FDA approves electricity based breast cancer test
The FDA cleared TransScan Medical Inc. T-Scan 2000 to aid radiologists when mammograms are unclear. The device uses electrical mapping to indicate biopsy need, potentially reducing unnecessary procedures while catching cancers. The test adds under $100 to a breast exam and complements ultrasound and X rays in screening.
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Food and Drug Administration
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Judge OKs Findings of Implant Panel
U S District Judge Sam Pointer refused to toss a panel report finding no illness link to breast implants. The four member panel faced bias complaints after Dr Peter Tugwell took a 750 honorarium from a former implant maker Bristol-Myers Squibb. The ruling keeps the findings in use across federal lawsuits nationwide.
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Salvage team hunts for Gus Grissom Mercury capsule
An underwater salvage expedition searches 300 miles southeast of Cape Canaveral for the Liberty Bell 7 capsule lost since July 21, 1961. Led by Curt Newport, the 180 foot Needham Tide will dive to 3,000 feet, using sonar to scan a 24 square mile area for the capsule and its hatch, amid NASA history and mystery.
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US cools slightly as world warms says federal study
A Climate Prediction Center study finds the lower 48 states cooled about one thirtieth of a degree per decade since 1966 while precipitation rose nationwide nine tenths of an inch per decade. The trend varies by region with cooler East and Southeast and wetter falls, amid debate on causes and global warming.
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United States
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El Nino may slow global warming and CO2 release
NOAA scientist Richard Feely and colleagues report that from 1991 to 1994 El Nino warming the Pacific corresponded with the ocean releasing 30 to 80 percent less carbon dioxide than normal. This reduction in a key greenhouse gas could help counter rising emissions driving climate warming.
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Richard A. Feely
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Pacific
Japan scientists unveil bed-wetting alert device
In Tokyo researchers developed an electronic alarm that monitors brain waves and bladder to wake children at bedtime. The $1.5 million device, created by a urologist and a telephone maker, completed clinical tests on 60 children aged 8 to 15 and awaits Health Ministry approval. Critics warn the gadget may affect self esteem, with some doctors contending bed-wetting is not a disease.
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Health and Welfare Ministry
Japan Science and Technology Corp
I T
Shinobu Masubuchi
Corporation
Japan
Taneki Mori
Kanda Tsushin Kogyo
Fujitsu Ltd
Hiroki Watanabe
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