Medical News

News Digital check-in devices, like the iPad, not only save time for busy dental practices but also reduce the workloads of the front staff. Contributed Author:  SRS Web Solutions Inc Topics:  STEM

News The CDI @ TMC will include multiple components that will accelerate the development of new medical technologies. Contributed Author:  Johnson & Johnson Innovation LLC Topics:  Medical Diagnostics

News The technique could one day be used to treat cardiac arrhythmia or to restore electrical functions to scarred heart or nervous system tissues. Contributed Author:  Duke University Topics:  Medical Diagnostics

News The WSU research team created an eight channel smartphone spectrometer that can detect human interleukin-6 (IL-6), a known biomarker for lung, prostate, liver, breast and epithelial cancers. Contributed Author:  Wa...

Product Announcement Power Partners, Inc. releases a new medical, BF rated output, AC/DC power supply from their medical open frame/u-channel product line. Contributed Author:  Power Partners Topics:  STEM

According to a new report examining the past decade, health care for the U.S. adult population has shown inconsistent improvements. While four of the clinical composites improved, two dropped and three showed no progress...

News The device is unique because it clips to glasses, making it hands-free. Contributed Author:  American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) Topics:  Wearables

News With exciting new MRI and ultrasound imaging protocols, we have identified tiny twists or 'hourglass' constrictions inside nerves that were previously healthy, allowing us to diagnose patients more quickly and predi...

News The patients who would be eligible for this study are the tiniest and most fragile we care for--severely premature newborns who in many cases are critically ill from the presence of a patent ductus arteriosus. Contr...

Got your HPV shots? According to new research, women may undergo cervical cancer screening less frequently and at a later date if they have been vaccinated against the virus.

News "Our sensor is an early first step towards a point-of-care solution for measuring and tracking B12 in healthy ageing adults." Staff Author:  Lexie Metzler Topics:  Medical Diagnostics

Product Announcement TRUMPower introduces the TMPC-700, which is a medically approved 700W ATX PC power supply that gives users a head start in meeting 4th edition EMC standards. Contributed Author:  TRUMPower Topics: ...

The National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day will mark its 12th edition on Oct. 22. The purpose of the event is to assure the safe disposal of unused or unwanted medicine in order to reduce the misuse and abuse of prescr...

Geotagged tweets from more than 603,000 users revealed that pizza and beer made it to the list of most popular foods on Twitter. What's the most tweeted-about food in the US?

(McGill University Health Centre) Researchers have discovered that some cancer cells can draw blood from existing mature blood vessels allowing them to continue to spread. These findings will immediately improve the live...

(Care New England ) Despite nearly one million births involving labor induction each year in the US, there has been no single regimen for induction that has been accepted as being superior for patient experience, quality...

(Salk Institute) Salk Professor Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte has been awarded a 2016 National Institutes of Health Pioneer Award, a highly coveted grant that supports the most innovative biomedical research, for his work...

(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) A home-based palliative care program for individuals with advanced illnesses was associated with a $12,000 reduction in the mean total cost of care per person, fewer hosp...

(Massachusetts Institute of Technology) MIT neuroscientists have discovered brain cells called glial cells play a critical role in controlling appetite and feeding. In a study of mice, the researchers found these cells s...

(American Academy of Ophthalmology) Researchers are testing cutting-edge treatments for people who want to see up close without reading glasses and finding promising results, according to studies presented this week at A...

(Linköping University) The HIV virus increases the potency of the tuberculosis bacterium (Mtb) by affecting a central function of the immune system. This is the conclusion of a study carried out by researchers at Linkö...

(NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) Most women who used an experimental vaginal ring for HIV prevention report that the physical act of sex was largely unaffected by using the product, which is in...