Medical News
FDA Creates Website for Inventors
Medical Design Technology - 30 Nov 2016 23:34
News The FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health works with manufacturers and developers to support innovation and bring patients in the US access to safe and effective devices first in the world. Contributed Au...
Cochlear Implants: A Different Kind of 'Hearing'
Medical Design Technology - 30 Nov 2016 23:28
Industry Brief Cochlear implants don't restore normal hearing, says Nandkumar. But depending on the individual, they can help the wearer recognize words and better understand speech, including when using a telephone. Con...
HeartWare Recalls Ventricular Assist Device Pumps Due to Contamination Causing Electrical Issues
Medical Design Technology - 30 Nov 2016 23:25
News HeartWare Inc. is recalling the HVAD pumps due to a design problem with the driveline connector. Contributed Author: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Topics: Cardiovascular
Microbubbles and Ultrasound Open the Blood-Brain Barrier to Administer Drugs
Medical Design Technology - 30 Nov 2016 23:18
News When these tiny bubbles reach the critical size of 8 microns, the blood-brain barrier near to them opens, allowing the medicine circulating in the blood to pass through. Contributed Author: FECYT - Spanish Foundatio...
e-con Systems Announces its Smallest Low Power System-On-Module
Medical Design Technology - 30 Nov 2016 22:43
Product Announcement eSOMiMX6-micro is a ready to use System-On-Module using Quad/Dual ARM Cortex™ A9 Processor running up to a speed of 800MHz. Contributed Author: PR Newswire Topics: Surgical
GSK to Relsease Updated MyAsthma App
Medical Design Technology - 30 Nov 2016 18:17
News The app, which was created with healthcare professionals, allows patients gain more awareness of how the environment affects their symptoms. Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: Home Healthcare
GSK to Release Updated MyAsthma App
Medical Design Technology - 30 Nov 2016 18:17
News The app, which was created with healthcare professionals, allows patients gain more awareness of how the environment affects their symptoms. Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: Home Healthcare
FDA Approves Major Advance in Implant Dentistry
Medical Design Technology - 30 Nov 2016 18:01WHO Releases New HIV Self-Testing Guidelines Ahead Of World AIDS Day
Tech Times - 30 Nov 2016 17:51
The WHO has released new guidelines for HIV self-testing ahead of World AIDS Day. People can use finger-prick tests or their oral fluid to check their HIV status in private settings.
Researchers Load Nanocarriers to Deliver Chemotherapy Drugs & Imaging Molecules to Tumors
Medical Design Technology - 30 Nov 2016 16:37
News Their hybrid nanocarrier builds on years of research into the types of synthetic materials that could package drugs for delivery into a specific part of a patient's body. Contributed Author: University of Washington...
'Listening' to Signals Traveling Through Bridges for Diagnosing Damage
Medical Design Technology - 30 Nov 2016 16:28
News The group's work stands out because it brings together two unique aspects to detect damage within bridges or other mechanical structures. Contributed Author: American Institute of Physics Topics: Medical Diagnostics
Deep Insights from Surface Reactions
Medical Design Technology - 30 Nov 2016 16:20
News Researchers use Stampede supercomputer to study new chemical sensing methods, desalination and bacterial energy production. Contributed Author: University of Texas at Austin, Texas Advanced Computing Center Topics: ...
Potential New Tool to Aid Breast Cancer Surgery
Medical Design Technology - 30 Nov 2016 16:10
News The device could help prevent follow-up surgery, currently needed for 15-20% of breast cancer surgery patients where all the cancer is not removed. Contributed Author: University of Adelaide Topics: Oncology
There's A Gene Responsible For How Much You Like To Drink Alcohol
Tech Times - 30 Nov 2016 14:22
A new study has found a connection between genes and our desire and predisposition to drink alcohol. The research could contribute to improving the alarming drinking rates, which could lead to health improvements in all ...
Drug-Resistant Salmonella Outbreak Linked To Dairy Bull Calves Bought From Livestock Markets In Wisconsin
Tech Times - 30 Nov 2016 13:54
Twenty-one people were infected with multidrug resistant Salmonella in eight U.S. states. Infection was linked to contact with ill calves that were purchased from livestock markets.
JNeurosci: Highlights from the Nov. 30 issue
EurekAlert! - 30 Nov 2016 07:00
(Society for Neuroscience) It's a classic moral dilemma: You see a train speeding toward five people tied to the tracks. If you do nothing, they will die. But if you pull a lever, you can divert the train to another trac...
I get by with help from my friends: Maintaining immune cells in head and neck cancer
EurekAlert! - 30 Nov 2016 07:00
(Medical University of South Carolina) In an article published Sept. 22, 2016 in Frontiers in Immunology, researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina and the Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center report that inh...
Better understanding phagocytes
EurekAlert! - 30 Nov 2016 07:00
(University of Erlangen-Nuremberg) The renin-angiotensin system (RAS) plays an important role in regulating the body's fluid levels and blood pressure. However, a new signal path in the RAS may also have a substantial in...
How to ensure the safety of cosmetics
EurekAlert! - 30 Nov 2016 07:00
(American Chemical Society) In recent years, environmental groups have been calling out cosmetic preservatives as suspected endocrine disruptors, cancer-causing agents and skin irritants. The campaigns have resulted in n...
Save the date; Less than 6 months to The International Liver CongressTM 2017
EurekAlert! - 30 Nov 2016 07:00
(European Association for the Study of the Liver) We are delighted to invite you to attend the 52nd Annual Congress of EASL, The European Association for the Study of the Liver. The International Liver Congress™ (ILC) ...
Risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes affected by PCSK9 and HMGCR genetic variations
EurekAlert! - 30 Nov 2016 07:00
(Brigham and Women's Hospital) In a new study in The New England Journal of Medicine, researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and a collaboration of international researchers, studied variants in the genes encoding ...
Standing up may unmask cognitive deficits in patients with Parkinson's
EurekAlert! - 30 Nov 2016 07:00
(Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) This study shows that when patients with Parkinson's disease experience a drop in blood pressure upon standing up -- a condition known as orthostatic hypotension (OH) -- they exhibi...