Friday, June 29, 2012

Rosalyn Yalow and the Radioimmunoassay

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The radioimmunoassay is a sensitive technique for measuring tiny amounts of biologically important molecules, such as the hormone insulin ...
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Friday, June 22, 2012

Mannitol

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Elevated intracranial pressure often follows a traumatic brain injury . One way to lower pressure in the brain is to administer mannitol i...
Friday, June 15, 2012

The Heating of Metal Electrodes

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Twenty years ago, I published a paper titled “ The Heating of Metal Electrodes During Rapid-Rate Magnetic Stimulation: A Possible Safety Haz...
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Saturday, June 9, 2012

Law of Laplace

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In the 4th edition of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hobbie and I often introduce topics in the homework problems tha...
Friday, June 1, 2012

Andrew Huxley (1917-2012)

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Andrew Huxley , the greatest mathematical biologist of the 20th century, died on Wednesday, May 30. Huxley won the Nobel Prize for his groun...
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Friday, May 25, 2012

The Semiempirical Mass Formula

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When revising Chapter 17 about Nuclear Medicine for the 4th edition of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hobbie and I we...
Friday, May 18, 2012

Spin Echo

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The spin-echo of nuclear magnetic resonance is one of those concepts that anyone interested in medical physics should know. Russ Hobbie ...
Friday, May 11, 2012

Stopping Power and the Bragg Peak

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Proton therapy is becoming a popular treatment for cancer. Russ Hobbie and I discuss proton therapy in Chapter 16 of the 4th edition of In...
Friday, May 4, 2012

The Optics of Life

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The Optics of Life: A Biologist's Guide to Light in Nature , by Sonke Johnsen. As I mentioned two weeks ago , I’ve been reading Th...
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Friday, April 27, 2012

Physics and Medicine

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Readers of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology already know how important physics is to medicine. Now, subscribers to the famed B...