NHS clinics and services, the architects' brief for the Lytham Road centre also had to meet NHS carbon emissions policy by saving on heat, light and water.

Humble Surgical Hospital Dedicates U.S. Congressman Ted Poe Operating Room
Wed, 30 May 2012 07:29:16 -0700

Humble Surgical Hospital dedicated an operating room to US Congressman 2nd District of Texas Ted Poe, who has fought for patients to preserve freedom of healthcare choice while obtaining the highest quality care. Congressman Poe has been instrumental ...

Trans Enterix's Single-Incision SPIDER r Surgical System Used for First Time in UK
Thu, 31 May 2012 00:01:22 -0700

London, United Kingdom, May 31, 2012 --(PR.com)-- Trans Enterix's single-incision SPIDER r Surgical System has been used for the first time in the United Kingdom. Dr. Michel Gagner, an internationally renowned laparoscopic and endoscopic surgeon , ...

The Art of Plastic Surgery
Tue, 29 May 2012 13:05:24 -0700

Los angeles, May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Once you reach a certain level of aptitude in plastic surgery , procedures become as much art as science . Dr. Payam Jarrah-Nejad, MD, FICS, FACS, or just "Dr. J" to his staff and patients, ...

35 IAS officers transferred
Thu, 31 May 2012 17:25:56 -0700

The State government on Thursday conducted a major surgery to the bureaucracy by transferring 35 IAS officers. The transfer has come at the time when the government is organising the second edition of Global Investors' Meet on June 7 and 8.

West Clinic Presents Research Findings at 2012 Annual American Society for ...
Thu, 31 May 2012 17:48:30 -0700

MEMPHIS, Tenn., May 30, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The West Clinic, the Mid-South's premier cancer center and world-class center of excellence in medical oncology, hematology, oncologic imaging, breast surgery , clinical research and other advanced ...

West Clinic Presents Research Findings at 2012 Annual American Society for ...
Thu, 31 May 2012 00:16:07 -0700

By The West Clinic MEMPHIS, Tenn., May 30, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The West Clinic, the Mid-South's premier cancer center and world-class center of excellence in medical oncology, hematology, oncologic imaging, breast surgery , clinical research ...

Engineers Make Artificial Microfluidic Vessels
Thu, 31 May 2012 12:29:28 -0700

And it's notoriously hard to introduce vascularization into synthetic tissue for use in regenerative medicine, like tissue replacement surgery . Enter Cornell engineers, taking an engineer's approach to making synthetic blood vessels.

Leo Dillon, award-winning children's book illustrator, dies at 79
Thu, 31 May 2012 12:59:04 -0700

The Dillons also received a Hugo Award for science fiction illustration and an NAACP Image Award. People often comment on the 'Dillon style,' Leo Dillon said in 2000 during an interview with Locus magazine. I think that someplace, ...

Insertable robot offers new approach to minimally invasive surgery
Mon, 28 May 2012 05:45:58 -0700

A collaboration between Columbia Professors Peter Allen (Computer Science , Columbia Engineering), Nabil Simaan (formerly Mechanical Engineering at Columbia, now at Vanderbilt) and Dennis Fowler ( Surgery , Columbia University Medical Center) has resulted ...

Johns Hopkins' High Tech Hospital: Interview with President Ronald R. Peterson
Thu, 31 May 2012 12:52:16 -0700

It pioneered the acceptance of women to medical school and the use of rubber gloves in surgery , discovered restriction enzymes and the brain's natural opiates, birthed multiple medical specialties including neurosurgery and pediatrics, and developed ...

Anthony R. De Salvo, M.D. Performs the Newest in Surgical Technology for ...
Wed, 30 May 2012 14:33:43 -0700

OBGYN Associates of Warren, Inc. announces the arrival of the newest technology in surgery today: da Vinci r S Surgical System. OBGYN Associates of Warren, Inc. and Anthony R. De Salvo, MD are pleased to introduce the da Vinci r S Surgical System to ...

Tool-wielding robots crawl in bodies for surgery
Tue, 29 May 2012 13:56:03 -0700

Photo: AP Imagine a tiny snake robot crawling through your body, helping a surgeon identify diseases and perform operations. It's not science fiction. Scientists and doctors are using the creeping metallic tools to perform surgery on hearts, ...