Detection of the cosmic gamma ray horizon: Measures all the light in the universe since the Big Bang

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Going live: immune cell activation in multiple sclerosis

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Biological processes are generally based on events at the molecular and cellular level. To understand what happens in the course of infections, diseases or normal bodily functions, scientists would need to examine individual cells and their activity directly in the tissue. The development of new microscopes and fluorescent dyes in recent years has brought this scientific dream tantalisingly close.

Help at hand for schizophrenics

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How can healthy people who hear voices help schizophrenics? Finding the answer for this is at the centre of research conducted at the University of Bergen.

Diagnostic coronary angiography: Functional flow reserve changes decisions in 25 percent of cases

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23 May 2013, Paris, France: Routinely measuring fractional flow reserve (FFR) using pressure wire assessment during coronary angiography for diagnosis of chest pain leads to significant changes in the management of one in four patients, according to results from a study reported at EuroPCR 2013.

Hormone replacement therapy -- clarity at last!

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The British Menopause Society and Women's Health Concern have today released updated guidelines on Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) to provide clarity around the role of HRT, the benefits and the risks. The new guidelines appear in the society's flagship title, Menopause International, published by SAGE.

Feasibility trial reports deployment of new device for TAVI in aortic insufficiency

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23 May 2013, Paris, France: A new investigational device - the Helio System (TF-FA) - being developed for use with the Sapien XT Transcatheter Heart Valve was successfully deployed in all four patients in a small, first-in-human feasibility study of its use in high-risk aortic insufficiency reported at EuroPCR 2013.

Registry confirms TAVI efficacy and safety in Asian patients

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23 May 2013, Paris, France: Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is effective and safe in Asian patients, according to early experience based on first results from a multicentre Asian registry reported at EuroPCR 2013.

Please do try this at home

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New Orleans, LA – After studying noise in one French Quarter neighborhood of New Orleans to determine whether or not noise levels exceeded municipal ordinances, Annette Hurley, PhD, Assistant Professor of Audiology at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, and Eric Arriaga, a third-year LSUHSC doctor of audiology student, recommend that people use today's technology to protect their own hearing health. Their case study is published online in the current issue of Advance for Hearing Practice Management.

Implicit Association Test finds obesity bias in doctors - and everyone else, about everything

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The perpetual psychology hoax known as the Implicit Association Test has been used to determine that 40 percent of medical students have an unconscious bias against obese people, according to a new paper by researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in the Journal of Academic Medicine.

New neuron formation could increase capacity for new learning, at the expense of old memories

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