It's a problem Central New Yorkers are all too familiar with...tent caterpillars. So far there's been no complaints about the pesky insects in Onondaga County but they are starting to pop up in Oneida County. Fran Lawlor with Cornell Cooperative Extension says right now they're hatching and growing. But that does not mean you should start spraying your trees with pesticides. "If you know you have an infestation the best time to control it is right now. But you want to know that you have one cause these are poisons. Even then you want to be careful that you're not using it if you don't have a problem," said Lawlor. If you have to spray you should never spray the entire tree because it could hurt insects like honey bees. Lawlor also says never burn them out because it could cause more harm than good. via 570WSYR.
Mechanical pumps to give failing hearts a boost were originally developed as temporary measures for patients awaiting a heart transplant. But as the technology has improved, these ventricular assist devices commonly operate in patients for years, including in former vice-president Dick Cheney, whose implant this month celebrates its one-year anniversary. Prolonged use, however, has its own problems. The power cord that protrudes through the patient's belly is cumbersome and prone to infection over time. Infections occur in close to 40 percent of patients, are the leading cause of rehospitalization, and can be fatal. Researchers at the University of Washington and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center have tested a wireless power system for ventricular assist devices. They recently presented the work in Washington, D.C. at the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs annual meeting, where it received the Willem Kolff/Donald B. Olsen Award for most promising research in
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