Tuesday, February 6th, 2007
The brain mechanism underlying the mind-bending effects of hallucinogens such as LSD, mescaline, and psilocybin has been discovered by neuroscientists. They said their discoveries not only shed light on the longtime mystery of how hallucinogens work, but that the findings also offer a pathway to understanding the function of drugs used to treat neuropsychiatric disorders, which are now being used …
Silicone Breast Implants Are Unsafe, Despite FDA Approval, Opinion Piece Says
Despite FDA’s recent approval of silicone breast implants, there still are “considerable risks that women must consider before walking into the operating room,” Edward Melmed, a Dallas-based plastic surgeon, and Judy Norsigian, executive director of Our Bodies Ourselves, write in a Boston Globe opinion piece (Melmed/Norsigian, Boston Globe, 2/2). [click link for full article]
MIT Develops Nanoparticles to Fight Cancer
U.S. scientists have created nanoparticles that mimic blood platelets to carry out internal medical missions, such as cancer imaging and drug delivery.
MEDRAD eCoil(TM) Product Line Awarded for Innovation
MEDRAD’s innovative product line of endorectal MR coils, eCoil, has received the Frost & Sullivan Product Differentiation Innovation Award for offering “unprecedented” MR imaging of prostate, colon, and cervix regions.