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Inhaler devices for the management of asthma and COPD
The latest issue of Effective Health Care focuses on the effectiveness of inhaler devices used to manage asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Inhaled therapy delivering bronchodilator and corticosteroid drugs in various doses is the mainstay of treatment for patients with asthma and COPD. There is a confusing array of inhaler... view more... (2003-01-14)

Photocell Provides Both Heat And Electricity
In 1969, scientists at the Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute, St. Petersburg made heterostructured photoelectric cells based on the elements of the third and the fifth group of the periodic table (for example, gallium arsenide). Now the photocells can find application not only in space, but also on Earth. To make them working the sunlight is not... view more... (2001-11-27)

New micro instrument controls medicine flows
Research scientists at the Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory in Oslo have developed a flow metre with fluid channels thinner than a strand of hair. The new device controls that patients receive the correct dosage of medicine.   view more (2004-11-03)

Radio wand may help detect sponges left in surgery patients
A preliminary study suggests that a handheld wand scanning device that detects surgical sponges tagged with radiofrequency identification chips could help operating room personnel detect sponges that have been inadvertently left inside patients after procedures.   view more (2006-07-18)

Professors to develop hand-held pathogen testing device
Testing for deadly food, air and water pathogens may get a lot easier and cheaper thanks to the work of a Michigan State University researcher and his team.   view more (2006-12-19)

Tackling Drunk-driving
There are no in-car methods of detecting that a driver is too drunk to drive - until now. A team at Bristol University, led by physiologist Dr Dilwyn Marple-Horvat, has found a new way of detecting whether a driver has drunk too much to be fit to be at the wheel. To assess a driver`s fitness to drive, a new device has been created that measures... view more... (2002-03-07)

'Artificial Golgi' may provide new insight into key cell structure
Scientists in New York and North Carolina are reporting assembly of the first functioning prototype of an artificial Golgi organelle.   view more (2009-07-29)

NEW DEVICE COULD REVOLUTIONISE CORONARY-ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY
A new surgical device that has been used by a Swiss medical team could greatly reduce the time and skill required for coronary-artery bypass surgery, conclude authors of a fast-track research letter available from THE LANCET's website today (Monday 19 March 2001). Friedrich Eckstein, Thierry Carrel, and colleagues from University Hospital, Bern,... view more... (2001-03-16)

The Long Walk Back
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Scientists design a tool for detection of rogue molecules “on the run”
A research group of the Microtechnology Centre at Chalmers, MC2, at Chalmers University of Technology in Göteborg, Sweden, has developed an ultra-sensitive device for detecting the presence of organic molecules present in space. Organic material as far away from us as many thousands of light years can be discovered this way. The sensor, which... view more... (2002-04-16)

Women less likely to receive heart device therapy but survive with it longer than men
Women with heart failure are less likely than men to receive cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) - an implantable device shown to enhance quality of life for people with heart failure; yet women who get CRT live longer than men who get it.   view more (2005-11-16)

Double-checking for cleanliness
Spotless surfaces are of prime importance in the plastics and metal processing industries, as dust and dirt can impair the function and adhesive properties of parts. A portable measuring device, the KombiSens, can detect both types of contamination.   view more (2004-10-25)

New contraceptive device is designed to prevent sexual transmission of HIV
Researchers from Weill Cornell Medical College have published results showing that a new contraceptive device may also effectively block the transmission of the HIV virus.   view more (2009-05-20)

Tiny spectrometer offers precision laser calibration
A tiny device for calibrating or stabilizing precision lasers has been designed and demonstrated at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).   view more (2007-05-14)

New insights into cost-effectiveness of implanted heart device
The use of implanted defibrillators that keep the heart beating in proper electrical rhythm to prevent cardiac arrest appears to be cost-effective for those patients who receive a significant mortality reduction.   view more (2005-10-06)

Innovative device to treat brain cancer shows promise in early studies
New early data showed that an investigational device that specifically targets rapidly growing cancer cells with intermediate frequency electrical fields -- called Tumor-Treating Fields (TTFields) -- more than doubled the median overall survival rates in patients with recurrent glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the most common and aggressive type of... view more... (2007-05-30)

Making proteins glow blue
In the beginning, there was protein. 19th-century scientists at least believed that this group of organic compounds were based on some kind of primeval matter. Therefore they named them "proteins" - derived from the Greek word "protos" (the first). It is meanwhile known that the structure of proteins is ultimately determined by... view more... (2003-09-18)

Systems for prevention of drowsiness at the wheel
The device, which analyses the brain waves of the driver, has been designed by the students at the Public University of Navarre and presented at the XVIII Technical Seminar on Automotion.   view more (2004-11-29)

New Device for Stroke Patients Improves Walking
Among stroke survivors, one common difficulty is foot drop, a partial leg paralysis that prevents the foot from lifting - causing instability and difficulty walking.   view more (2007-05-29)

New Device for Stroke Patients Improves Walking
Among stroke survivors, one common difficulty is foot drop, a partial leg paralysis that prevents the foot from lifting " causing instability and difficulty walking.   view more (2007-05-25)
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