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Aligning the eyes: A simpler surgery for a complex condition

People with strabismus (misalignment and limited movement of one or more eyes) are often teased about their crossed-eye appearance; those with more complex, disfiguring strabismus can become socially isolated and develop ...

Other created Feb 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Emergency medicine physicians develop device to stop lethal bleeding in soldiers

Two emergency medicine physicians with wartime experience have developed a weapon against one rapidly lethal war injury.

Other created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 2

Monday's medical myth: You lose most heat through your head

As the weather starts to cool down and winter clothes enter rotation in our wardrobes, some peculiar combinations emerge: shorts and scarves; thongs and jackets; T-shirts and beanies. The last is often explained ...

Other created Apr 09, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Sri Lanka donates eyes to the world

(AP) -- At 10:25 a.m., a dark brown eye was removed from a man whose lids had closed for the last time. Five hours later, the orb was staring up at the ceiling from a stainless steel tray in an operating ...

Other created Jan 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

NSABB and H5N1 redactions: Biosecurity runs up against scientific endeavor

In response to recent actions of the U.S. National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB), which recommended that two scientific journals withhold crucial details in upcoming reports about experiments with a novel ...

Other created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fear gone viral

If you were paying attention to the flap over two recent flu experiments involving ferrets, you may have come away with the impression that scientists all but waved a red flag in front of terrorists and said, "Here's a perfect ...

Other created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

FDA proposes rules for nanotechnology in food

(AP) -- Regulators are proposing that food companies that want to use tiny engineered particles in their packaging may have to provide extra testing data to show the products are safe.

Other created Apr 21, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Modest Nobel laureate says Japan deserves his prize

Japanese stem cell pioneer Shinya Yamanaka responded modestly after winning the Nobel prize for medicine Monday, saying his country really deserves the award. ...

Other created Oct 08, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

3D manufacturing: Printing a new nose

The suffering caused by the loss of a nose must be indescribable. In terms of function, a sense of smell is perhaps less important than the ability to see, hear and eat - and we can breathe through our mouth ...

Other created Nov 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New app lets med students study real human heart on iPad

(Medical Xpress)—Medical students at the University of Arizona are using a new study tool this semester that lets them interact with a real human heart at home – courtesy of their iPads.

Other created Mar 07, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Tongue analysis software uses ancient Chinese medicine to warn of disease

For 5,000 years, the Chinese have used a system of medicine based on the flow and balance of positive and negative energies in the body. In this system, the appearance of the tongue is one of the measures used to classify ...

Other created May 25, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Teacher tried to dissuade Nobel winner Gurdon from science

Veteran British scientist John Gurdon, who shared the Nobel Prize for medicine on Monday, is often described as the "godfather of cloning" for his work on stem cell research but was once told by his teacher not to pursue ...

Other created Oct 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Single topical ivermectin head lice treatment very effective

(HealthDay)—A single 10-minute, at-home treatment with topical ivermectin lotion eliminates head lice infestations in nearly all patients by the next day, according to a study published in the Nov. 1 issue ...

Other created Nov 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In Vegas, a new cure for monster hangovers

It's Sunday lunchtime in Las Vegas and Justin looks like he wants to curl up and die. He has a monster hangover after drinking for two days solid. But help, he hopes, is at hand.

Other created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Social networking info will increasingly influence med student and trainee doctor selection

The use of social networking sites is set to increasingly influence the selection of medical students and trainee doctors in the US, suggests the largest study of its kind published online in Postgraduate Medical Journal.

Other created Nov 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0