December 28, 2010
Studies show that one percent of all teenage girls and young women in their 20s will develop anorexia nervosa, and that 10 to 15% of those girls will die due to complications from this condition. some men develop this condition as well, usually teenage boys. Anorexia nervosa can be treated, and about three quarters of [...]
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December 28, 2010
Researchers at MIT think they have found a much better solution. They fill a small medical-grade silicone tube with the solid drug, after drilling a tiny hole in the tube using a laser beam. A shape-memory wire made of nitinol is threaded through the tube, which is then straightened out, placed in a catheter, and [...]
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