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U.S. RESEARCH ROUNDUP: Apple, IBM, GE, Kimberly-Clark, Caterpillar
ReutersApril 22 (Reuters) - Wall Street securities analysts revised their ratings and price targets on several U.S. companies, including Apple, IBM and GE, on Monday. HIGHLIGHTS * Apple : BMO, Sterne Agee cut target price on the stock * IBM : Goldman Sachs,...Tags: Union Pacific Corporation, Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Swift Energy Company, Pharmacyclics Incorporated, First Industrial Realty Trust Incorporated
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Robots useful in hysterectomies
A common operation in the United States, hysterectomies are now going high-tech as many surgeons embrace robotics as another tool to help them do their jobs better. NorthShore University Health System has two robotic surgical systems used for...
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The Cutting Edge
When Dr. Amir Abolhoda recently performed robot-assisted lung cancer surgery at UC Irvine Medical Center — the first procedure of its kind in Orange County — it marked the latest leap in the fast-evolving field of robotics. The minimally...
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Technology fair showcases 'opportunities for the future'
caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.comImagine if you could control the television, lights, locks, thermostats and security systems in your home with one remote-control device. You can, according to Wired Technologies, which had such a device on display Friday at the 2012 Tri-State Technology...Tags: Science, The Herald-Mail, Washington, DC, Computer Hardware, Technology
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A Cut Above
Lourdes Medina had undergone two spinal operations to treat a debilitating degenerative disc. They provided little relief, and she soon developed a herniated disc in her lower back.
In the realm of traditional medicine, the 32-year-old’s only...Tags: University of California, Irvine, Medical Procedures and Tests, Spine, Surgery, Human Body
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Remote-control surgery grows, despite inconclusive evidence
Chubby, pink and anesthetized into unconsciousness and paralysis, 16-week-old Ian Lund was a small bump under blue drapes on an operating table at University of Chicago Medicine. Perched above him was a robot, with arms like a three-legged spider.
One...Tags: Ovarian Cancer, University of Chicago, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Trials, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Robotic surgery promises greater precision, less blood loss
Daily American Sunday EditorThe era of robotically assisted surgery is here with a new tool called the da Vinci Robotic Surgical System being used for prostate, gynecological, cancer, hernia, bowel, kidney and colorectal surgeries. Approximately 10 of the systems have been put into...Tags: NASA, Landforms, Blood, Human Body, Tools and Hardware
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Robotic surgery grows, but so do questions
These days, some surgeons have four arms and are made of metal and plastic. Use of a robotic assistant called the Da Vinci Surgical System has quadrupled in the last four years, and the machine now helps with incisions and sutures in 2,000 hospitals...
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Robotic Surgery: How Safe Is It?
The Orlando SentinelWhen Mea Figueroa of St. Cloud, Florida, was told that a robot would be performing a delicate operation to remove uterine fibroids that were causing her pain and abnormal bleeding, she hesitated slightly. The machine looked like something straight out of...Tags: Graham Greene, Career and Workplace, Florida Hospital, Standards, New Hampshire
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