Study Turning Surgery into Math Model
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Mathematics is being adapted into the language of surgery as U.S. researchers develop models to improve operating room skills.
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People 65 years of age or older  may think twice about having weight loss surgery, according to  a surgeon who performs this operation and has studied the  outcome.
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A new study gives the strongest evidence yet that obesity surgery can cure diabetes. Patients who had surgery to reduce the size of their stomachs were five times more likely to see their diabetes disappear over the next two years
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Interactive, detailed maps of the human brain and genome will spur new discoveries.
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Forceps... swab... Nunchuk... Next time youâre about to go under the knife, you might want to ask your surgeons how much Wii training they've had to boost their medical expertise and manual dexterity.â¦
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Dr. Carla Pugh builds anatomical models to help medical students learn to perform exams that might make them uncomfortable.
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Telerobotic surgery performed in zero-gravity environment holds promise for  medicine in space and on the battlefield.
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NEW YORK  - People 65 years of age or older may think twice about having weight loss surgery, according to a surgeon who performs this operation and has studied the outcome.
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Researchers have unveiled a new way to map the brainâs billions of neurons.
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Women in Britain with breast cancer will soon benefit from a pioneering surgical technique developed by Professor Robert Mansel and his team at Cardiff University, Wales College of Medicine in the UK.
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Researchers get a new tool to determine protein structures.
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A tipple or two can aid recovery from heart surgery,  research suggests.
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A simple system that checks how much blood a patient loses during surgery speeds recovery, NHS trials show.
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Students design mobile data-access system for health-care workers.
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Blog: Mapping software for modeling the path of infectious diseases made available as open-source.
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A group of mathematicians look at how order theory might help in the war on terror. The branch of abstract math resembles classic military strategy but applying computers to problems might increase accuracy of predictions and strategic moves.
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CHICAGO (Reuters Life!) - Playing video games appears to help surgeons with skills that truly count: how well they operate using a precise technique, a study said on Monday.