Breakthrough prosthetic hand could move individual fingers
Rutgers researchers demo a prosthetic hand that lets amputees move fingers independently. The device uses a silicon sleeve, three sensors, and a computer to translate tendon motion into finger movement, with potential production within a year.
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Yiscataway
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Rutgers University
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C.G. Medical Inc
New Brunswick
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Jay Schiller
Rutgers University Biomedical Engineering
Ricki Abboudi
Rutgers
Link Found Between SIDS Deaths and Heart Rhythm Abnormality
A large Italian study links a heart defect causing long QT intervals to SIDS, suggesting newborn ECG screening could identify at risk infants. Of 33,043 babies followed for a year, those with prolonged QT were 41 times more likely to die. Experts caution screening is not yet advisable for all, given treatment uncertainties and risks.
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Italy
George Lister
Yale University
Peter John Schwartz
University of Pavia
New England Journal of Medicine
Boston
Marian Willinger
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
England
United States
Journal
Jeffrey Towbin
Richard Friedman
Baylor College of Medicine
Dialysis Tubing Recall Expanded After New Death in Alabama
Gambro Healthcare expands recall of old style Cobb Century Blood Tubing Sets sold to 280 clinics after a new Alabama death. FDA urges clinics to monitor for hemolysis symptoms like abdominal pain nausea and bluish skin and to replace affected tubing with catalog numbers 003109-400 003113-500 003212-515 003109-410 003114-500 003110-500 003210-500 003111-500 003212-500 003112-S500 003101-000.
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Alabama
Colorado
Gambro Healthcare
United States
Canada
Japan
Gambro
Tim Schoenberg
Food and Drug Administration
Bruce Burlington
FDA
Drought Rations Cripple Kuala Lumpur Water Supply
In Kuala Lumpur and the Klang Valley, nearly 2 million residents endure a third month of strict water rationing as drought linked to El Niño drains dams. Contaminated water causes diarrhea and possible cholera among infants, while officials acknowledge mismanagement. The U S Embassy and local lab found drinking water safe, but residents dispute its safety and blame poor planning.
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Kuala Lumpur
Klang Valley
Petaling Jaya
Selangor State Waterworks Department
Baby contracts salmonella after unrecalled cereal recall
Malt-O-Meal Inc recalled up to 3 million pounds of plain toasted oat cereal after CDC linked the product to an unusual salmonella agona outbreak. 211 cases across 12 states and one Maryland baby affected while flavored cereals were not recalled.
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Patricia Smith
Washington Post
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