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A new study conducted in Canada among immigrants shows that religious women are more likely to go through cancer screening procedures than those with no religious affiliation. Despite lower income, Muslim women have an 8...

Article The goal is not to remove human expertise from the operating room, but to complement it with a robot's particular skills and benefits. Contributed Author:  Science Daily Topics:  STEM

News Horgan performed the gallbladder removal, also known as laparoscopic cholecystectomy, with the Fortimedix FMX314 surgical system. Contributed Author:  UC San Diego Health Topics:  Surgical

News Batteries should be replaced immediately after patients receive an electronic, vibrating alert from the device. Contributed Author:  The Associated Press Topics:  Implantables

A new WHO report presents the possibility of lowering sugary drinks consumption through their taxation, contributing to the reduction of type 2 diabetes and tooth decay.

Blog As the fifteenth largest economy in the world and with a population of 80 million, Turkey presents an exciting opportunity for investment and development in the area of healthcare. In addition to a growing populatio...

Hospital beds are usually associated with getting better but a new study is saying this may depend on who used it before. If the previous patient received antibiotics, the subsequent patient is likelier to develop a Clos...

News It is designed for those with a spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, diabetes, stroke, spina bifida or other conditions that require a catheter. Contributed Author:  PR NewsWire Topics:  Surgical

Industry Brief APAS® is a breakthrough artificial intelligence technology for the automated imaging, image analysis, interpretation and reporting of growth on microbiology culture plates after incubation. Contributed Au...

Product Announcement A drone-like device developed with the eventual goal of navigating the blood system to the body's remotest regions to deliver drugs, do biological sensing and even perform surgery. Contributed Author...

Blue Bell expanded its recall notice for products made with a cookie dough potentially containing Listeria monocytogenes. The dough is produced by third-party supplier, Aspen Hills Inc.

Article The device has the ability to assess the efficacy of many different drug compounds at once. Contributed Author:  EurekAlert! Topics:  Medical Diagnostics

Blog Cybathlon is meant to encourage the industry to move forward with the making and advancement of prosthesis. Staff Author:  Lexie Metzler Topics:  Prosthetics

If Proposition 56 be voted into law come November, then California will become the fifth U.S. state to tax e-cigarettes. The collected the tax money will be allocated to fund health care, tobacco use prevention, research...

Mosquitoes pick up both taste and smell while choosing to suck blood from the host, reports a recent study. Developing a repellent then that would make mosquitoes detest "human flavor" could help fight malaria better.

11 October 2016 | Geneva - Taxing sugary drinks can lower consumption and reduce obesity, type 2 diabetes and tooth decay, says a new WHO report.

(Springer) State agencies charged with the treatment of children who have mental health and substance abuse conditions are missing out on opportunities to improve care. They are unable to capitalize on chances to advance...

(Georgia State University) A team of child welfare experts from the School of Public Health at Georgia State University and the Georgia Center for Child Advocacy has won a five-year, $2 million federal grant to provide h...

(eLife ) Fructose is fast-tracked to the liver in diabetic mice. The newly-discovered mechanism explains how fructose builds fat so quickly, contributing to metabolic diseases including obesity.

(The JAMA Network Journals) In a study appearing in the Oct. 11 issue of JAMA, Ali Torkamani, Ph.D., of Scripps Translational Science Institute, La Jolla, Calif., and colleagues report preliminary results from a family-b...

(Grand Valley State University) A joint study from Grand Valley State University and Stanford University suggests that traditional survey questions does not mirror gender diversity in the world today. The study proposes ...

(University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing) The University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing (Penn Nursing) received the 2016 Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into ...