Surgery
Young gamers offer insight to teaching new physicians robotic surgery (w/ Video)
What can high school and college-age video game enthusiasts teach young surgeons-in-training?
Nov 15, 2012
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Neuroscience
Speech or song? Identifying how the brain perceives music
Most neuroscientists who study music have something in common: they play a musical instrument, in many cases from a young age. Their drive to understand how the brain perceives and is shaped by music springs from a deep love ...
Apr 27, 2022
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
World's first birth after uterus transplantation with robot-assisted surgery alone
For the first time worldwide, at the University of Gothenburg, a child has been born following a uterus transplantation achieved solely by robot-assisted surgery on both donor and recipient.
May 26, 2023
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
With practice, older adults can regain manual dexterity that may have seemed lost
Despite what ads for wrinkle cream would have us believe, there's no magic reversal for aging. As the years pass, a certain amount of change is inevitable but not, it turns out, inexorable.
Nov 6, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study documents trends in marching band members' workload strain
Marching band members in leadership roles are more likely to feel discomfort in the neck and upper back than their less experienced bandmates, who in turn are more susceptible to left-hand pain and cognitive strain, a new ...
Feb 9, 2021
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Health
New measurements show high air pollution in the Copenhagen metro
Every year, air pollution is responsible for 4,200 Danes dying prematurely and is linked by the WHO to diabetes, cancer and heart disease. In Copenhagen, air pollution is measured by a number of measuring stations on rooftops ...
Jan 20, 2023
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Surgery
Extending the hands of the endoscopic surgeon
More precision and less cost for endoscopic surgeries: the tool developed by DistalMotion, a spin-off of EPFL, will allow surgeons to reproduce their exact movements. The prototype was just released from the lab, and on the ...
Apr 2, 2012
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Imagination makes us human—this unique ability to envision what doesn't exist has a long evolutionary history
You can easily picture yourself riding a bicycle across the sky even though that's not something that can actually happen. You can envision yourself doing something you've never done before—like water skiing—and maybe ...
Feb 23, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Does practice really make perfect?
Does practice really make perfect? It's an age-old question, and a new study from Rice University, Princeton University and Michigan State University finds that while practice won't make you perfect, it will usually make ...
Jul 16, 2014
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Surgery
Music played during surgeries may hinder communication and impact patient safety
Music is currently played in approximately 50% to 70% of surgical operations performed worldwide. In a new study of 20 operations conducted in the UK, repeated requests—for example, for a surgical instrument—were 5 times ...
Aug 5, 2015
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