Medical News

A report by the American Cancer Society estimates that as many as 5.5 million women around the world could die because of cancer by 2030. This is a 60 percent increase from cancer-related mortality rates recorded in 2012...

News These results provide strong evidence for using advanced technology as a decision-support tool to help clinicians and caregivers identify and prevent suicidal behavior, says John Pestian, PhD,. Contributed Author: C...

Pixium Vision (Paris:PIX) (FR0011950641 - PIX, "Pixium"), a company developing innovative bionic vision systems with the intention to allow patients who have lost their sight to lead more independent lives, announces the...

News Scientists acquire better data in shorter times with 2D or 3D cell cultures, tissue sections or small model organisms. Contributed Author: ZEISS Topics: STEM

Absorb disappears completely in approximately three years, once it has done its job of keeping a clogged artery open and promoting healing of the treated artery segment. Contributed Author: Abbott Topics: Implantables

News The CAVUX Cervical Cage-L is an intervertebral cage made of solid titanium alloy with a large graft window and proprietary subtractive surface treatment technology. Contributed Author: PR Newswire Topics: Surgical

Human cells and neutron stars are similar, according to researchers. The two feature interior structures of the same form, despite being very different in nature.

WHO has issued a new series of recommendations to improve quality of antenatal care in order to reduce the risk of stillbirths and pregnancy complications and give women a positive pregnancy experience.

News Gerhardt and Rice colleagues have created the first low-cost, easy-to-use optogenetics hardware platform that biologists who have little or no training in engineering or software design can use to incorporate optoge...

News During trials using a mouse model, the nanohydrogel slowed ovarian cancer tumor growth, and made it less resistant to chemotherapy drugs. Contributed Author: UPI Topics: Oncology

News Propeller is FDA-cleared to help patients and their physicians better understand asthma and COPD, and help to improve the symptoms and outcomes of these chronic respiratory diseases. Contributed Author: Propeller He...

Whether or not marijuana will be legal for recreational use in five states will depend on how those in Nevada, Arizona, Maine, Massachusetts and California will cast their votes on their state ballots.

St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ), a global medical device company, today announced CE Mark approval for magnetic resonance (MR) conditional labeling for the company's Quadra Allure MP™ cardiac resynchronization therap...

(Wiley) New research suggests that physical fitness, body mass index (BMI), IQ, and stress resilience in young adulthood may have effects on the risk of developing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig's dis...

(American Society of Anesthesiologists) A new treatment may diminish a dangerous side effect associated with transfusions of red blood cells (RBCs) known as pulmonary hypertension, an elevated blood pressure in the lungs...

(Wolters Kluwer Health) Protamine -- a natural protein with a proven safety record -- may be useful in developing new types of disinfectant solutions for contact lenses, according to a study published in the November iss...

(Cardiovascular Research Foundation) Results from the US real-world, post-FDA approval experience of the Watchman device found high procedural success and low complication rates despite implantations by a large percentag...

(Houston Methodist) Houston Methodist researchers have discovered a set of immune proteins that facilitate long-lasting immunity against malaria. In a study recently published in Immunity, researchers reported that eleva...

(University of Illinois at Chicago) Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have identified a new way to block the action of genetic mutations found in nearly 30 percent of all cancers. John O'Bryan, associa...

(Cardiovascular Research Foundation) Results from a randomized, multicenter trial failed to show non-inferiority of hybrid, ultra-thin strut sirolimus-eluting stents (Osiro SES) with a biodegradable polymer compared to t...

(Cardiovascular Research Foundation) Results from TRANSFORM-OCT, a prospective, randomized trial using optical coherence tomography (OCT) to evaluate strut coverage and neoatherosclerosis (NA) found that bioresorbable po...

(Wiley) Some animals, such as the axolotl salamander, have the ability to generate large numbers of eggs -- or oocytes -- throughout life. Investigators who recently conducted detailed analyses of the axolotl provide ins...