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A new study provides an interesting explanation for one of biology's most enduring mysteries: the female orgasm. The male side of the equation is easy enough -- if sex feels good, they'll have more of it. For males inten...

News Over a million hours of Quell therapy and health data uploaded to the Quell Health Cloud as of August 1, 2016. Contributed Author:  NeuroMetrix Topics:  Wearables

News Provide clues about a key part of the life cycle of soft-tissue sarcomas and also a proven way to test cancer treatments in the lab. Contributed Author:  John Hopkins University Topics:  Oncology

For most people, baldness wouldn't make it into the Top Ten Worst Things Ever; that list is more likely to be dominated by Ebola, cancer, dementia, and Kevin Federline's Playing with Fire album. Nonetheless, it is a cond...

News The funding will be used to accelerate development of technology to rapidly and securely ingest, view, share and store medical images in the cloud. Contributed Author:  StatRad Topics:  STEM

News Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a flexible wearable sensor that can accurately measure a person's blood alcohol level from sweat and transmit the data wirelessly. Contributed Autho...

News Valley Fever, a potentially deadly dust-borne fungal disease, should be easier to diagnose and treat with a testing technology. Contributed Author:  The Translational Genomics Research Institute Topics:  Medical D...

News A UK patient has become the first in Europe to be implanted with the BIOTRONIK's E-Series pacemaker. Contributed Author:  BIOTRONIK Topics:  Surgical

Cocaine addiction affects more than 700,000 people in the United States alone. Researchers have uncovered clues as to what makes the drug so addictive, offering insight that could help develop new treatment options.

News Each Alinity platform will include a number of features to help institutions, clinicians and laboratorians better navigate through a pressure-packed health care environment. Contributed Author:  Abbott Topics:  Me...

News Each Alinity platform will include a number of features to help institutions, clinicians and laboratorians better navigate through a pressure-packed health care environment. Contributed Author:  Abbott Topics:  Me...

News The 7200 has been designed for simple, fast and robust use in routine analysis, research and education laboratories. Contributed Author:  Bibby Scientific Topics:  Medical Diagnostics

News The 7200 has been designed for simple, fast and robust use in routine analysis, research and education laboratories. Contributed Author:  Bibby Scientific Topics:  Medical Diagnostics

News A team of Brown University researchers has been able to watch in real time what happens to neurons after they experience the kinds of forces involved in a blow to the head. Contributed Author:  Brown University Top...

News A team of Brown University researchers has been able to watch in real time what happens to neurons after they experience the kinds of forces involved in a blow to the head. Contributed Author:  Brown University Top...

News Hearing aid technology that both reduces listening effort and conserves energy so that people recall more of what they've heard. Contributed Author:  Oticon Topics:  Wearables

Scientists in Boston have detected 15 new DNA regions that appear to be linked with a person's risk of depression. The findings may help researchers develop better treatments.

Heart attack patients who took high doses of omega-3 fatty acids from fish oil supplements experienced less decline in heart function and greatest reduction in tissue scarring compared with those who took placebo.

(Hebrew SeniorLife Institute for Aging Research) Researchers from the Harvard affiliated Hebrew SeniorLife Institute for Aging Research recently published a study in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, suggesting t...

(Wiley) A new article discusses the evidentiary support for the recent changes made by the American Cancer Society in its recommendations for breast cancer screening. In addition to modifying the suggested ages for annua...

(University of Texas at Austin) Researchers studying tens of thousands of generations of E. coli bacteria report that most new genetic mutations that were passed down were actually beneficial and occurred at much more va...

(Children's Hospital of Philadelphia) When a targeted program to reduce relational aggression among at-risk girls is shared with the entire classroom, the entire class benefits -- not just the aggressive girls for whom t...