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An experimental drug developed by pharma company Biogen has the ability to breakdown plaque deposits and remove them from the brain of Alzheimer's patients. Researchers believe this could lead to the development of an ef...

Stem cell therapy remains in a gray area but researchers are making headway in showing what it is capable of. In the future, human donors may even become obsolete as more organs are generated from stem cells.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has ordered the adding of black box warning labels on benzodiazepines and narcotic pain relievers. This is to inform consumers about the dangers of using the drug classes in combinat...

Parts of Africa and the Asia-Pacific region may be vulnerable to outbreaks of the Zika virus, including some of the world's most populous countries and many with limited resources to identify and respond to the mosqu...

News Glencoe Software,supplier of image data management solutions for the academic, biotech, pharma and publication industries, announced a new partnership with the Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH, Jena, Germany. Contributed ...

News The updated App, available as a free download from the Apple Store, enhances functionality, allowing healthcare practitioners to more easily screen for eye health issues. Contributed Author:  D-EYE Srl Topics:  Me...

Patients with cancer have heightened risks of unintentional and intentional injuries during the diagnostic process, reveal findings from a large study published by The BMJ today.

News This knowledge is vital to the production of actinium-based drugs for targeted alpha therapy. Contributed Author:  California State Polytechnic University Pomona Topics:  Oncology

News Enables the creation of low-cost and disposable graphene-based electrochemical electrodes for myriad applications including sensors, biosensors, fuel cells and (medical) devices. Contributed Author:  Iowa State Uni...

News Patients and doctors, relying on scary media reports, may be forgoing radiologic imaging such as CT scans, when the real health risk is lack of a diagnosis, not radiation. Contributed Author:  Association of Americ...

Patients with cancer have heightened risks of unintentional and intentional injuries during the diagnostic process, reveal findings from a large study published by The BMJ today.

News Chinese scientists are now aiming to obtain the necessary energy from body heat. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, they have introduced a flexible, wearable thermocell based on two different gel electrolytes. Contri...

An international team of researchers has sequenced a strain of the Zika virus that will be used as a World Health Organization (WHO) reference strain to identify Zika virus infection in the blood, thus making it easier t...

News Scientists from the United States have made an important step toward eliminating cancer recurrence by combining immunotherapy with chemotherapy. Contributed Author:  Federation of American Societies for Experimenta...

News The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has sent out a safety alert for Baxter International's Vascu-Guard Peripheral Vascular Patch. Staff Author:  Dan Marsicano Topics:  Surgical

Going out of your way to attract mosquitoes seems like the last thing anyone would want to do, but that is exactly what the national Invasive Mosquito Project is hoping volunteers will do in the name of public health. Ma...

News The Fraunhofer Institute for Medical Image Computing MEVIS in Bremen, Germany has developed software to simulate and compare various types of interventions. Contributed Author:  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Topics:  Su...

News It uses the same principle as law enforcement interrogators or customs agents who detect micro facial expressions that last only a fraction of a second but can reveal a person's true emotions. Contributed Author:  ...

News "P-scan," a fast, point-of-care method for checking urine samples for biomarkers of the protein pteridine. Contributed Author:  Missouri University of Science and Technology Topics:  Oncology

Adopting a healthy lifestyle takes work. According to researchers, however, people are likelier to adopt positive lifestyle changes when they have help from internet- and mobile-based programs.

News The AMPLATZER Amulet occluder works by blocking the LAA at its opening, which minimizes the opportunity for blood clots to form in the LAA and migrate into the bloodstream. Contributed Author:  St. Jude Medical, In...

News A UBC invention has made it possible for doctors to vastly improve their bypass surgery techniques without relying on animals. Contributed Author:  University of British Columbia Okanagan Campus Topics:  Surgical