Medical News
Circulating immune cells as biomarkers for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
EurekAlert! - 2 Sep 2016 06:00
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) Researchers at Helmholtz Zentrum München, a partner in the German Center for Lung Research, have discovered that the number of myeloid-deriv...
What's The Reason Behind The Outrageous EpiPen Price Increase? Executive Pay, Of Course
Tech Times - 2 Sep 2016 04:32
EpiPen's sporadic price hike evoked shock and outrage from the public. Now, regulatory filings reveal that the hike was triggered by executives who wanted to jack up earnings per share.
How To Avoid Heart Attack? Eat Dinner Before 7pm
Tech Times - 2 Sep 2016 14:32
The risk of heart attack increases when the dinner time is later than 7 p.m. According to a study, having dinner within two hours before sleeping at night could elevate heart attack risk by two times.
Hydromer, Inc. Entered Into Two License Agreements that Validated Medical Coating Machinery
Medical Design Technology - 2 Sep 2016 02:59
News One client is located in Russia and is coating their Urinary Dilator catheters in Moscow using Hydromer's proprietary medical coating. The second client is located in India and is coating their polypropylene Intraoc...
2 Billion People In Asia, Africa At Risk Of Zika: Study
Tech Times - 2 Sep 2016 14:15
Researchers estimate that as many as 2.6 billion people in Asian and African countries are at risk of Zika outbreaks. This is based on an analysis of travel, climate and mosquito patterns related to ongoing transmissions...
Important signaling pathway for leukemia cells discovered
EurekAlert! - 2 Sep 2016 06:00
(University of Helsinki) Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (T-ALL) is an aggressive form of blood cancer. Cooperation between Finnish and Chinese research groups has now opened up new opportunities for developing treatments ...
Osteoporosis: Antibody crystallized
EurekAlert! - 2 Sep 2016 06:00
(University of Würzburg) Inhibiting a protein called Sclerostin could probably help treating the bone-loss disease osteoporosis. New findings at the University of Würzburg could stimulate this research.
Two MDC researchers win European Research Council grants
EurekAlert! - 2 Sep 2016 06:00
(Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association) An ERC double for the MDC: Dr. Jan Philipp Junker and Dr. Gaetano Gargiulo have each been awarded an ERC Starting Grant worth €1.5 million. Jun...
Edible dormice: High food availability slows down cell aging
EurekAlert! - 2 Sep 2016 06:00
(University of Veterinary Medicine -- Vienna) Hibernation has long been considered the secret behind the relatively long lifespan of the edible dormouse. However, a team of researchers from Vetmeduni Vienna has now shown...
Living with dementia: Life story work proves successful
EurekAlert! - 2 Sep 2016 06:00
(University of York) A pioneering study led by researchers at the University of York's Social Policy Research Unit shows that life story work has the potential to help people with dementia.
Hydromer, Inc. Announces That During the Month of July 2016, It Entered Into Two License Agreements That Each Included "Turn-Key" and Validated Medical Coating Machinery
Medical Design Technology - 2 Sep 2016 02:59
News One client is located in Russia and is coating their Urinary Dilator catheters in Moscow using Hydromer's proprietary medical coating. The second client is located in India and is coating their polypropylene Intraoc...
Jabra Utilizes Valencell's Biometric Sensor Technology for First True Wireless Earbuds Certified with PerformTek Accuracy
Medical Design Technology - 2 Sep 2016 02:45
News The biometric earbuds incorporate Valencell's patented PerformTek biometric measurement technology, which enables an end-user to monitor multiple personal biometrics. Contributed Author: Valencell Topics: Wearab...
Countries across Africa, Asia-Pacific vulnerable to Zika virus, new study finds
e! Science News - 2 Sep 2016 01:14
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 mosquito-...
Large investment into brain research at Umeå University
EurekAlert! - 2 Sep 2016 06:00
(Umea University) Dr. Anna Rieckmann at Umeå University in Sweden has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant by the European Research Council. The awarded €1.5 million will allow her to spend five years researching the ne...
Encouraging decrease in certain antibiotic resistance levels of gonococci across Europe
EurekAlert! - 2 Sep 2016 06:00
(European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) ) In 2014, the susceptibility of gonococci to two of the recommended antibiotics for gonorrhoea treatment has shown signs of improvement, according to results fr...
EEG recordings prove learning foreign languages can sharpen our minds
EurekAlert! - 2 Sep 2016 06:00
(National Research University Higher School of Economics) Scientists say the more foreign languages we learn, the more effectively our brain reacts and processes the data accumulated in the course of learning.
FDA Washes the Dirt from Antibacterial Soaps
Discover - 2 Sep 2016 23:08
It's official; store shelves will be scrubbed clean of antibacterial hand and body soaps that contain certain ingredients. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday issued a final ruling that bans soaps that contai...
State Suspends Dentist Over Reports of Infections, 1 Fatal
Medical Design Technology - 2 Sep 2016 22:48
News A report released last month by the New Jersey Department of Health uncovered 15 patients who developed enterococcal endocarditis after undergoing oral surgery using intravenous sedation. Contributed Author: David...
People with alcohol dependency lack important enzyme
e! Science News - 2 Sep 2016 20:06
A research group under the leadership of Linköping University Professor Markus Heilig has identified an enzyme whose production is turned off in nerve cells of the frontal lobe when alcohol dependence develops. The defi...
People with alcohol dependency lack important enzyme
e! Science News - 2 Sep 2016 18:06
A research group under the leadership of Linköping University Professor Markus Heilig has identified an enzyme whose production is turned off in nerve cells of the frontal lobe when alcohol dependence develops. The defi...
Millions protected in Africa's largest-ever emergency yellow fever vaccination campaign
WHO - 2 Sep 2016 17:38
A major part of the largest emergency vaccination campaign against yellow fever ever attempted in Africa has been completed, with more than 7.7 million people vaccinated in record time in the city of Kinshasa, Democratic...
Takeda Gets $312 Million US Government Funding To Develop Zika Vaccine
Tech Times - 2 Sep 2016 17:29
Japanese drugmaker Takeda Pharmaceutical is set to receive an initial $20 million funding from the U.S. government to develop a vaccine for Zika. If the vaccine proves successful, the company could receive up to $312 mil...