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(Pollock Communications) Scientists from McGill University and INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier in Canada recently released a novel investigation showing that cranberry extract successfully interrupted the communication bet...

News Over three years, the team focused on designing a thin, biodegradable plastic coating that could release multiple antibiotics at desired rates. This coating is composed of a nanofiber mesh embedded in a thin film; b...

Blog Apple Rubber has launched a five-chapter online certification course that allows engineers to earn about the makeup of rubber compounds, molding processes and shrink-rate calculations, tolerances for non-standard O-...

News The app allows diabetics to share their glucose readings with family, caregivers, and medical providers at any time. Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: Home Healthcare

News Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. announced the first successful implantation and activation of a wireless visual cortical stimulator in a human subject. Contributed Author: Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. Top...

News Laboratories around the world are benefiting from this work, which enables researchers to analyze or compare the results of quantitative proteomics assays in a standardized way. This is crucial to detect certain org...

News The microscope illuminates not one point, but multiple points by harnessing delocalized illumination spread over a large area. The physical principles are similar to holography,which is used to build a 3-D image. Co...

News The V2 Lateral implants, the most recent update to Pinnacle's patented flagship line of InFill Interbody Fusion Systems, features an expanded size matrix and wide range of lordotic options. Contributed Author: Pinna...

A new study has revealed that playing football for one season can affect a child's brain development. Researchers have found that cumulative hits lead to a change in the brain's white matter, a development associated wit...

News St. Jude Medical announced that it is forming a Cyber Security Medical Advisory Board (CSMAB) to advise us as we continue to advance cyber security standards in the medical device industry. Contributed Author: St. J...

News These electrode technologies will realize new experimental neurophysiological concepts. Contributed Author: Toyohashi University of Technology Topics: Neurology

Tandem Diabetes Care®, Inc. (NASDAQ:TNDM), a medical device company and manufacturer of the only touchscreen insulin pumps available in the United States, today announced commencement of shipments for its next-generatio...

A new study reveals that telling small lies could lead down a slippery slope into making even bigger ones. Researchers discovered that the brain becomes desensitized as people tell more lies.

Ebola survivor Nina Pham has reached a settlement with Texas Health Resources, the parent company of the hospital where she used to work. The lawsuit accused the hospital of negligence and deception in handling the case ...

Vibrio vulnificus, a flesh-eating bacteria, may cause potentially fatal septic shock and skin lesions in infected individuals. People with a compromised immune system are at increased risk of fatality.

(Kent State University) Two Kent State University researchers in the College of Arts and Sciences have each recently received new grants from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Institute of Child Health and Human Development at ...

(Duke University) Samples of smoke particles emanating from burning roadside trash piles in India have shown that their chemical composition and toxicity are very bad for human health. A person standing next to one of th...

(Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health) Dr. Mary T. Bassett, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, was awarded the Frank A. Calderone Prize by the Columbia University ...

(National Research University Higher School of Economics) Better nutrition can have a lot to do with the transition to democracy: the more protein-rich, high-quality foods appear in a society's diet, the higher the likel...

(Boston University Medical Center) Researchers have identified two new genetic risk factors for Alzheimer's disease (AD) among African Americans.The findings, which appear online in the journal Alzheimer's and Dementia, ...

(American Roentgen Ray Society) While radiography remains the gold standard in pediatric imaging, it is rife with opportunities for error because cooperation and positioning are often challenging for such patients.

(Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Researchers at MIT and Massachusetts General Hospital have moved a step closer to a treatment to rapidly awaken patients after administration of a general anesthetic, following a s...