Medical News

Bird Flu has reared its ugly head once again and is affecting people in China. The disease has killed more than100 people in the country and the infection rate of the hard-to-detect virus is higher than estimated.

News The sensor inside a soccer ball, for example, can measure how hard it hits a player's head, giving coaches an indication about whether to treat the player for head injury ... Contributed Author: University of Illino...

News The ultra-thin, 60 µm* strut thickness of this cobalt-chromium stent allows for optimal deliverability ... Contributed Author: BIOTRONIK Topics: Implantables

News Researchers hope the work will lead to lead to a multi-purpose platform for drugs ... Contributed Author: Phys.org Topics: Regenerative Medicine

News Researchers from the UGR and UMA have designed a technique that aims to model high-level data abstractions ... Contributed Author: University of Granada Topics: Neurology

News During whole-brain radiation therapy, beams of radiation cover the entire brain ... Contributed Author: University of Missouri-Columbia Topics: Oncology

News LSDs are a group of rare, inherited metabolic disorders in which enzymes ... Contributed Author: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Topics: Medical Diagnostics

Think you got bitten by a brown recluse spider? A team of researchers in the United States invented a new mnemonic device to help you avoid misdiagnosis and tell the difference between a spider bite and skin cancer.

News The platform they developed combines the imaging capabilities of the Philips MRI scanner ... Contributed Author: University of Texas at Austin, Texas Advanced Computing Center Topics: Medical Diagnostics

News Telepresence robots allow their users to see, hear, move around and interact ... Contributed Author: Veronica Newhart And Mark Warschauer, The Conversation Topics: Home Healthcare

News An atomic force microscope (AFM) is a scientific tool that is used to create detailed three-dimensional images ... Contributed Author: University of Texas at Dallas Topics: STEM

News The biosensor combines micromechanical silicon structures with gold nanoparticles ... Contributed Author: Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) Topics: Medical Diagnostics

News This ultra-flexibility leads to an improved ability to reliably record and track the electrical activity ... Contributed Author: Phys.org Topics: Neurology

Food trade groups have decided to scrap 'sell by' label on food and replace it with 'Use by' and 'best If used by' label henceforth. The decision was taken to avoid confusion and reduce food waste.

A public health lab in Washington D.C. has made mistakes while testing for the Zika virus in over 400 people. The CDC has retested all the samples, which confirms two pregnant women were infected.

(Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund) A new study that confirms the role of a protein called PAK4 in the movement and growth of pancreatic cancer cells could help researchers find new ways to tackle the disease.

(Lomonosov Moscow State University) A group of Russian and Swedish scientists just published a breakthrough paper, reporting results of a joint study by Lomonosov Moscow State University and Stockholm university. The art...

(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) Some people can pass a hearing test but have trouble understanding speech in a noisy environment. New research identifies a new mechanism for this condition just years after i...

(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) Adult stem cells collected directly from human fat are more stable than other cells -- such as fibroblasts from the skin -- and have the potential for use in anti-aging tre...

(American College of Physicians) The American College of Physicians (ACP) applauds Thursday's federal appeals court decision that overturned a Florida state law that barred doctors from counseling patients about reducing...

(University of Houston) A vision expo Saturday, March 4 at the UH College of Optometry will offer exhibits, programming and workshops for Houston's visually impaired community on maintaining independence. The event is op...

(University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston) A multidisciplinary team from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston has uncovered the mechanisms that the Zika virus uses to alter brain development. These ...