Oncology & Cancer
Using robotic assistance to make colonoscopy kinder and easier
Scientists have made a breakthrough in their work to develop semi-autonomous colonoscopy, using a robot to guide a medical device into the body.
Oct 12, 2020
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Medical research
Researchers aim for 'direct brain control' of prosthetic arms (w/ Video)
Engineering researchers at four U.S. universities are embarking on a four-year project to design a prosthetic arm that amputees can control directly with their brains and that will allow them to feel what they touch. While ...
Jul 27, 2011
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Medical research
NJIT researcher testing micro-electronic stimulators for spinal cord injuries
A new wireless device to help victims of spinal cord injury is receiving attention in the research community. Mesut Sahin, PhD, associate professor, in the department of biomedical engineering at NJIT, recently has published ...
Oct 17, 2011
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Oncology & Cancer
Highest risk patients with clear-cell renal cell carcinoma benefit from adjuvant everolimus: Clinical trial
A secondary analysis from the SWOG S0931 EVEREST trial has found that in the subgroup of patients with clear-cell renal cell carcinoma (RCC) who were at very-high risk of recurrence, those who were treated with everolimus ...
Oct 21, 2023
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Surgery
Robotic surgery—what you need to know
While robots once were thought of as part of a far-off future, the use of robotic and other advanced technology now is part of everyday life. But when it comes to robotic surgery, some people may find it unnerving or intimidating. ...
Apr 12, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Patients with detectable PSA post-prostatectomy should receive more aggressive radiation therapy
Prostate cancer patients with detectable prostate specific antigen (PSA) following radical prostatectomy should receive earlier, more aggressive radiation therapy treatment, according to a study published in the February ...
Feb 5, 2015
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Medical research
Man with spinal cord injury uses brain computer interface to move prosthetic arm with his thoughts
(Medical Xpress) -- Seven years after a motorcycle accident damaged his spinal cord and left him paralyzed, 30-year-old Tim Hemmes reached up to touch hands with his girlfriend in a painstaking and tender high-five.
Oct 13, 2011
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Health
Exercises to head off a painful rotator cuff injury
(HealthDay)—The rotator cuff refers to a group of four distinct muscles and tendons that connect to each shoulder and stabilize the humerus, the upper arm bone. These muscles are engaged when you move your shoulder, and ...
Jul 17, 2019
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Thought-controlled prosthesis is changing the lives of amputees
The world's first implantable robotic arm controlled by thoughts is being developed by Chalmers researcher Max Ortiz Catalan. The first operations on patients will take place this winter.
Nov 28, 2012
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Neuroscience
Redefining how the brain plans movement
In 1991, Carl Lewis was both the fastest man on earth and a profound long jumper, perhaps the greatest track-and-field star of all time in the prime of his career. On June 14th of that year, however, Carl Lewis was human. ...
Aug 10, 2011
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