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News Because of the way they're oriented, particles on both sides of a tear are magnetically attracted to one another, causing a device printed with the ink to heal itself. Contributed Author: University of California- S...

Three children in Washington state were removed from their home in November 2015 after their parents had drugged them with heroin. The children are now in protected custody, and their parents risk jail and a $100,000 bai...

Performing acupuncture regularly may help reduce hypertension or high blood pressure in patients, reports a recent study. Electro-acupuncture stimulates the release of an opioid in the brainstem, which is responsible for...

Blog Can medical devices provide the 'hack' to tackle healthcare expenditure head-on? Contributed Author: Thomas Jull Topics: Home Healthcare

News IlluminOss' LightFix Trial is a multi-center study of the IlluminOss System for the treatment of impending and actual pathological fractures in the humerus from metastatic bone disease Preliminary results from the U...

News A key factor in reducing stent failure is increasing the MSA and securing appropriate stent expansion during PCI to restore blood flow, a process commonly known as revascularization. Contributed Author: St. Jude Med...

News Data demonstrated a high rate of procedural success and low rate of complications for the device which offers stroke risk reduction for patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF) who are seeking an alternat...

News Tyto Care is launching a comprehensive telehealth solution that includes state-of-the-art digital tools for examining the ears, throat, skin, heart, lungs, and temperature and a cloud-based platform with video confe...

News The team developed an all-fiber laser, constructed similarly to a fiber-optic cable. Contributed Author: Phys.org Topics: Surgical

News The chemists and biologists have worked together to develop a functional ECM, which supports natural cell behaviour even outside the body and which can be flexibly adapted to problems related to biology or to materi...

News Researchers have developed a chemical compound, named Fluselenamyl, that detects amyloid clumps better than current FDA-approved compounds. Contributed Author: Washington University School of Medicine Topics: Neurol...

The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade has been released, marking the Fall edition. Among the safest hospitals, Hawaii occupies the first position.

Zika virus infection causes shrinkage of testicles and low testosterone levels in male mice, reports a study. Male mice infected with Zika virus are four times less likely to fertilize healthy female mice than their heal...

News This study compared subjects with thickened heart muscle secondary to amyloid deposition to those with thickened myocardium due to hypertensive heart disease. Contributed Author: Society of Nuclear Medicine Topics: ...

(The North American Menopause Society (NAMS)) If you're in menopause before the age of 40, you have a higher fracture risk. That fact has already been proven by the Women's Health Initiative clinical trials. Now a new st...

(The North American Menopause Society (NAMS)) Although most medical professionals (and their patients) agree that sexual function declines with age, there remains debate about the contribution of menopause to sexual acti...

(Cornell University) Researchers in the social sciences have been searching for a holy grail: an accurate way to predict who is likely to engage in problematic behavior, like using drugs.

(University of Louisville) Findings from a recent study on health care utilization in Metro Louisville indicate the uninsured rate decreased by more than half in just one year, from almost 17 percent in 2013 to just unde...

(Mayo Clinic) Mayo Clinic nephrologists have uncovered a connection between first-time kidney stone formers and chronic kidney disease. In a paper published today in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, researchers announce a persis...

(UT Southwestern Medical Center) Researchers have identified the first two core genes that regulate the amount of deep sleep and dreaming, a key development they believe will lead to the discovery of a network of related...

(Cardiovascular Research Foundation) Initial results from the largest, prospective evaluation of a percutaneous transcatheter left atrial appendage (LAA) closure device (Amplatzer Amulet) for stroke prevention in patient...

(King's College London) Sleep deprivation may result in people consuming more calories during the following day, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis led by researchers at King's College London. The meta an...