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News The team plans to continue to test their hypothesis, applying the EPI metric to a larger dataset ... Contributed Author: University of Texas at Austin, Texas Advanced Computing Center Topics: Cardiovascular

News Isometric Micro Molding, Inc. offers in-house micro molding, micro mold fabrication, CT scanning metrology, and micro automation services ... Contributed Author: Isometric Companies, Inc.

News To improve processing and ensure SOPs are followed, METTLER TOLEDO has added enhanced user-rights assignment capabilities ... Contributed Author: PR Web Topics: STEM

News FireflySci's model of electroporation cuvettes called Type 704P are strictly manufactured to efficiently transfer DNA and RNA into a wide variety of cells ... Contributed Author: PR Web Topics: STEM

News The agent combines ultrashort carbon nanotubes and bismuth clusters that show up on X-rays taken with computed tomography (CT) scanners ... Contributed Author: Rice University Topics: Medical Diagnostics

Engineers at Caltech and ETH Zurich have come up with a new artificial skin that helps detect temperature changes. This pectin sensor could be used for several biomedical and robotics applications in the future.

Pittsburgh's Veterans Affairs hospital has been subjected to water restriction after Legionella bacteria were found in many areas of the hospital. The bacteria causes a pneumonia-type infection called Legionnaires' disea...

Josh Green, an emergency doctor and a democratic state senator, introduced a bill last week in Hawaii classifying homelessness as a medical condition. The bill could entitle doctors to prescribe housing facilities to the...

News The device is lightweight, flexible and stretchable and has already been incorporated into prototype devices that can be worn on the wrist or as a chest patch ... Contributed Author: North Carolina State University ...

News This surgical table enhances the Hill-Rom Surgical Solutions product portfolio by providing a cost-effective and flexible operating table ... Contributed Author: Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. Topics: Surgical

News Researchers developed a blood pressure wrist "phantom" - essentially a fake arm that mimics the mechanical properties of blood pulsing through an artery surrounded by human tissue ... Contributed Author: Jennifer La...

News he material could be grafted onto prosthetic limbs to restore temperature sensing in amputees ... Contributed Author: California Institute of Technology

The 2017 update of Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics of the American Heart Association confirms that cardiovascular disease is still leading cause of death. The number of deaths attributed to it is expected to rise by ...

The actual bite happened in less than a second. Dr. Karl Schmidt, an American herpetologist at the Field Museum in Chicago, had been sent a live snake to identify by his colleague, Richard Marlin Perkins (then the direct...

News In this study, the scientists have directly observed the structure and function of the protein machinery in living cells ... Contributed Author: Phys.org Topics: Medical Diagnostics

A new study by researchers at the UW Medicine Sleep Center has shown that reduced sleep is a health hazard and results in a depressed immune response involving the circulation of white blood cells.

The Washington state has reported 278 confirmed and likely cases of mumps in five counties since October. Health officials urge everyone to get protected through the MMR vaccine.

The FDA has confirmed inconsistent amounts and raised quantities of belladonna in some homeopathic teething tablets, and warns consumers that these products 'pose an unnecessary risk' to children. The agency particularly...

(American Osteopathic Association) Front-line physicians are advised to err on the side of caution and opt for additional imaging and second opinions when diagnosing six common foot and ankle injuries. A new study by ort...

(Lifespan) Women who have gestational diabetes (GDM) in one pregnancy are very likely to develop it again on their next pregnancy. Losing weight before the next pregnancy may help reduce this risk. To test this, The Miri...

(Boston Children's Hospital) Their research indicates that an already-FDA-approved drug used by cystic fibrosis patients could shield our organs from fibrosis during acute events, like lung infection or heart attack. And...

(University of California - Davis Health System) Among individuals who legally purchased handguns in California, prior convictions for driving under the influence (DUI) and other alcohol-related crimes were associated wi...