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Product Announcement Socket your 378 pin BGA packages on any PCB without significant performance loss and without soldering. Contributed Author: Ironwood Electronics Topics: Surgical

News Teleflex is recalling the Willy Rusch Tracheostomy Tube Set due to the possibility that the connector may disconnect from the tracheostomy tube during use on a ventilated patient. Contributed Author: U.S. Food and D...

News The researchers demonstrated they were able to stimulate the particles to emit laser light, creating images at a resolution six times higher than that of current fluorescence-based microscopes. Contributed Author: J...

According to new research, canola oil could be responsible for decrease in belly fat. Integrating the oil in the diet, especially among obese persons, was visibly beneficial.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the FilmArray®Respiratory Panel EZ detection and diagnosis device for use in non-laboratory environments. Co-funded by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency's Joint Science ...

Article In the highly regulated medical device industry, it's vital to meet compliance. But how can this be accomplished in the most streamlined manner? Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software can provide a viable pa...

The suicide rates among middle school children have surpassed the number of deaths from car crashes. While the leading causes of pre-teen deaths are still accidents of all kinds, the statistics are dramatic.

The Ebola virus went through mutations that made it more infectious. The mutated Ebola is one reason the epidemic in West Africa spread fast and claimed more lives than earlier outbreaks.

News Laboratory tests demonstrated this material can attach to a variety of surfaces, including metal, plastic and even flesh and bone. Contributed Author: Phys.org Topics: Surgical

News HeartWare Inc. is recalling the HVAD controller due to a loose power connector which may cause the rear portion of the pump's driveline connector to become separated from the front portion of the driveline connector...

News Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB have developed an alternative diagnostic platform for sepsis. Contributed Author: Phys.org Topics: Medical Diagnostics

For the longest time, it was unclear how exactly smoking promotes cancer. Now, researchers are a step closer toward understanding how tobacco-related cancers develop after identifying how smoking affects the body on a ge...

News The system works to treat lesions on the face and scalp in an effort to prevent them from becoming tumors deep in the skin's layers. Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: Oncology

For this middle-aged mom, years of taking medicine for a rare disease led to a surprise diagnosis.

(University of Granada) Scientists from the universities of Granada and Valencia have developed a new molecular method for determining the presence of the parasite Toxoplasma gondii, which causes toxoplasmosis, in sample...

(Maharishi University of Management) A study of 87 subjects found that Transcendental Meditation consistently activates the brain's default mode network, indicating that this approach to meditation doesn't entail concent...

(McMaster University) The team evaluated 15 randomized controlled trials published between 2011 and 2015, assessing the benefits and harms of targeted or immune checkpoint inhibitors in 6,662 patients with cancer that ha...

(Children's Hospital of Philadelphia) Some patients with rare primary immunodeficiency disorders may at risk for infection by rubella virus, and possibly serious skin inflammation, after receiving the rubella vaccine. Al...

(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) Researchers found that rodents that had been exposed to stress had a weakened alcohol-induced dopamine response and voluntarily drank more alcohol compared to controls. The...

(Cornell University) Researchers provide unprecedented evidence that basal forebrain pathology precedes and predicts both entorhinal pathology and memory impairment in people with Alzheimer's disease.

(Washington State University) A Washington State University researcher has developed a way to reduce the development of cancer cells that are an infrequent but dangerous byproduct of gene therapy.Grant Trobridge, an asso...

(University of Pittsburgh) The University of Pittsburgh will conduct a Phase III trial on the exercise/brain-health link, thanks to a a $21.8 million grant from the National Institute on Aging.