Medical News

A new study from the National Institutes of Health suggests that a couple's body mass index may play a crucial role in their chances of getting pregnant.

News Device measures calorie content of social media -- promising new insights for public health Contributed Author: University of Vermont Topics: Home Healthcare

News University of Delaware researchers are working to identify key components of blood that directly affect flow behavior -- with the hope that eventually rheology can be used as a diagnostics tool to detect early signs...

News UC Health Hack, a two-day interdisciplinary hackathon will bring students, physicians, researchers, industry professionals and community members together to grapple with integrative medicine and global health issues...

News A University of Southern California computer scientist is researching a new breed of robots that could improve the life span health of stroke patients, children with autism and people with Alzheimer's disease or oth...

News Developed by Northwestern University scientists, the device, called the Micro-ring resonator detector, can determine the speed of the blood flow and the oxygen metabolic rate at the back of the eye. Contributed Auth...

Product Announcement ProPlate has introduced two innovative electroplating processes that can be used to enhance the functionality of catheters and other medical devices . Staff Author: Lee Goldberg

News Warp United announced the commercial availability of its Warp 3 Medical Recorder, a handheld point-of-care solution, capable of measuring vital signs and performing ultrasound imaging. Staff Author: Lee Goldberg

Blog "Build quickly, take failures in stride, and push improvements out as swiftly as possible." It's the "traditional" mantra of startups developing software. But this approach is in direct contrast with the medical dev...

Product Announcement Qosina offers a wide selection of in-stock and custom medical tubing for your prototyping and large-scale production requirements. Whether your project requires PVC, Silicone, FEP, HDPE or DEHP-Free ...

Article Tiny carbon dots have, for the first time, been applied to intracellular imaging and tracking of drug delivery involving various optical and vibrational spectroscopic-based techniques such as fluorescence, Raman,...

Article New techniques which enable long-term observation of eye development in zebrafish should help researchers understand human eyes better. Contributed Author: Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Gradu...

With the 21st Century Cures Act and greater funding into research initiatives on the disease, is Alzheimer's disease actually close to being solved? And does the amyloid buildup hypothesis still hold despite a failed cli...

WHO official statements on health issues.

A CNN report cited how an underlying sexism in medical research has cost lives, with heart disease research and treatments historically tailored for men. Women may be suffering from heart attacks in silence, experts warn...

People tend to lose track of the time they spend on social media. New research has shown that the subjects' perception of time was altered when they were displayed images related to Facebook.

Rice takes a center stage after reports said it contains dangerous levels of arsenic. Experts, however, said it is tricky to answer the question on how much rice should be eaten because other food products also contain a...

Non-drug treatments such as yoga, tai chi, or acupuncture should be the first line of defense against lower back pain, new guidelines suggested Monday, Feb. 13. Experts say some powerful painkillers are no longer effecti...

(International Osteoporosis Foundation) A new review, referencing key clinical studies, guidelines and audits, outlines the main global challenges (and their solutions) facing healthcare professionals and policymakers re...

(University of the Basque Country ) Twenty-five years have passed since the publication of the first work on solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs) and nanostructured lipid carriers (NLCs) as a system for delivering drugs. So ...

(University of Massachusetts Medical School) A father's nicotine use may have a significant impact on children's risk of some diseases. In a study published in the online biomedical sciences journal eLife, Oliver J. Rand...

(eLife ) Researchers from the University of Toronto, Canada, have discovered a reason why we often struggle to remember the smaller details of past experiences.