Medical News
Through-Hole Version 2mm Pitch Spring-Loaded Connectors
Medical Design Technology - 21 Nov 2016 22:22
Product Announcement Mill-Max has added a through-hole version of 2mm pitch spring-loaded connectors to complement the series' surface mount version. Contributed Author: Mill-Max Topics: Surgical
The cost of feeling like a fraud
EurekAlert! - 21 Nov 2016 07:00
(Frontiers) The sensation of being a fake in the workplace, somehow in a position beyond one's true capabilities is known as 'the impostor phenomenon.' This study shows how it negatively affects career prospects and prod...
Study uncovers high prevalence of military sexual trauma among transgender veterans
EurekAlert! - 21 Nov 2016 07:00
(Wiley) New research found a high prevalence of military sexual trauma (MST) among transgender veterans and an association between the experience of MST and certain mental health conditions.
New Clinical Partnership Uses Advanced Imaging Methods to Fight Breast Cancer
Medical Design Technology - 21 Nov 2016 22:57
News The researchers will use their approach to predict how breast cancer patients with localized tumors will respond to chemotherapy, radiation therapy or hormone therapy before surgery. Contributed Author: University o...
Lab-Grown Human 'Mini Lungs' Successfully Engraft in Mice, a Respiratory Research Breakthrough
Medical Design Technology - 21 Nov 2016 22:50
News A team led by University of Michigan Medical School researchers coaxed stem cells to grow into three-dimensional miniature lungs, which mimic several aspects of the structure and complexity of human lungs. Contribut...
Biologists Give Bacteria Thermostat Controls
Medical Design Technology - 21 Nov 2016 22:00
News A new study performed using mice demonstrates how doctors might one day better regulate those therapeutic microbes by engineering them to respond to temperature. Contributed Author: Whitney Clavin, California Instit...
New Sensor System Predicts Heart Failure Events Before They Occur
Medical Design Technology - 21 Nov 2016 21:53
News The software allowed the defibrillators to also act as sensors, monitoring the patients' heart rate, activity, breathing, heart sounds and electrical activity in the chest. Contributed Author: Penn State Topics: Car...
Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound System Enables Rapid Diagnosis of Strokes and Other Brain Disorders
Medical Design Technology - 21 Nov 2016 19:27
News Neural Analytics Inc. has announced the commercial launch of its Lucid M1 Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound System, a portable brain monitoring system designed to measure cerebral blood flow velocities within the head...
Pain Sensors Specialized for Specific Sensations
Medical Design Technology - 21 Nov 2016 17:08
News The team used a form of fluorescent activity-dependent imaging, where pain-sensing neurons in mice were genetically marked to emit a fluorescent glow when activated. Contributed Author: University College London Top...
Closer to Developing a Bioartificial Kidney
Medical Design Technology - 21 Nov 2016 16:49
News A key requirement for such a device is the formation of a "living membrane" that consists of a tight kidney cell layer on artificial membrane surfaces. Contributed Author: American Society of Nephrology Topics: Surg...
Researchers Create Living Bio-Hybrid System
Medical Design Technology - 21 Nov 2016 16:40
News The research team used the interaction between light and matter to investigate the material properties at the molecular level. Contributed Author: American Institute of Physics Topics: Neurology
Researchers Generate 3-D Virtual Reality Models of Unborn Babies
Medical Design Technology - 21 Nov 2016 16:21
News MRI provides high-resolution fetal and placental imaging with excellent contrast. Contributed Author: Radiological Society of North America Topics: STEM
Air Pollution Discovered As A Means Of Transmission For Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
Tech Times - 21 Nov 2016 16:20
Researchers at Gothenburg University have found that antibiotic drug-resistant bacteria can utilize polluted city air as a medium of transmission. Polluted air in Beijing was used as a sample for the study.
9th Global conference on health promotion: Global leaders agree to promote health in order to achieve Sustainable Development Goals
WHO - 21 Nov 2016 11:00
Leaders from governments and United Nations organizations, city chiefs, and health experts from around the world today made 2 landmark commitments to promote public health and eradicate poverty.
Insight into the brain's control of hunger and satiety
EurekAlert! - 21 Nov 2016 07:00
(Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) researchers have identified previously unknown neural circuitry that plays a role in promoting satiety, the feeling of having had enough...
Immune receptors amplify 'invader' signals by turning into mini-machines
EurekAlert! - 21 Nov 2016 07:00
(Salk Institute) Salk Institute finding could lead to treatment designs for immune-based cancer and autoimmune disease.
Drug and alcohol addiction treatment results improved when teens stopped smoking
EurekAlert! - 21 Nov 2016 07:00
(Case Western Reserve University) A Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researcher has found that addiction treatment results improved when teens in a residential program stopped smoking.
Household smoke exposure linked to antisocial behavior in young adolescents
EurekAlert! - 21 Nov 2016 07:00
(Wiley) Researchers found modest, yet reliable long-term links between early childhood household smoke exposure and self-reported antisocial behavior in early adolescence.
Protein that protects during stress sheds light on how diabetes drug prevents tumors
EurekAlert! - 21 Nov 2016 07:00
(University of California - San Diego) Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have identified a previously unknown mechanism that helps fortify the structure and tight junctions between epit...
Plant compounds may boost brain function in older adults, study says
EurekAlert! - 21 Nov 2016 07:00
(University of Georgia) The same compounds that give plants and vegetables their vibrant colors might be able to bolster brain functioning in older adults.
History of cells told through MEMOIR
EurekAlert! - 21 Nov 2016 07:00
(California Institute of Technology) A new technique called MEMOIR can record the life history of animal cells.
Regular walking regimen can improve heart health
EurekAlert! - 21 Nov 2016 07:00
(Binghamton University) Heart disease, the leading cause of death in America, can be combated by implementing a simple walking regimen. Researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York found that modera...