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Spanish researchers have designed what they believe to be a new type of magnetic cloak, which shields objects from external magnetic fields, while at the same time preventing any magnetic internal fields from leaking outside, making the cloak undetectable. http://phys.org/news235969862.html Physics Fri, 23 Sep 2011 04:11:43 EST news235969862 (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory's Pulsed Field Facility at Los Alamos National Laboratory have set a new world record for the strongest magnetic field produced by a nondestructive magnet. http://phys.org/news233325008.html Physics Tue, 23 Aug 2011 13:30:42 EST news233325008 (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration says it has cleared the first medical imaging device to simultaneously perform two powerful scans used to diagnose a wide variety of diseases and ailments. http://phys.org/news226935039.html Medicine & Health Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:31:05 EST news226935039 Neurosurgeons at the Krembil Neuroscience Centre, Toronto Western Hospital, have for the first time, initiated the restoration of lost brain tissue through brain bypass surgery in patients where blood flow to the brain is impaired by cerebrovascular disease. The study, which involved 29 patients, was published online in the journal Stroke. http://phys.org/news222338029.html Medicine & Health Mon, 18 Apr 2011 09:34:01 EST news222338029 Cancer, heart disease and stroke are leading causes of death among Canadians. These are also the deadly diseases that Victor Yang's research team aims to alleviate. http://phys.org/news219670881.html Medicine & Health Fri, 18 Mar 2011 12:41:43 EST news219670881 A longstanding debate as to whether genius is a byproduct of good genes or good environment has an upstart challenger that may take the discussion in an entirely new direction. University of Alberta researcher Marty Mrazik says being bright may be due to an excess level of a natural hormone. http://phys.org/news219073660.html Medicine & Health Fri, 11 Mar 2011 14:40:01 EST news219073660 Researchers from the Department of Neurology at NYU Langone Medical Center identified potential benefits of a new computer application that automatically detects subtle brain lesions in MRI scans in patients with epilepsy. In a study published in the February 2011 issue of PLoS ONE, the authors discuss the software's potential to assist radiologists in better identifying and locating visually undetectable, operable lesions. http://phys.org/news217073091.html Medicine & Health Wed, 16 Feb 2011 10:05:06 EST news217073091 The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved the first pacemaker system -- produced by medical device giant Medtronic Inc. -- that can be used safely with MRI scanners. http://phys.org/news216410880.html Medicine & Health Tue, 08 Feb 2011 18:20:01 EST news216410880 (PhysOrg.com) -- Brain scans showing neural reactions to pro-health messages can predict if you'll keep that resolution to quit smoking more accurately than you yourself can. That's according to a new study forthcoming in Health Psychology, a peer-reviewed journal. http://phys.org/news215668457.html Medicine & Health Mon, 31 Jan 2011 04:10:01 EST news215668457 Whether it's the Beatles or Beethoven, people like music for the same reason they like eating or having sex: It makes the brain release a chemical that gives pleasure, a new study says. http://phys.org/news213806661.html Medicine & Health Sun, 09 Jan 2011 14:44:37 EST news213806661 A team of UCL researchers, part-funded by the Alzheimer's Research Trust, has discovered that combining spinal fluid testing with MRI scans could provide an early indication of a person’s risk of developing Alzheimer's. http://phys.org/news212244563.html Medicine & Health Wed, 22 Dec 2010 12:50:03 EST news212244563 You may not realize it, but you just made a decision: namely, to read (or at least start to read) this article. Why? What process just occurred in your brain to cause you to be reading this sentence right now? How and why did you make that decision at that moment? That's what Joe Kable, Assistant Professor of Psychology, wants to know. He studies the neurological and psychological workings of choice. "What are the processes that are going on in the brain while people are making decisions; what are the computations that are being performed in different areas of the brain during decision-making?" he asks. "That's something that neuroscientists can study using techniques of neuroscience." http://phys.org/news209280083.html Medicine & Health Thu, 18 Nov 2010 05:40:01 EST news209280083 Full-term babies are born with a key collection of networks already formed in their brains, according to new research that challenges some previous theories about the brain's activity and how the brain develops. The study is published today in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. http://phys.org/news207848056.html Medicine & Health Mon, 01 Nov 2010 16:34:54 EST news207848056 The most detailed magnetic resonance images ever obtained of a mammalian brain are now available to researchers in a free, online atlas of an ultra-high-resolution mouse brain, thanks to work at the Duke Center for In Vivo Microscopy. http://phys.org/news207227291.html Medicine & Health Mon, 25 Oct 2010 12:08:36 EST news207227291 Using advanced MRI and an artificial intelligence technique, researchers in Geneva, Switzerland, have identified a method that may help identify which individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) will continue to decline, according to a study published online and in the December issue of Radiology. http://phys.org/news205472064.html Medicine & Health Tue, 05 Oct 2010 04:50:01 EST news205472064 The most powerful atom resolving microscope in the UK was today revealed at the University of Cambridge. The new electron microscope, which will enable scientists to view individual atoms in any material, was officially unveiled by the Minister for Universities and Science, the Rt Hon David Willetts MP. http://phys.org/news203344989.html Nanotechnology Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:44:48 EST news203344989 (PhysOrg.com) -- Five minutes in a scanner can reveal how far a child's brain has come along the path from childhood to maturity and potentially shed light on a range of psychological and developmental disorders, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have shown. http://phys.org/news203261466.html Medicine & Health Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:31:28 EST news203261466 A New Zealand woman was reported Tuesday to be suffering from the rare foreign accent syndrome with her Kiwi tones turning into a mix of Welsh, Scottish and North London accents. http://phys.org/news198203104.html Medicine & Health Tue, 13 Jul 2010 01:25:25 EST news198203104 Doctors should use a diffusion MRI scan to diagnose stroke instead of a CT scan, according to a new guideline from the American Academy of Neurology. The guideline is published in the July 13, 2010, issue of Neurology. http://phys.org/news198172825.html Medicine & Health Mon, 12 Jul 2010 19:00:03 EST news198172825 New research shows that people with Alzheimer's disease who have large heads have better memory and thinking skills than those with the disease who have smaller heads, even when they have the same amount of brain cell death due to the disease. The research is published in the July 13, 2010, issue of Neurology. http://phys.org/news198171918.html Medicine & Health Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:30:03 EST news198171918 (AP) -- More medical care won't necessarily make you healthier - it may make you sicker. It's an idea that technology-loving Americans find hard to believe. http://phys.org/news195126809.html Medicine & Health Mon, 07 Jun 2010 10:53:52 EST news195126809 (AP) -- Mind reading may no longer be the domain of psychics and fortune tellers - now some computers can do it, too. http://phys.org/news189919411.html Technology Thu, 08 Apr 2010 04:24:37 EST news189919411 (PhysOrg.com) -- A major Australian study has provided new insights into the loss of structure in regions of the brain and its potential association with Alzheimer's Disease. http://phys.org/news188830075.html Medicine & Health Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:49:17 EST news188830075 Rhesus monkey babies born to mothers who had the flu while pregnant had smaller brains and showed other brain changes similar to those observed in human patients with schizophrenia, a study at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in collaboration with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has found. http://phys.org/news187530429.html Medicine & Health Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:47:42 EST news187530429 Highly fit multiple sclerosis patients perform significantly better on tests of cognitive function than similar less-fit patients, a new study shows. http://phys.org/news185725732.html Medicine & Health Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:50:07 EST news185725732 Dutch researchers from the University of Twente's MIRA research institute, UMC St Radboud and various other institutions have developed a highly detailed computer model of the musculoskeletal system of the lower half of the human body. Surgeons can use this model to enhance their preparations for surgery, and even to "practice" these procedures in advance, using Virtual Reality. The model can be personalized for individual patients. The researchers recently received a European grant of 3 million euros for the development work. http://phys.org/news183744433.html Medicine & Health Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:30:01 EST news183744433 A new drug for multiple sclerosis promises to change the lives of the 100,000 people in the UK who have the condition, say researchers at Queen Mary, University of London. http://phys.org/news183230427.html Medicine & Health Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:21:11 EST news183230427 (PhysOrg.com) -- Oxford University scientists are using brain-scanning technology to understand how we learn to recognise and 'read' faces as children. http://phys.org/news177940432.html Medicine & Health Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:54:55 EST news177940432 (AP) -- Formerly conjoined Bangladeshi twins separated this week in a marathon surgery will remain in the care of a humanitarian group for at least two years, the organization's CEO said Friday. http://phys.org/news177919724.html Medicine & Health Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:30:03 EST news177919724 (AP) -- A Bangladeshi toddler separated this week from her conjoined twin sister was talking and behaving normally Thursday after waking from a medically induced coma, the head of the surgery team said. http://phys.org/news177839280.html Medicine & Health Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:00:01 EST news177839280