Medical News

News Unnecessary deaths at the hands of law enforcement officers may soon be avoided,thanks to a prototype system from researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center that combines a TASER electric stun gun with ECG bi...

News A new sensor developed at MIT could help anesthesiologists place needles for epidurals and other medical procedures. Contributed Author:  Anne Trafton, MIT News Office Topics:  Surgical

News A new ultra-high resolution "nanoscope" is capable of taking 3-D images of an entire cell and its cellular constituents in unprecedented detail, an advance that could reveal biological phenomena never before seen an...

Blog This article explores the exciting but terrifying idea of DIY medical devices, examines how and why medical devices are developed in industry and questions how the DIY ideas might be adapted to benefit the establish...

A government study has found that gay, lesbian and bisexual students in the United States are far more susceptible to violence than their heterosexual counterparts. However, without the reasons why this is so, it will be...

Swimming champion Michael Phelps has changed his calorie-rich diet. He is doing more clean eating this time around to be able to perform to his best ability at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio.

News DSM Biomedical, Cook Medical's supplier of hydrophilic coating for the Roadrunner Uniglide Hydrophilic Wire Guide, recalled certain lots of material due to concerns about a potential contamination by glass particles...

In an unfortunate turn of events, Nigeria, which had been poised to announce that it was polio-free next summer, has announced two new cases of the paralytic virus. The country had gone two years without reporting a case...

News The Cleveland Medical Hackathon will bring together doctors, nurses, researchers, public health workers along with IT professionals over an intense 24-hour period at the Global Center for Health Innovation on Octobe...

Blog A few years back, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) saw how the world was quickly evolving. The data explosion or the data revolution was upon us, creating the need for a regulatory framework that would offer a...

Eight people who have spent years paralyzed from spinal cord injuries have regained partial sensation and muscle control in their lower limbs after training with brain-controlled robotics, according to a study published ...

A research project has shown that an experimental model of Alzheimer's disease can be successfully treated with a commonly used anti-inflammatory drug.

A study published by The BMJ today provides more details of an association between Zika virus infection in the womb and a condition known as arthrogryposis, which causes joint deformities at birth, particularly in the ar...

Parents in Italy who raise their children on a vegan diet may face the possibility of jail time. What prompted lawmakers to file the proposed law?

The long-term health effects of exposure to atomic bomb radiation on survivors in Hiroshima and Nagasaki were not as severe as once thought. Radiation-associated mutations were neither found in the survivors' children.

(Elsevier Health Sciences) Food advertising is a multi-billion dollar industry, with approximately $1.8 billion annually aimed at children and adolescents, who view 1,000-2,000 ads per year. Some studies have shown there...

(Technical University of Munich (TUM)) Mouse models are extensively used in pharmaceutical and medical research, and the microbes in their intestine can have an impact on research. However, there is still insufficient in...

(St. Jude Children's Research Hospital) St. Jude scientists have identified the molecule that recognizes the influenza virus in infected cells and triggers their suicide to fight the infection.

(Elsevier Health Sciences) Fragile X syndrome, the most common heritable cause of intellectual disability and a frequent cause of autism, is characterized by abnormalities of the FMR1 gene that are difficult to analyze. ...

(American Society for Cell Biology) The problem of persistence has long troubled undergraduate programs hoping to guide promising students from underrepresented racial/ethnic groups into science careers, but a new study ...

(American Society for Microbiology) Gingivitis, a common and mild form of gum disease can progress to periodontitis, a more serious infection that damages the soft tissue of the gums and sometimes even destroys the bone ...

(Kumamoto University) Intestinal flora has multiple influences on human health, but research from Kumamoto University in Japan has revealed that it is also likely to have an effect on the body's response to drugs. Indivi...