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Tool Tests for Male Infertility

Friday, April 30th, 2010

fertility sperm checkNot only women can know their fertility. Men are now able to measure fertility by means of Fertility SpermCheck. Tools that will be present in the near future in the UK will help couples who want to become pregnant. If both negative strip, the possibility of the infertile men.

We have to measure sperm quality was going through the licensing process by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The tool works by detecting a specific molecule on the sperm, which are yag antigen molecules on the surface of the sperm head, called the SP-10.

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Incubators and Neonatal Stress

Saturday, March 20th, 2010

incubators and neonatal
Exposure to electromagnetic fields alter heart function, according to a study. Many newborns, especially premature babies must spend time in the incubator, which maintain their body temperature and allows doctors to closely watched. Despite the proven benefits offered by these devices, a team from the Department of Pediatrics and Obstetrics, University of Siena (Italy), said that exposure of newborns to electromagnetic fields can affect heart rate and perhaps to have long-term effects.

So far only a hypothesis, but the authors suggest that further studies in depth to say if confirmed as true or, conversely, can not be demonstrated.

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Robots For Practical Assistance Deliveries

Friday, March 19th, 2010

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A few weeks ago we saw a curious robotic simulator forceps delivery, but the field of medical practices for labor does not end here. Newborn Noelle and Hal are a mom and baby robots that have everything you need to simulate different types of birth.

These dolls are being used at the Munich University Clinic for students to conduct their practices, and perhaps it has spread to other Universities of Medicine. The truth is that it is a very complete team, with all the necessary complements both maternal and fetal monitoring (different monitors) as interchangeable parts, simulators bleeding.

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Crean Ultrasound System The Size of a Cell

Friday, March 5th, 2010

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Many of us have seen a doctor and seen (or experienced) the ultrasound machines, which among other things are used to see babies in the womb, or scan your brain.

However, these machines are usually quite large, and the most modern “portable” is the size of a printer.

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Ultrasonic Sensor Provides Panoramic Image

Monday, January 25th, 2010

ultrasonic sensors

Medical researchers in the United States have an ultrasound probe the size of a grain of rice developed, can provide the panoramic pictures from inside the human body. The eight-probe has sensors on every wall would allow a panoramic view.

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