Virtual reality changing medical education and treatment
Doctors use virtual reality to view three dimensional anatomy such as the pelvis and inner ear, merging scans to model organs and simulate surgery. Institutions like USC and UC San Diego lead grants and models that share virtual anatomy for distant expert guidance and improved education.
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Hicago
Theodore Mason
Eye and Ear
University of Illinois At Chicago
University
Virtual Reality In Medicine Laboratory
USC
National Institutes of Health
UIC
Jonathan Silverstein
University of California
San Diego
Mark Whitehead
Ucsd Medical School
Department of Surgery
Paul Neumann
Kids need more PE amid rising youth inactivity
Researchers from UNC report US youths, especially minorities and girls, show too little exercise. Analyzing 17,700 students, they link frequent PE classes and recreation center use to higher activity. many students have little PE and heavy TV or game time.
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Raleigh
N.C
University of North Carolina
Pediatrics
Penny Gordon- Larsen
U.S
Gordon Larsen
University
Carolina Population Center
Gordon-Larsen
Michael Goran
Institute of Prevention Research
The
University of Southern California
Russell Pate
University of South Carolina
School of Public Health
Surgeon General
Pate
Privacy in cyberspace prompts calls for federal oversight
A three year FTC probe finds Internet cookies threaten privacy and urges federal regulators. News reports note new privacy rules for financial services to obtain consent before selling SSNs and similar IDs. Public opinion leans toward stronger privacy laws. Senator McCain highlights intrusive profiling, with committee hearings set for June 13.
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Federal Trade Commission
Congress
Harris
Scott McNealy
Sun Microsystems
Senate Commerce Committee
John McCain
R-Ariz
John
Napoleon
McCain
Calcium deposits in heart arteries raise future disease risk
A Kaiser study of 116,309 adults aged 30 to 89 links chest X ray calcium deposits in heart arteries to higher future heart disease risk. Women with deposits faced 50 percent higher stroke risk. men showed no extra stroke risk. Researchers urge modifiable lifestyle focus but caution against broad screening.
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America
Carlos Iribarren
Kaiser Permanente Medical Care
Oakland
Calif
Iribarren
San Francisco Area
Kaiser
Journal of the American Medical Association
Man arrested after cops find exotic animals in apartment
In Greenfield Wisconsin police seized a leopard a cougar and dozens of exotic animals from a man who had been cited last year for harboring rare animals in another apartment. Authorities described filthy conditions with torn carpets replaced by linoleum and a strong odor.
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Greenfield
Wis
Paul Schlecht
Schlecht
Brown Deer
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