Medical News
Vygon Group Launches Easymoov6 Feeding Pump
Medical Design Technology - 10 Jan 2017 17:41
News Using the pump, the medical team can administer and accurately control the flow rate and the amount of food delivered ... Contributed Author: Vygon Group Topics: Surgical
Will This Alzheimer's Drug Help Regrow Damaged Teeth and Put An End To Tooth Fillings?
Tech Times - 10 Jan 2017 04:31
Researchers from King's College London have found in a mice study that one could facilitate the natural repair of teeth using a sponge soaked in a potential Alzheimer's drug and possibly eliminate the need for tooth fill...
In the Brain, Binge-Drinking and Binge-Eating May Go Hand in Hand
Discover - 10 Jan 2017 22:22
After bartenders announce last call, like clockwork, pizza joints and 24-hour diners fill to the brim with drunk revelers. It seems counter-intuitive: Alcohol contains ample calories and the body should recognize it as a...
Study Finds Postdoc Jobs in Biomedicine Don't Yield Positive Returns in the Labor Market
Medical Design Technology - 10 Jan 2017 21:13
News A new study has found that postdoc jobs don't yield a positive return in the labor market ... Contributed Author: Boston University Topics: STEM
A Glimpse into the Workings of the Baby Brain
Medical Design Technology - 10 Jan 2017 21:07
News Neuroscientists at MIT have overcome that obstacle, adapting their MRI scanner to make it easier to scan infants' brains ... Contributed Author: Anne Trafton, MIT News Office Topics: Medical Diagnostics
Innovative Imaging and Surgery Treats Lymph Condition in Adults
Medical Design Technology - 10 Jan 2017 21:03
News The researchers developed new imaging tools and a minimally invasive catheterization technique to treat a form of plastic bronchitis ... Contributed Author: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Topics: Surgical
Gravitational Biology
Medical Design Technology - 10 Jan 2017 20:47
News Live-imaging of osteoblasts showed the intensity of osterix- and osteocalcin-DsRed in pharyngeal bones to increase one day after launch ... Contributed Author: Tokyo Institute of Technology Topics: STEM
Inspired by a Whirligig Toy, Stanford Bioengineers Develop a 20-Cent, Hand-Powered Blood Centrifuge
Medical Design Technology - 10 Jan 2017 20:42
News With rotational speeds of up to 125,000 revolutions per minute, the device separates blood plasma from red cells in 1.5 minutes, no electricity required ... Contributed Author: Kris Newby, Stanford University Topics...
New Hope For Breast Cancer Treatment In 2017: Potential Drug Against Metastasis Identified
Tech Times - 10 Jan 2017 20:00
Mayo Clinic researchers have discovered a class of drugs that could prevent cancer metastasis. The group found that CDK 4/6 inhibitors may be used to prevent breast cancer from spreading to other parts of the body.
Gore Announces GORE Protein Capture Device
Medical Design Technology - 10 Jan 2017 18:27
Industry Brief Columns, flows distributors, frits, and plugs are designed with a polypropylene material ... Contributed Author: PR Newswire Topics: Surgical
Blood and Plasma Screening System Receives CE Mark
Medical Design Technology - 10 Jan 2017 18:14
News The new testing solution is designed to screen blood and plasma faster and more efficiently ... Contributed Author: PR Newswire Topics: Medical Diagnostics
Fitness Tracker Automatically Counts Calories
Medical Design Technology - 10 Jan 2017 17:59
News The fitness tracker is designed with six sensors, including a 9-axis accelerometer ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: Wearables
Report: Shortage of Manufacturing Sterile Injectables
Medical Design Technology - 10 Jan 2017 17:19
News Reasons for shortages are market withdrawals, ineffective supply chain design, few purchaser-manufacturer incentives ... Contributed Author: PR Web Topics: STEM
Some Women Diagnosed With Breast Cancer Via Mammogram Are Treated Unnecessarily, Study Warns
Tech Times - 10 Jan 2017 14:19
Sparking controversy around the breast cancer screening anew, a Danish study has found that one in three women with breast cancer detected through mammograms is given unnecessary treatment.
Tobacco control can save billions of dollars and millions of lives
WHO - 10 Jan 2017 12:00
Policies to control tobacco use, including tobacco tax and price increases, can generate significant government revenues for health and development work, according to a new landmark global report from WHO and the Nationa...
Cocaine users make riskier decisions after losing a gamble
EurekAlert! - 10 Jan 2017 07:00
(Elsevier) People addicted to cocaine make riskier decisions than healthy people after losing a potential reward, according to a study published in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging. In the s...
Close to half of adults and one quarter of kids in the US regularly consume artificial sweeteners
EurekAlert! - 10 Jan 2017 07:00
(Elsevier Health Sciences) A new study in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics reports that 41 percent of adults and 25 percent of children currently consume at least one LCS item on a regular basis. The...
Alcohol prevents ability to extinguish fearful memories in mice
EurekAlert! - 10 Jan 2017 07:00
(Johns Hopkins Medicine) Experiments in mice by researchers at Johns Hopkins suggest that if the goal is to ease or extinguish fearful emotional memories like those associated with post-traumatic stress disorder, alcohol...
Circulating fatty acids ratio may help predict bariatric weight loss surgery outcome
EurekAlert! - 10 Jan 2017 07:00
(Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology) New findings published online in The FASEB Journal, may one day help clinicians predict the outcome of roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery.
IMF lending conditions curb healthcare investment in West Africa, study finds
EurekAlert! - 10 Jan 2017 07:00
(University of Cambridge) Research shows budget reduction targets and public sector caps, insisted on by the IMF as loan conditions, result in reduced health spending and medical 'brain drain' in developing West African ...
Hospitals are less likely to admit publicly insured children, but outcomes aren't affected
EurekAlert! - 10 Jan 2017 07:00
(Princeton University) Hospitals are less likely to admit children covered by public insurance such as Medicaid than privately insured children with similar symptoms, especially when hospitals beds are scarce. But the di...
ISTH partners with Wiley to launch new open-access journal
EurekAlert! - 10 Jan 2017 07:00
(Wiley) Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis, a new peer-reviewed e-publication for global scientific community, is now open for submissions.