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There is a general belief that the advent of digital health technology could improve the health care quality of seniors. However, results of a new study reveal that elders rarely go online to address their health care ne...

A single gulp of ocean water, or roughly three teaspoons, is all it will take for athletes and tourists to contract potentially deadly diseases at the 2016 Rio Olympics. That's the consensus of a recent study commissione...

News Researchers are urging surgeons to reconsider using a particular type of thread for a procedure to prevent premature birth. Contributed Author:  Science Translational Medicine Topics:  Surgical

According to researchers, millennials should not be known as the hookup generation since they aren't having sex as much as many would assume.

Article University of California, Berkeley engineers have built the first dust-sized, wireless sensors that can be implanted in the body. Contributed Author:  University of California, Berkeley Topics:  Implantables

News CaptiView is a microscope image injection system that overlays critical virtual reality imaging directly onto the brain when viewed through the eyepiece, known as the ocular, during surgery. Contributed Author:  Th...

Americans are indeed getting heavier -- 15 pounds heavier compared with 20 years ago, to be exact.

The alert is out and South Floridians are taking heed. With the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issuing a warning for visitors and locals to avoid a neighborhood in Miami after more than a dozen individuals co...

News The biochip test, which allows multiple tests to be run on one blood sample, was as accurate as existing molecular tests that analyze DNA. Contributed Author:  AACC Topics:  Medical Diagnostics

Article A team of biomedical engineers and physical therapists have constructed a motorized device to assist infants at risk for cerebral palsy develop motor and cognitive skills. Staff Author:  Dan Marsicano Topics:  ...

It's time to toast environmentally friendly grapes. A new UCLA study shows that eco-certified wine tastes better -- and making the choice even easier, earlier research shows it's often cheaper, too.

Patients who suffer heart attacks, or flare-ups of congestive heart failure, can be cared for in a variety of hospital locations. But a new study suggests that they'll fare worse in hospitals that rely heavily on their i...

News The SkinJect patch is a thumb-sized array of dissolvable microneedles that will deliver a chemotherapeutic agent to kill an existing skin cancer. Contributed Author:  SkinJect, Inc. Topics:  Oncology

News Technology enhances user-ride capabilities, providing rigidity and stability for manual wheelchair users. Topics:  Home Healthcare

Overconsumption of alcohol can lead to errors in judgment, causing, for example, some people to get behind the wheel when they are impaired. To help imbibers easily and quickly know when they've had enough, scientists ha...

News Luminex Corporation has received FDA clearance for the ARIES Flu A/B & RSV Assay. Contributed Author:  Luminex Topics:  Medical Diagnostics

News Neurogenesis in the hippocampal dentate gyrus is known to be particularly affected by depression. Contributed Author:  RIKEN Topics:  Medical Diagnostics

A team of Mayo Clinic researchers has identified evidence of bacteria in sterilely-obtained breast tissue and found differences between women with and without breast cancer. The findings are published in the Aug. 3 issue...

News The CyPass Micro-Stent, a device for treatment of mild to moderate primary open-angle glaucoma that is intended to be implanted along with cataract surgery. Contributed Author:  Transcend Medical Topics:  Implanta...

Past studies have found that higher BMI may be linked to higher risk of death or heart attack. However, a new report that focused on twins suggests that higher BMI is strongly linked to type 2 diabetes, but not heart att...

(IOS Press) Brain tissue can die as the result of stroke, traumatic brain injury, or neurodegenerative disease. When the affected area includes the motor cortex, impairment of the fine motor control of the hand can resul...

(Bentham Science Publishers) Less than fifty percent of HIV-infected patients achieve viral suppression in medically underserved areas. Clinicians practicing in these areas must be aware of the manifestations, diagnosis,...