How could scientists race out COVID-19 vaccines so fast without cutting corners? A head start helped—over a decade of behind-the-scenes research that had new vaccine technology poised for a challenge just as the coronavirus ...
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Mixed martial arts (MMA) has gained global popularity over recent years. Yet it remains a sport with a high risk of injury in general, and head injuries in specific.
Dec 7, 2020
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According to an article in ARRS' American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), a prototype 16-channel head Adaptive Image Receive (AIR) radiofrequency coil from GE Healthcare outperformed a conventional 8-channel head coil for ...
Dec 3, 2020
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When it comes to brain scans for assessing head trauma, detecting brain cancer, and performing numerous other tests, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the best option, but MRI scanners are costly, require special infrastructure, ...
Nov 24, 2020
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Researchers from the Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences at the University of Tsukuba studied the way blind players and sighted non-athletes tracked an incoming noise-making ball. They found that blind players employed a ...
Nov 24, 2020
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People with neurological conditions, such as stroke and head injury, often have problems with swallowing food and drinking safely, which is called "neurogenic dysphagia".
Nov 11, 2020
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Epilepsy is a neurologic disorder that affects 3 million Americans and nearly 65 million people worldwide. Unprovoked seizures that affect people of all ages are a hallmark of epilepsy. November is National Epilepsy Awareness ...
Nov 5, 2020
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A method for detecting traumatic brain injury at the point of care has been developed by scientists at the University of Birmingham.
Oct 13, 2020
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The global quest to use a person's breath analysis for rapid, inexpensive and accurate early-stage testing for cancer and other diseases has taken a leap forward.
Oct 5, 2020
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In a recently published study in the Journal of Clinical Oncology—Oncology Practice, investigators from MUSC Hollings Cancer Center classify numerous barriers to a recommended therapy for head and neck cancer that may mean ...
Oct 1, 2020
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