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Surgery Without Stitches: Bio-film From Crab Shells Seals Surgical Wou
A thin polymer bio-film that seals surgical wounds could make sutures a relic of medical history. Measuring just 50 microns, the film is placed on a surgical wound and exposed to an infrared laser, which heats the film just enough to meld it and the tissue, thus perfectly sealing the wound. Known as Surgilux, the device's raw material is extracted from crab shells and has Food and Drug Administration approval in the US. FDA Targets Companies Marketing Cough Supressants With Often-abused Hy
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced its intention to take enforcement action against companies marketing unapproved prescription drug products containing hydrocodone, a narcotic widely used to treat pain and suppress coughs. The action does not affect other hydrocodone formulations, which have FDA approval. Hydrocodone is one of the strongest medications available to treat pain or to suppress cough. The drug has also been an extremely popular drug of abuse and can lead to serious illness, injury, or death, if improperly used. Hydrocodone overdose can result in breathing problems or cardiac arrest, and its use may impair motor skills and judgment. [Funny] A referee has sent himself off in an English amateur league ma
Andy Wain had to abandon the Sunday league match between Peterborough North End and a Royal Mail side in the 63rd minute after throwing down his whistle and marching up to confront North End's keeper. Underwater Robot Makes History Crossing Gulf Stream
Like the sailing vessel used by Captain Joshua Slocum to sail solo around the world 100 years ago, another ocean-going vehicle is making history. A small ocean glider named Spray is the first autonomous underwater vehicle, or AUV, to cross the Gulf Stream underwater, proving the viability of self-propelled gliders for long-distance scientific missions and opening new possibilities for studies of the oceans. Photo Software Creates 3-D World
Experimental software developed by UW and Microsoft computer scientists, called Photo Tourism, turns the surfeit of images into a benefit. Hundreds of photos of a single scene can be mapped into a 3-D virtual world. The technology has potential not just for organizing photo collections, but for capturing scenes and, perhaps someday, creating a visual map of all the photos on the Internet. Deaf to warnings of mp3 player risk
Are you deaf to the risks of hearing loss from mp3 player aural satisfaction?According to a survey published today by Deafness Research UK, more than half of 16-24 year olds listen to their MP3 player for more than an hour a day, with almost 20% using for 21 hours a week. Trouble is, 68% of [...] Feb. 21, 1971: Trippin'
A long, strange trip gets longer and stranger when the United Nations decides to police the manufacture of hallucinogens. Compiled by Tony Long. Calcium And Vitamin D Most Effective For Treatment Of Crohn's-related
According to a study published today in the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) journal Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the addition of popular bone building drugs to calcium and vitamin D therapy to treat bone loss associated with Crohn's disease is not beneficial. ... LII: This Week's Batch, November 4, 2004
Get ready for Veterans Day, relive the 2004 U.S. presidential election, toss a tomato (heirloom or otherwise), study soy, build a gingerbread house with a shredded-wheat roof, ride the New Yorksubway, travel the Underground Railroad, visit the planets, and meet our "hobbit"ancestor, Homo floresiensis. In More New This Week , see yet more tomato sites, find country studies, and more. Bon appetit from the LII team: librarian-editors Karen, Wendy, Jennifer, Maria, Pat, Tom, and Charlotte, and our 100-and-change contributors. Humans And Chimps Differ At Level Of Gene Splicing
Researchers are closer to understanding why humans differ so greatly from chimpanzees in the way they look, behave, think and fight off disease, despite having genes that are nearly 99 percent identical.
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