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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 07:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Long-term study finds robot surgery safe]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 07:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The da Vinci Surgical System is often used in robot-assisted prostate cancer operations. (Credit:Intuitive Surgical)Robot-assisted surgery to remove cancerous prostate glands is safe over the long term and has a major complication rate of less than 1 percent, according to research published by the journal European Urology. An earlier study showed almost 87 percent of patients had no recurrence of cancer after five years, according to a release by the Henry Ford Health System. The procedure removes the entire prostate gland and some surrounding tissue. Researchers followed 3,317 patients at the Vattikuti Urology Institute in Detroit from January 2005 to December 2009. The institute is known for the work of Dr. Mani Menon, who has been performing robot-assisted prostate removals since 2001. Staff use the da Vinci robot surgical system by Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Intuitive Surgical.  Surgeons using the da Vinci system remotely control robot arms that create small incisions in the patient while monitoring progress on screens.  The patients had a median hospitalization time of only one day, and complications, which can include blood loss, were reported in nearly 10 percent of patients. Most were minor. Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) scores before surgery, as well as existing heart disease, were predictors of complications.  The conclusion of the study, the first of its kind, is that robot-assisted removal of cancerous prostate glands is safe over the long term.  Robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP), as it's called, is the most common technique in the U.S. in treating localized prostate cancer, according to the study.  Detroit's Henry Ford Hospital, which hosts the institute, also said this month that a study has found that robot surgery to treat kidney disease is as effective or better than minimally invasive laparoscopic procedures.  Intuitive Surgical, meanwhile, has been growing at more than 25 percent annually. In January, it reported 2010 fourth-quarter revenue of $389 million, up 21 percent.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google drops $5 million on D.C. lobbying in 2010]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 08:10:57 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Google spent more money in Washington in 2010 as it tried to make its case while fending off federal regulators. Doing business in the nation's capital requires some expenses, and this year's lobbying efforts set Google back $5.16 million, a 28 percent increase from last year's total of $4.03 million, according to the Lobbying Disclosure Act Database. Google's interests on Capitol Hill won't surprise many: the company lobbied Congress on issues such as the Internet freedom push from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, cloud computing, intellectual property, data privacy, and Google's pending acquisition of ITA Software. That last item will require some additional expenditure in 2011, as Google works to get its purchase approved before the Department of Justice decides to level a formal challenge to the deal. After a slow start, Google has ramped up its presence in D.C. over the last couple of years in response to a growing number of interests as well as increased government scrutiny.Techcrunch notes that Facebook spent $351,390 on lobbying in 2010, perhaps recognizing that it has to start representing itself before wary members of Congress. Other tech company expenditures in 2010 include Microsoft at $6.91 million, Apple at $1.61 million, AT&amp;T at $15.39 million, Verizon at $16.75 million, and Intel at $3.68 million.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Man uses computers to discover four planets]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 08:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[How do you expect to achieve immortalityWell, should sporting prowess have passed you by, or should you have suffered an unfortunate career-ending injury on a night out with some foreign language students, perhaps you might might use your computer to discover a planet or two.Or, in the case of British utility worker Peter Jalowiczor, four. The Daily Mail reports that Jalowiczor is something of an astronomical enthusiast, despite not actually owning a telescope. If you want to discover a previously unknown planet, you don't apparently need the technology enjoyed by Admiral Lord Nelson.Jalowiczor told the Mail that he used two home computers--and much of the spare time of his last three years--to analyze data released by the University of California's Lick-Carnegie Planet Search Team in Santa Cruz, Calif.Jalowiczor, who does have a couple of college degrees, used Doppler spectroscopy to locate planets that are too far away to be located by telescopes or Richard Branson spacecraft. And now planets HD31253b, HD218566b, HD177830c, and HD99492c all have Jalowiczor as their co-Columbus.Would people have deep feelings for Pluto if it were just HD447799b(Credit:CC Lunar and Planetary Institute/Flickr)He described his technique to the Mail: &quot;I look for faint changes in stars' behaviors that can only be caused by a planet or planets orbiting about them. Once I identify likely candidates, I send the details back to Santa Cruz.&quot;In the countless nights that he spent searching he was, he told the Mail, looking for a very simple phenomenon: &quot;If a planet orbits a star it causes a tiny wobble in the star's motion and this wobble reveals itself in the star's light.&quot;So tonight--and perhaps for the next year or two--perhaps you should put aside your video games and deny yourself the pleasures of your DVR recording of VH1's &quot;Basketball Wives.&quot; Instead, you could go to your computer and discover your own planet far, far away. And when you do, please appeal to those who name planets. Please encourage them to stop using those dull nomenclatures that look like emergency passwords sent by online retailers.Planets are not just a number. They are personalities. And, for all we know, they have feelings. I feel sure Pluto, the ousted planet, certainly does.Wouldn't you prefer to hear about what's happening on Planet Jalowiczor rather than Planet HD31253b <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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