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News Caleb was the 100th patient in the hospital's Heart Institute to receive a transcatheter pulmonary valve ... Contributed Author: St. Joseph's Children's Hospital Topics: Cardiovascular

News With Virto B-Titanium, Phonak combines the benefits of titanium with the latest 3D printing technology ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: Home Healthcare

A roster of five new studies shows that testosterone replacement therapy has resulted in both health benefits and potential risks. Health benefits include anemia, while potential setbacks include more plaque buildup in c...

News It can be used to create objects with varying levels of stiffness from one end to another, such as prosthetics and replacement joints ... Contributed Author: Sonia Fernandez, Phys.org Topics: Prosthetics

News Tiny nanostraws developed by Stanford researchers offer a method of sampling cell ... Contributed Author: Jackie Flynn, Stanford University Topics: Regenerative Medicine

Product Announcement This card connector's space-efficient design features two cavities with the flexibility to accept either two SIM cards ... Contributed Author: TE Connectivity Topics: Medical Diagnostics

Article The first question asked is if the project is completely new or if molds exist ... Contributed Author: Joe Vest, CSCP, Vice President, Bright Plastics Topics: Surgical

Chronic stress may be the reason behind your sudden weight gain, especially around the waist. Those with higher levels of stress are more likely to be obese per a new study.

Researchers have proven that a hunger suppressing drug may prevent prediabetic people from developing type 2 diabetes. The drug named liraglutide prevents overeating which in turn keeps the patient's weight under control...

Videos To make their thermotherapy pad, the researchers embedded conductive silver nanowires in a thin polyvinyl ... Contributed Author: American Chemical Society Topics: Pain Management

News The artificial synapse is based off a battery design. It consists of two thin, flexible films with three terminals ... Contributed Author: Taylor Kubota, Stanford University Topics: Neurology

News The FA100 SCCD is a small, lightweight, portable, and handheld four-channel electrical muscle stimulator ... Contributed Author: Business Wire Topics: Home Healthcare

News I-Wire allows the researchers to grow cardiac cells under controlled, time-varying tension similar to ... Contributed Author: Vanderbilt University Topics: Implantables

A therapeutic vaccine strategy may be a 'functional cure' for patients with HIV, a new study revealed. The clinical trial found the vaccine is effective in controlling HIV levels without the need for antiretroviral drugs...

New evidence points to a greater tendency for substance use during teenage years among kids who excel in class. It also seems to refute the notion that it's just a brief period of experimentation, as the patterns persist...

A strain of salmonella could be behind the cocoliztli epidemic that killed the natives of the New World, essentially contributing to the collapse of the Aztec empire.

(Norwegian University of Science and Technology) A comprehensive meta-analysis of 142 articles from 95 population studies shows that the risk of dying prematurely from all causes was reduced by almost a third, and the ri...

(European Society of Cardiology) How are smartphones and computer programs transforming healthcare, especially when it comes to preventing, diagnosing and treating heart disease? That's the focus of a collection of artic...

(NYU Tandon School of Engineering) Researchers have devised a method by which patients improved their repetitive rehabilitative exercises by contributing to scientific projects in which massive data collection and analys...

(Mayo Clinic) A Mayo Clinic study has shown evidence linking the biology of aging with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a disease that impairs lung function and causes shortness of breath, fatigue, declining quality of lif...

(University of Colorado at Boulder) A potentially life-saving treatment for sepsis has been under our noses for decades in the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) most people have in their medicine cabinets, a...

(Wiley) A new analysis indicates that not obtaining a medication the first time it is prescribed -- called initial medication non-adherence -- is common among patients within the Catalan health system in Spain.