Sound medicine Jun 26, 2008
Using acoustic radiation force, Kathryn Nightingale, Gregg Trahey, and their colleagues at Duke University are developing the capability to "virtually palpate" patients for diagnostic purposes, providing the opportunity to reach deep inside the body where conventional palpation is not possible. This virtual palpation technique images tissue stiffness differences associated with different pathologies. (EurekAlert!)
Acupuncture Effective in Dogs Jun 8, 2008
He or she will take your dog s temperature, check for normal respiratory rates, check pulse rate, examine the tongue, and palpate the abdomen. The veterinary acupuncturist will ask about daily behavior patterns as well as food and water intake, defecation, urination, breeding history if any, vaccinations, and whether your dog is or has been on any medications or has any known allergies. (Suite101.com)
A massive killer Mar 29, 2008
Accordingly, they learned to palpate the necks of the prospective purchase, routinely; and if they felt swollen glands, they then rejected the purchase. Sleeping sickness, however, remained localized to west and central Africa, particularly around the colonies of Gambia, Senegal, Congo and the Ivory Coast. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Intestinal Foreign Body Surgery Feb 29, 2008
During the exam the veterinarian will palpate the abdomen and possibly feel the obstruction. This may not be the case if the patient is painful and tense. (Suite101.com)
Catching Rats' Twitchy Whiskers In Action Feb 29, 2008
18, 2007) Rats palpate objects with their whiskers to perceive texture. Their judgment of texture is predicted by the firing rate of neurons in the somatosensory. (Science Daily)
Leukemia teaches Sterett a lesson Feb 16, 2008
He laid Keith on the couch and tried to palpate his stomach. It led to a strange discovery and a professional physical. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Dedicated to Quality - Husband and wife team pursue excellence at the California breeding farm they built from the ground up Dec 27, 2007
Things get rolling at 6 a.m. when Jerry and Melinda palpate mares. The Blacks part ways at about 8:00, when Jerry goes to Pioneer Equine Hospital to address his lameness and pre-purchase appointments. (Klamath Falls Cascade Magazines, OR)
Don't bother with breast examinations, cancer group tells women Sep 28, 2007
The technique was complex and tedious, calling on women to palpate their breasts in a circular fashion standing up and lying down and urging them to do so at the same time each month, and not during their menstrual period. Carol Pincox of Montreal was diagnosed with breast cancer five years ago, when she was 56. (Globe and Mail)
Holistic Medicine Jul 6, 2007
It s integrated, we watch and we participate in the experience ( I ll now palpate your liver, Tracey ; ready. Now that s holistic. (Suite101.com)
Dr. Groopman Answers Your Questions Mar 22, 2007
For example, if I feel a large lymph node in the neck of my patient, while I continue to palpate the lymph node, I will ask questions like: How long has it been there. Is it tender. (CBS News -- Evening News)
Manual Therapy Diagnostics Mar 19, 2007
It involves the client lying clothed on a comfortable table, as the practitioner palpates, feels the surface of their body first on the front then on the back of the person ... These, are the kinds of things pay attention to, assess and palpate with the goal of balancing out any disturbance ... They will note the quality of the tissue and palpate for subtle changes. (Suite101.com)
Holistic Health Care--Introduction Feb 28, 2007
Acupuncturists, whose treatments are covered by many major insurance carriers, are utilizing a similar protocol when they palpate along the body s surface areas, known as meridians, to locate tender points, or points of pain, which are then needled, to correct various conditions. They are known to practice massage and acupressure which are also documented to mirror the clinical effectiveness of acupuncture. (Suite101.com)
Hyperthyroidism in Cats Feb 13, 2007
Symptoms include but are not limited too: weight loss, an excessive desire to eat these cats are always at their food bowls, vomiting, fast heart rate, aggressive behavior, enlarged thyroid gland that the veterinarian can palpate, increased systolic blood pressure, and blindness. Diagnosing hyperthyroidism in cats Diagnosis is quite easy. (Suite101.com)
Creatine Supplement May Help People With Muscular Dystrophies Feb 1, 2007
Creatine, a popular nutritional supplement used by weightlifters and sprinters to improve athletic performance, could lend muscle strength to people with muscular dystrophies. Muscle strength increased by an average of 8. (Science Daily)
Physicists Discover Structures Of Gold Nanoclusters Jan 17, 2007
Using different experimental techniques, two separate and independent research groups in collaboration with a team from the Center for Computational Materials Science (CCMS) at the Georgia Institute of Technology, have unveiled the size-dependent evolution of structural and electronic structural motifs of gold nanoclusters ranging in size from 11 to 24 atoms. The experiments, in conjunction with the theoretical analysis performed by the Georgia Tech team, show near perfect agreement pertaining... (Science Daily)
Scanner Offers Humane Way To Look At Bird Bones Dec 27, 2006
Why did the chicken cross the road. To get to the University of Alberta for a bone scan. (Science Daily)
Vital Signs: Blood Pressure Dec 1, 2006
Palpate (feel for) the brachial pulse and place the diaphragm of the stethoscope over this spot. Place the ear pieces on the stethoscope into your ears. (Suite101.com)
First Demonstration Of A Working Invisibility Cloak Oct 20, 2006
(April 9, 2002) -- New and promising ultrasound techniques devised at Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering can "remotely palpate" tissues, detecting and in some cases characterizing breast abnormalities that ... This acclaimed book teaches readers to palpate the body's structures with ease and precision. (Science Daily)
Manatee Bones Lead To New Insight On Evolution Sep 1, 2006
Most research professors spend their days writing grants, teaching and managing graduate students, so when Stanford's David Kingsley, PhD, ventured from his office to his lab, pulled out a scale and started weighing 114 pairs of manatee pelvic bones, it was a sign that something was afoot. (Credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service). (Science Daily)
Movement Of Chromosome In Nucleus Visualized Apr 18, 2006
This acclaimed book teaches readers to palpate the body's structures with ease and precision. The beautifully illustrated, user-friendly guide to the muscular and skeletal systems. (Science Daily)
Lower Cost, Portable Surgical Robots Could Be Smooth Operators Mar 7, 2006
"You can't palpate, and palpation is used extensively in medical procedures and in diagnosis. A surgeon may find an artery by sensing the pulsations, or locate a tumor by feeling it. A tactile sensor would measure the same sorts of things. You could use a device like this, for example, to find small lumps in the lung during surgery.". The sensor would relay information to a computer, where it would be displayed on a monitor as a color-coded "tactile map" that tells a surgeon what the probe tip... (Science Daily)
