Video Games Are Helping Doctors View the Body
Newswise Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:29 PM PDT
The popular Nintendo Wii videogame system is helping radiology students reach new levels! Faculty from Weill Cornell Medical College have coupled the motion-sensitive Wii remote with the same computers used to analyze scans, and have found that the Wii remote makes examining CT and MRI images more ergonomic, heightens the interactivity during classes, and may potentially improve the ability to ... |
UMC's Kidney Transplant Program recertified
KVBC Las Vegas Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:40 PM PDT
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has awarded full recertification to UMC's Kidney Transplant Program for the next three years. CMS is the accrediting body that sets the standard for excellence in transplant care. |
New heart procedure gives Utah senior a second chance at life
The Salt Lake Tribune Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:38 PM PDT
Rose Felice was nearing the end of her days. The 87-year-old woman's diseased heart needed a new valve, but doctors feared that her frail body couldn't handle the ravages of open-heart surgery. |
Biodynamic massage and biodynamic body psychotherapy
London SE1 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:16 PM PDT
Behind a dusty anonymous blue door in Borough High Street are to be found serviced offices and treatment rooms. Here Hartmut Wuebbeler has had a freelance practice offering biodynamic holistic massage and psychotherapy for the last 6 years. |
Wilson disease and excess copper are focus of new NIDDK publication
News-Medical-Net Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:55 PM PDT
Wilson disease, a rare but potentially serious condition that causes the buildup of too much copper in the body, is explained in a new fact sheet from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). |
Immune Therapies Finally Working Against Cancer
ThirdAge Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:54 PM PDT
ORLANDO, Fla. -- First there was surgery, then chemotherapy and radiation. Now, doctors have overcome 30 years of false starts and found success with a fourth way to fight cancer: using the body's natural defender, the immune system. |
APD: Teen's death clearly a homicide
KVUE-TV Austin Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:53 PM PDT
Austin police Monday afternoon released more details about the death of a 17-year-old whose body was found inside an apartment in Central East Austin. The body of Bianca Maldonado, who has a 1-year-old child and attended LBJ High School, was found early Sunday morning. |
Pol challenges Staten Island kids to exercise body, mind over summer break
Staten Island Advance Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:49 PM PDT
Photo courtesy of Assemblyman Cusick's officeAssemblyman Michael Cusick shoots hoops with youngsters at PS 29 in Castleton Corners. In his second annual pitch to Staten Island youngsters about the importance of keeping fit in body and mind over the lazy... |
Man who died after police restraint 'covered with injuries'
u.tv Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:14 PM PDT
The mother of a man with psychiatric problems who was pinned face down to the pavement by three police officers shortly before he died told an inquest today that when she viewed her son's body his face was covered with injuries. |
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