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July 23, 2010
INTERN DAILY
Next Generation Surgical Robots: Where's The Doctor?
Durham NC (SPX) Jul 23, 2010
As physician-guided robots routinely operate on patients at most major hospitals, the next generation robot could eliminate a surprising element from that scenario - the doctor. Feasibility studies conducted by Duke University bioengineers have demonstrated that a robot - without any human assistance - can locate a man-made, or phantom, lesion in simulated human organs, guide a device to the lesion and take multiple samples during a single session. The researchers believe that as the technol ... read more

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EPIDEMICS

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SHAKE AND BLOW

One dead, dozens injured in southern Iran quake: reports
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POLITICAL ECONOMY

Hong Kong prepares for life after the tycoons
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FARM NEWS

Hospitals urge antiobiotic-free meat
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FLORA AND FAUNA

Triceratops And Torsaurus Were Same Dinosaur At Different Stages
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FLORA AND FAUNA

Mexican Salamander Helps Uncover Mysteries Of Stem Cells And Evolution
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WEATHER REPORT

Russia's chief doctor prescribes siesta amid heat wave
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EPIDEMICS

Waterborne infections cost US over 500 million a year: CDC
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EPIDEMICS

Obama vows to cut HIV infections with new AIDS strategy
INTERN DAILY

Talking Touchscreens And Patients
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CIVIL NUCLEAR

Canadian medical reactor gets nod to restart
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AFRICA NEWS

Chinese-built hospital risks collapse in Angola: state radio
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THE PITS

Carbon monoxide kills nine miners in China
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WOOD PILE

Biodiversity's Holy Grail Is In The Soil
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SPACE TRAVEL
Business ideas may be patentable, US Supreme Court says
Washington (AFP) June 28, 2010
The US Supreme Court ruled Monday that a business method can be patented, a significant ruling for software and biomedical industries, though the court did not issue a definition of which types of processes qualify. Ruling on a case called Bilski v. Kappos, the high court rejected the notion of a single standard suggested by a lower court, and allowed that business processes may be patentabl ... more

ROBO SPACE
Machines that understand us on the rise
New York (UPI) Jun 25, 2010
Devices that can understand people, using a technology known as speech recognition, are becoming a common feature of everyday life, researchers say. From people telling their cellphones to dial a number to doctors using speech recognition software to record and transcribe patient visits, speech recognition is making inroads into all areas of human activity, The New York Times reported F ... more

TERROR WARS
New Medical Weapons To Protect Against Anthrax Attacks
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 25, 2010
The 2001 anthrax attacks in the United States are fostering development of a new generation of vaccines, antibiotics, and other medications to protect people against the potentially deadly bacteria in any future bioterrorist incident. That's the conclusion of a sweeping overview of scientific research on medical technology to combat the anthrax threat. It appears in ACS' bi-weekly Journal ... more

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MILPLEX

Chinese military buys traditional medicine

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

India unveils new 280-mln-dollar Bhopal disaster response


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MERCURY RISING
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MERCURY RISING
Magellan Launches Next Gen Of eXplorist

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Lockheed Martin Unveils GPS Exhibit At UN

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China Contributes To Space-Based Information Access A Lot

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WISE Discovers Over 90 Near-Earth Objects

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DISASTER MANAGEMENT
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Asia security forum to boost regional disaster relief

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DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Magellan Launches Next Gen Of eXplorist

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DISASTER MANAGEMENT
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT
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