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Carfentanil, a drug used to sedate big animals such as elephants, is being blamed for overdose deaths in Ohio. Users may not even be aware they are taking the powerful synthetic opioid.

News Since the LANAP protocol is laser-based, there is less bleeding, less swelling, less pain (lasers seal nerve endings), and no need to prescribe opioids for post-operative pain. Contributed Author:  Millennium Denta...

Industry Brief The FDA developed the Medical Device Single Audit Program (MDSAP) in collaboration with regulatory authorities from Australia, Brazil, Canada, and Japan. It's a global approach to auditing and monitoring t...

Acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, are associated with significant long-term lung function loss, according to research published online, ahead of print in the American Thoracic Society...

Article In the study, various databases were examined to assess changes in wait times for elective general surgical procedures and clinical volume before, during, and after implementation of lean processes over 3 fiscal ...

News Patent-pending SafeCT-29 is an add-on system that provides full compliance with the XR-29 Dose Check and Dose Report (RDSR) functions for CT and PET/CT systems of all vendors and models. Contributed Author:  Medic ...

Article Tool can detect clinically relevant problem substance use, especially tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana use disorders, according to a study published this week online. Contributed Author:  HealthDay Topics:  Medi...

Acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, are associated with significant long-term lung function loss, according to research published online, ahead of print in the American Thoracic Society...

Article The researchers used large-scale calcium imaging to measure the responses of individual neurons in multiple areas of the brain while mice performed a delayed response task. Contributed Author:  Julie Cohen, Univ...

Article Traumatic brain injuries (TBI), which include concussions, contribute to a substantial number of emergency room visits and deaths each year. As fall activities begin, the FDA issued an update on its TBI diagnosti...

Article A new fast-freezing technique known as vitrification has enabled fertility clinics to start to offer the option of 'social' egg freezing to women concerned about their declining fertility. Contributed Author:  L...

Article The telemedicine study sessions required a registered nurse or respiratory therapist at the site to operate the telemedicine equipment. This allowed the allergist to see and hear the patient in real-time, and to ...

Article A tablet-based application called Speak for Myself enables a patient to communicate his or her level of pain using an analog pain scale. When a patient touches the screen to indicate the location of pain on the b...

News The new device leverages the company's EmboTrap platform design, engineered to trap and remove a variety of clot types and rapidly re-establish flow, with an integrated fragment protection zone. Contributed Author:�...

Turning off alcohol-linked neurons in the rats' brains were found to reverse alcohol dependence in the animals. The animals did not show unwanted symptoms of alcohol withdrawal.

News The device, part of the company's PerQseal technology platform, is a fully bioabsorbable, sutureless and entirely synthetic option to close large-bore arteriotomies that result from percutaneous transcatheter proced...

Corticosteroids have been the usual treatment of choice for eye inflammations. Now, researchers have found that non-steroidal medication adalimumab could also do the trick in treating uveitis.

Walt Disney World is all set to scan fingers of children aged 3 to 9 years old. Disney has come up with the plan to counter the use of stolen or shared tickets.

The Cloudy with a Chance of Pain study has found a link between weather and body pain. People suffering from arthritis or chronic pain experienced more frequent severe symptoms during rainy days.

Researchers present cord-blood transplants as more than just a last resort for leukemia patients. According to them, the procedure can hold its own against matched bone marrow or stem cell transplants, especially in the ...

Zika is spreading fast and researchers are scrambling to learn more about it. According to a new study, however, the virus can find its way to the eyes, making the windows to the soul a possible infection source.

(Global Down Syndrome Foundation) Renowned Crnic Institute scientist, Dr. Espinosa, has found the interferon response is constantly activated in people with Down syndrome causing the body to fight a viral infection when ...