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During a breast MRI, a technician injects a contrast agent to the patient's arms, if some lesions in the breast are cancerous, the contrast agent flows out quickly and because of this, the lesions become difficult to classify and could lead to biopsy.

But according to biomedical engineers at the University of Wisonsin-Madison, with the right kind of MRI, radiologists can already identify a cancerous lesion based on its shape. The early identification of these lesions, thanks to this technique, could mean fewer biopsies for women since cancerous lesions can be identified early on in the MRI scan.

The researchers are still gathering data on the efficacy of the technique but they say they've already shared it with the University of Toronto for additional assessment. I wonder when would this technique reach any Vancouver MRI Clinic?

Via: ScienceDaily

Next time that you're itching to evict your tenant, be sure that you've read all the legal requirements for evicting your tenant and that you have valid grounds to do so. Evicting tenants on a whim could cause serious legal issues for you down the line. This was what happened to my brother-in-law in Philadelphia. His tenant has not been paying rent for some time now and I think non-payment of rent is a valid ground for eviction in any State.

However, he may have skipped a step or two in the eviction process in Philadephia County and now even though he's the one in the right, he had to consult a Philadelphia real estate lawyer to sort his problems out.

What could have been a simple process may now turn into a lenghty legal battle. So next time you want to evict someone, it's not as simple as kicking them to the curb...make sure you Google first.

Coffee drinkers thinking of cutting back on their caffeine because of studies showing caffeine may be hazardous to your health, well, here's another study that might give added bonus points to drinking coffee. According to the study by researchers at University of South Florida which was published on the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, caffeine significantly reduced the levels of protein associated with Alzheimer's disease in the brains and blood of mice exhibiting symptoms of Alzheimer's.

The researchers conducted their controlled study on 55 mice gentically altered to develop memory problems mimicking Alzheimer's. Half of the mice were given caffeine on their drinking, the equivalent of five 8 oz cups of coffee per day while the other half were given regular drinking water. After two months, the mice drinking caffeinated water performed better on memory tests compared with the mice drinking plain water.

The researchers' next goal is to obtain the needed funding for well-designed clinical trials. Now if only Starbucks could translate this news into an advertisement...

Here's an interesting piece of news for avid gardeners: the color or type of flower you grow adapt to what kind of birds are predominantly pollinating them. Scientists at UC Santa Barbara documented and studied columbine flowers in North America. The researchers believe that the columbine flowers shifted color from red to white or yellow happened five times in North America.

Their research showed that red columbines are pollinated by hummingbirds and white or yellow columbines are pollinated by hawkmoths. According to the researchers, when red columbines plant population shifts from being pollinated by hummingbirds to hawkmoth pollinated, natural selection works and change the flower color to white or yellow.

So if you ever plan to maintain those red columbines in your garden, be sure to get the best hummingbird feeders around.

My nephew just got himself a new Nintendo DSi and he has been pestering me nonstop to get online and buy him an r4 revolution for ds. I was like, what's that? So I googled it and these were what I came up with. Basically, an R4 card is a cartridge that supports microSD for the Nintendo DS gaming console. I think the first Nintendo DS has a built-in slot for microSD but it was left out on the second generation DS.

I honestly get confused with all the accessories. Back in the days of the old Gameboy, you just have the console and the cartridge and that's it, you're good to go. Now handheld consoles have TV-out cables, microSD cards, speakers, etc.

The R4 card enables the DSi to run MP3s and videos which would make it more competitive with the PSP. Wow, gaming consoles these days are so advanced. Me? I actually miss the old school super mario games. Maybe they have those old games which I can run on my nephew's DSi. Time to google again.