In the ever-evolving quest to improve treatment for stroke victims, WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute recently performed the first in-human procedure using a new technology to treat strokes ...

Carnegie Mellon researchers developed "DeepFocus," a new method for brain stimulation that combines transnasal and transcranial electrical stimulation for minimally invasive targeting of deep brain ...

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University and Allegheny Health Network have developed a new method for deep brain ...

Laser-produced plasmas have been used to create short bursts of x-rays and to accelerate particles — so-called plasma-based accelerators. Laser produced plasmas are also useful for recreating ...

Greg Leyh likes to screw around with voltage and electric fields and plasma. In his time he's built some of the world's biggest Tesla coils, huge towering transformers that throw off terrifying webs ...

Mark Bowen, MD, is New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery's inaugural medical advisor, strategy and business development. He will begin the role March 1 and work as a strategic partner to ...

Recovery from your gastric bypass surgery takes about three to six weeks. That said, your "real" recovery lasts a lifetime. This is because right after surgery you must adopt strict eating and ...

Clavicle fractures, or broken collarbones, are typically treated without surgery. There is some evidence, though, to suggest that clavicle fractures may heal faster and more predictably when surgical ...

It isn't necessarily easy to build a 'separates' hi-fi system, where every component (amplifier, speakers and at least one source) is housed in a separate box. You need space, a fair budget and the ...

We hypothesised that plasma volume status (PVS), estimated preoperatively using ... provide incremental prognostic utility after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. Methods In this ...

Robotic surgery means that instead of an instrument relaying the surgeon's order mechanically, a more complex digitalized robotic system assists the surgeon. This provides a few key advantages to the ...

Surgery, however, is perhaps the most fraught with the possibility for mistakes. Recent studies show there are more than 4,000 surgical errors every year, and any one of those mistakes could ...