News tagged with invasive techniques


Grammar errors? The brain detects them even when you are unaware

Your brain often works on autopilot when it comes to grammar. That theory has been around for years, but University of Oregon neuroscientists have captured elusive hard evidence that people indeed detect ...

Neuroscience created May 13, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

MRI autopsies could offer alternative to conventional techniques

Minimally invasive autopsies, using a combination of MRI scans and other techniques, such as blood tests, can accurately determine the cause of death in fetuses and babies nearly as well as conventional autopsies, according ...

Other created May 15, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Assessing the effects of cell phone radiation on brain tissue

Researchers have found a novel, non-invasive technique for measuring brain hot spots caused by electromagnetic radiation from mobile phones, according to a study published today.

Medical research created Dec 17, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (10) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Minimally-invasive failed biological aortic valve replacement successful in high risk patients

When a biologic aortic valve prosthesis fails, the patient often faces a high risk valve replacement through repeat open heart surgery. A new technique, known as Valve-in-Valve, uses minimally invasive techniques to introduce ...

Cardiology created May 06, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Magnetic stimulation to improve visual perception

(Medical Xpress) -- Using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), an international team led by French researchers from the Centre de Recherche de l'Institut du Cerveau (CNRS) has succeeded in enhancing the visual abilities ...

Neuroscience created Jun 05, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Approach to hysterectomy varies despite advances

(Medical Xpress)—By age 65, one-third of women in the United States will have a hysterectomy, an operation to remove the uterus. Most women will undergo a traditional abdominal hysterectomy, despite advances in minimally ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Apr 01, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Minimally invasive approach to weight-loss surgery reduces complications, study shows

A study by researchers at Stanford University Medical Center has found that a popular weight-loss operation is safer and reduces hospital bills when done with minimally invasive techniques rather than open surgery, which ...

Surgery created Jun 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Novel screening tests for liver cancer

New data from two clinical trials presented today at the International Liver Congress 2013 demonstrate substantial improvements in the detection of both hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and cholangiocarcinoma (CC) using diagnostic ...

Cancer created Apr 26, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Influencing craving for cigarettes by stimulating the brain

Targeted brain stimulation increases cigarette cravings, a new study in Biological Psychiatry has found, which may ultimately lead to new treatments that reverse these effects. Cues associated with cigarette smoking, such a ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study of brain activity in monkeys shows how the brain processes mistakes made by others

Humans and other animals learn by making mistakes. They can also learn from observing the mistakes of others. The brain processes self-generated errors in a region called the medial frontal cortex (MFC) but ...

Neuroscience created Jan 11, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fusion plasma research helps neurologists to hear above the noise

Fusion plasma researchers at the University of Warwick have teamed up with Cambridge neuroscientists to apply their expertise developed to study inaccessible fusion plasmas in order to significantly improve the understanding ...

Neuroscience created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Minimally invasive spine surgery using real-time 3-D CT imaging allows patients to recover more quickly

(Medical Xpress)—With demand for unresolved back pain relief growing as the U.S. population ages, Rush University Medical Center is doing more minimally invasive spine surgery procedures that allow patients to return to ...

Surgery created Jan 15, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study shows long-term efficacy of minimally invasive therapy for patients with Barrett's esophagus

According to a new study by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, patients with Barrett's esophagus and early or pre-cancerous cells have been shown to significantly benefit from ...

Cancer created Feb 20, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study questions technique to repair ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms

A new study raises a cautionary note about the increasing use of a minimally invasive procedure to repair ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms, according to vascular surgeon Dr. Jae Sung Cho of Loyola University Medical Center.

Surgery created Aug 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

First-in-man study shows that new magnetically controlled growing rods can treat scoliosis in children

A first-in-man study published Online First by The Lancet shows that new magnetically-controlled growing rods can treat scoliosis in children by being extended using a non-invasive technique as their spine grows, without the re ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0