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Brain tissues are known to stop growing early in life but the brain tissue responsible for facial recognition continues to grow past adolescence. What necessitates this continued growth?

News SystemOne's Aspect™ enables healthcare practitioners to provide real-time, complete disease surveillance ... Contributed Author: PR Newswire Topics: Medical Diagnostics

News This techy smartwatch offers an easy, stylish way to track exercise benchmarks ... Contributed Author: PR Web Topics: Wearables

News Verizon's ThingSpace is a web-based, global IoT platform that allows developers to create, onboard and manage devices and applications ... Contributed Author: PR Newswire Topics: Home Healthcare

News The test, which Guardant will introduce later this year, will also allow researchers to screen patients' blood samples for several clinical trial options ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: Medical Diagnostics

News The wearable patch delivers on-the-spot temperature readings ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: Wearables

Researchers have found that a novel therapy based on a video game can be beneficial in treating cognitive issues of individuals suffering from depression. The participants involved in the research showed improvements in ...

News The pain relief devices provide Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) and Electrical Muscle Stimulation (EMS) therapy ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: Pain Management

Researchers have successfully developed a tissue-engineered human stomach in a laboratory using stem cells. The resulting organ can be used to understand various diseases in the digestive system, as well as develop bette...

The annual report from the American Cancer Society shows a 25 percent drop in deaths from cancer since 1991, considered the peak year for cancer mortalities. Obamacare is also seen a major factor in the death reduction.

News Pepper handles repetitive tasks, including collecting health data using internet-enabled BewellConnect® medical devices such as MyTensio® and MyThermo® ... Contributed Author: PR Newswire

News The device notifies clinicians if conditions suggest an infiltration, allowing them to address the issue early to reduce patient harm ... Contributed Author: PR Newswire Topics: Surgical

News The apps offer exercises to de-stress, reduce self-criticism and worrying, methods to help your life feel more meaningful, mantras to highlight your strengths, strategies for a good night's sleep and more ... Contri...

Researchers from Michigan State University have developed a new chemical compound capable of stopping the spread of melanoma. The drug has been shown to curb the spread of up to 90 percent of malignant cells.

Music may be capable of soothing a savage beast but it turns out not everyone can derive enjoyment from it. According to researchers, poor brain connections may be to blame.

News XP Series UV LEDs replace hazardous mercury lamps for water purification and sanitization against bacteria, viruses and superbugs like MRSA ... Contributed Author: PR Newswire Topics: Surgical

New research found a way to stop malaria from attacking the liver, which is the first stage of the process the infection follows once installed into the body. Researchers believe they have reached a critical milestone.

New health guidelines recommend feeding infants and toddlers peanuts, in order to prevent developing allergies to the product. Currently, peanut allergies account for most of the deaths caused by food allergies, because ...

A new Finnish study shows that men who maintain low vitamin D levels may be at a higher risk of chronic headache, with subjects that are most deficient suffering a two-fold increased risk.

(University of Michigan Health System) By developing a new mouse model to study a poorly understood protein, researchers uncovered its link to metaplastic breast cancer, opening the door to better understanding of this c...

(Intermountain Medical Center) Kidney transplant patients have a better chance of survival if physicians use all the data that's available to them -- including data that's tracked over time -- to predict the likelihood o...