Medical News

(Rockefeller University Press) Researchers from the University of Toronto have discovered that mice infected with the common gut parasite Tritrichomonas muris are at an increased risk of developing inflammatory colitis. ...

News Psychiatrists are interested in identifying brain imaging markers of response to psychotherapy--comparable to electrocardiograms and laboratory tests used to decide on treatments for myocardial infarction. Contribut...

(Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology) Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology and the University of Heidelberg, Germany, illuminated the diversity and different accumulation of chemical substa...

News The app tracks eye movements of a child looking at pictures of social scenes -- for example, those with multiple people. The eye movements of someone with ASD are often different from those of a person without autis...

News In biology and medicine, they could be used to deliver drugs to diseased tissues, improve gene therapy strategies, and so on. Contributed Author: Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology Topics: STEM

One in six women diagnosed with breast cancer experiences symptoms other than breast lump. The non-lump breast cancer symptoms include breast pain, shape abnormalities, ulceration, inflamed or infected breast and skin ab...

(University College London) Mothers smoking in pregnancy, children skipping breakfast and not having a regular bedtime or sufficient sleep all appear to be important factors in predicting whether a child will become over...

(McGill University) The transition from being sea creatures to living on land, even if it happened over 300 million years ago, seems to have left its traces on the way we keep our balance today.

(University of Connecticut) Contrary to data published by the Centers for Disease Control, ventilator-associated pneumonia rates in hospital intensive care units have not declined significantly since 2005, according to a...

("OMNIT"), an established medical technology company targeting the $15 billion global hip and knee replacement device market, announces that surgeons have completed more than 10,000 total knee replacements worldwide usin...

For many people, leprosy brings to mind Biblical stories of diseased people cast out from society. It's a condition that today is largely found in developing countries, whereas in other, mostly Western nations it's a pes...

News Scientists at Children's Hospital Los Angeles have developed a tissue-engineered model of lung and trachea which contains the diverse cell types present in the human respiratory tract. Contributed Author: Children's...

News The researchers developed a belt-type medical device that uses a special type of rubber to transmit MES and HS at the same time. Contributed Author: Kumamoto University Topics: Wearables

Researchers discovered a connection between people's year of birth and the type of immunity they have to the influenza virus. The connection lies in one of the two type of the virus the person had the first flu from.

News Two chemicals have improved the speed, quantity, and quality of direct cardiac reprogramming, bringing the technology one step closer to regenerating damaged hearts, report scientists. Contributed Author: Gladstone ...

News This tissue is able to respond to the changing requirements of the body by increasing the vessel diameter and intensifying the blood flow as a result. Contributed Author: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Topics: Surgical

News The study addresses one of the major challenges of nanosensor design: how to increase sensitivity while reducing size. Contributed Author: University of California- San Diego Topics: Home Healthcare

News The technology has enabled the production of unique PHA polymer compositions that can be used for specialty polymer additives, latex, and medical applications. Contributed Author: Anne Trafton, MIT News Office Topic...

Women naturally have a knack for remembering things but researchers have discovered that the memories they've accumulated over the years start to fade once menopause kicks in.

In a two-year-long study, researchers monitored the responses of the immune system with a new treatment that would replace anti-retroviral therapy. The experimental study could change the way we are looking for an AIDS t...

Statement of the 11th IHR Emergency Committee regarding the international spread of poliovirus

According to a new study, a large number of people administer medication for a problem they don't actually have. Vitamin D, a vital nutrient in the human body, is actually present in necessary amounts in most people.