Medical News

News This technology can be used to construct organs and tissues needed for transplants ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: Surgical

News Photodetectors are devices that detect light by converting photons into an electric current ... Contributed Author: Lisa Zyga, Phys.org Topics: Wearables

This wire guide combines the features of a nitinol access wire guide and a Teflon fixed core wire guide into a single device ... Contributed Author: Cook Medical Topics: Surgical

News Available in three models with a flexible choice of input connectivity, the USB Capture Plus series is ideal for applications including medical imaging ... Contributed Author: Magewell Topics: Medical Diagnostics

News The DHR998 Plus was researched and developed to monitor the sleep apnea disease ... Contributed Author: Lianluo Smart Limited Topics: Home Healthcare

Food lovers may have to rethink what's in their diet. Here are five everyday popular food choices that are believed to cause cancer: Nutella chocolate spread, microwave popcorn, processed meats, canned food, and soda.

News G-proteins affect, for example, seeing, smelling, tasting and the regulation of blood pressure ... Contributed Author: Phys.org Topics: STEM

News New technique uses biomaterials to make complex devices that could be used for many implantable applications, including drug delivery and stents, and could lead to advances in precision medicine ... Contributed Auth...

News Freezing bacteria super fast to gain a true-to-nature image of the internal and external structure ... Contributed Author: Phys.org Topics: STEM

News Engineering researchers have illuminated another path forward for LED technologies ... Contributed Author: Princeton University, Engineering School Topics: Wearables

News EPFL scientists have developed a microfluidics-based technique ... Contributed Author: Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Topics: STEM

New research outlines the totipotent stem cells and their behavior in the first stage of the developmental process in embryos. The study, carried out on mice, could significantly impact the medical perspective on the ste...

American President-elect Donald Trump is almost ready with a replacement plan for Obamacare. He plans to scrap the law after he is sworn in on Jan. 20, 2017.

DAVOS, Switzerland - While efforts to fully implement a ceasefire in Syria continue, we again appeal for immediate, unconditional, and safe access to reach the children and families who are still cut off from humanitaria...

(Cardiff University) Researchers from the University of California (UCLA) and Cardiff University have made a breakthrough in the understanding of AIDS-related dementia, discovering the role of a neuron protein which was ...

(Uppsala University) Immunotherapy has proven to be effective against many serious diseases. But to treat diseases in the brain, the antibodies must first get past the obstacle of the blood-brain barrier. In a new study,...

(Washington University School of Medicine) For many infectious diseases, a single bout of the illness protects a person against contracting it again. Sometimes, the infecting microbe persists in the body long after sympt...

(University of Michigan Health System) Opinions differ when it comes to how sick is too sick to go to school, or the importance of sick day consequences such as parents missing work or kids missing tests, according to a ...

(Massachusetts General Hospital) Massachusetts General Hospital investigators have identified a protein that may play an essential role in maintaining a population of tumor-initiating cells -- treatment-resistant cells r...

(Indiana University) There is only one geriatric psychiatrist for every 23,000 older Americans. How is health care system expected to meet mental health needs of older adults? The new DSM-5 Pocket Guide for Elder Mental ...

(University of Helsinki) Researchers from the University of Helsinki have shown that three anti-influenza compounds effectively inhibit Zika virus infection in human cells. The results provide the foundation for developm...

(Society for Consumer Psychology) When people in a relationships fees jealous about the attention their partners are receiving, they are more likely to purchase eye-grabbing products. This is an attempt to recapture the ...