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Sunday, May 20, 2012

New Research Reveals Alzheimer’s Disease Metastasizes Through Linked Nerve Cells
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and other kinds of dementia may spread within nerve networks in the brain by moving directly between connected neurons, instead of other ways suggested by scientists, such as by propagating in all directions.
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Biotechdaily

Caution Needed When Curbing Overuse of Healthcare Resources
Newswise-- In the current hyper-charged United States healthcare debate, the focus on lowering cost without compromising quality of care remains a priority.
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Advance For Imaging & Radiation Oncology

ProxTalker Partners with LessonPix.com
ProxTalker.com LLC, manufacturers and distributors of the Logan® ProxTalker® communication device, has partnered with LessonPix.com to provide custom SoundTags™ using their library of 10,000 symbols.
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Advance for Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists

Promoting Play for a Child With Autism
April is Autism Awareness Month BETHESDA, MD — While play is one of children’s major activities or occupations—it helps to facilitate positive growth and development—it can present a challenge to children with autism.
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AOTA

References for "A New Revolution in MDx for Infectious Diseases"
Vol. 21 • Issue 4 • Page 34 Molecular Diagnostics Use of molecular technology for infectious disease diagnosis has been evolving since Kerry Mullis won the Nobel Prize in 1993 for the invention of polymerase chain reaction (PCR).
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Advance for Administrators of the Laboratory

Researchers Find Little Secondary Cancer Risk from Multi-Detector CT Scans in Medicare Population
The secondary cancer risk from multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) scans is low among older adults, according to a study from Stanford University in the April issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
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Advance For Imaging & Radiation Oncology

Therapists Address Esophageal Atresia
Section Sponsored by: Nearly a year since admission, Dante lies in a hospital crib in the intensive care unit at Children's Hospital Boston, surrounded by messages of hope, photos of his siblings and the comfort of many stuffed animals and other personal mementos.
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ADVANCE for Physical Therapy & Rehab Medicine

Ultrasound and Microtubules Successful at Penetrating the Blood-Brain Barrier
One of the most complex elements of treating brain disorders is the blood brain barrier (BBB), a blockade of cells that prevent both destructive toxins and useful pharmaceutical agents from getting to the body’s control center.
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Biotechdaily

Access and Closure Techniques with the Impella Left Ventricular Assist Device
Wed, 3/28/12 - 12:01pm 0 Comments 10 reads Start Page: 1 End page: 15 Author(s): Mark Grise, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Interventional Cardiology and Peripheral Vascular Medicine, Sacred Heart Cardiology, Pensacola, Florida, and Ramy A.
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Cath Lab Digest

Applications of the Distal Anchoring Technique in Coronary and Peripheral Interventions
Start Page: 42 End page: 46 Author(s): Arif Mahmood, MD, Subhash Banerjee, MD, Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD, VA North Texas Healthcare System and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas The balloon anchoring technique was initially described by Fujita in 2003 as
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Cath Lab Digest

Coalition Updates Recommendations for Primary Stroke Centers
Patients with stroke who need emergency care should be taken to the nearest certified primary stroke center, which acts as a central point for stroke treatment, according to recommendations from the Brain Attack Coalition (BAC), a group representing medical, scientific, nonprofit and government lead
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Advance for Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists

Coming soon: 3-D imaging that flies 'through' and 'around' cancer
ransmits an image of the inside of the colon onto a video screen so it...While the initial findings are exciting the researchers proved the co... 'Flying Through' and 'Flying Around' a PET/CT Scan: Pilot Study and .
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Bio-Medicine