Medical News

Scientists from Washington University have created a painstakingly detailed map that presents previously unknown regions of the brain. How will this brain map change the field of neuroscience?

UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have identified a protein termed ASCL1 that is essential to the development of small cell lung cancer and that, when deleted in the lungs of mice, prevents the cancer from formi...

News SpaceOAR hydrogel is a temporary injectable gel that protects the rectum in men undergoing radiation therapy for prostate cancer. Contributed Author:  Arizona Oncology Topics:  Surgical

In collaboration with colleagues from Mexico, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston researchers were the first to directly connect the Aedes aegypti mosquito with Zika transmission in the Americas, during an ou...

News Key data will be presented by experts highlighting the use of focused ultrasound--a non-invasive therapeutic technology--to treat a wide range of disorders. Staff Author:  Dan Marsicano Topics:  STEM

News Clarius Mobile Health is in the midst of working on a handheld wireless ultrasound device that uses a smartphone as a display. Staff Author:  Dan Marsicano Topics:  Medical Diagnostics

News Software solutions to generate 3-D digital avatars that are based on a patient's medical images, which allow the simulation of medical treatments. Contributed Author:  EOS imaging Topics:  STEM

News Discovery could open up wide-ranging possibilities for designing new, easy-to-manufacture composites for optical devices, electronic systems, and high-tech materials. Contributed Author:  Massachusetts Institute of...

News Showed significant improvement in strength and range of motion in patients surgically implanted with bioscaffolds derived from pig tissue to treat muscle injuries. Contributed Author:  University of Pittsburgh Scho...

The CDC is in the midst of an investigation concerning eight outbreaks of salmonella that are linked to backyard chicken farms across the U.S.

News A dielectric elastomer with a broad range of motion that requires relatively low voltage and no rigid components. Contributed Author:  Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Topics:  ST...

The number of new cases of men suffering from metastatic prostate cancer has risen significantly in a decade's time, and is 72 percent greater in the year 2013 compared to 2004. This increase is especially worrying among...

News CPR Feedback device offers rescuers CPR coaching. Contributed Author:  Cardiac Science Topics:  STEM

News The LuViva will be used for marketing clinical studies and for testing as part of the approval process by the Russian Federal Service for Control over Healthcare and Social Development. Contributed Author:  Guided ...

News Technique may provide insights into the diagnosis and treatment of a broad range of disorders, including epilepsy and Alzheimer's disease. Contributed Author:  Yale University Topics:  STEM

News This thermometer connects to smartphones to keep track of the temperature trends a person has as they use it. Contributed Author:  Medgadget Topics:  Home Healthcare

Findings from a new study show that taking anti-HIV pills before and after sex can lower the risks of developing an HIV infection. The anti-HIV pill also helps lower the rates of condom usage among the participants.

The link between in vitro fertilization and increased breast cancer risk debunked. The breast cancer risks of women who underwent IVF and those who didn't are nearly the same.

Pediatricians should be an additional source of sexual health information and help parents on how to best talk to their children about sex and sexuality. The initiative can help in reducing teenage pregnancy risks as wel...

Florida's first medical marijuana store will open next week in Tallahassee. Trulieve is the first company in the state to receive all the required formal authorizations to produce, process and dispense medical cannabis.

(Indiana University) Arrhythmotech LLC has received a two-year, $1,472,476 grant from the National Institutes of Health to help researchers determine if nerve activity is associated with a common heart rhythm disorder.

(Emory Health Sciences) Transgenic Huntington's disease monkeys developed at Yerkes display a full spectrum of symptoms resembling the human disease, strengthening the case that they could be used to evaluate emerging tr...