Medical News

Latest figures from the CDC showed that 25 percent of drug overdoses in the U.S. are related to heroin. What's behind the rising use of this opioid drug in the country?

News Contrast agents such as iodine and gadolinium have an absorption edge ... Contributed Author: Technical University of Munich (Tum) Topics: STEM

News Structural proteins are nature's building blocks, forming materials that provide stiffness ... Contributed Author: Tufts University Topics: STEM

News The creation pushes the boundaries of metamaterials - a new class of finely-engineered surfaces ... Contributed Author: University of Sussex Topics: STEM

Product Announcement Specifically, the PCOM-B642VG COM Express module supports up to 32GB ECC (supported by C236 chipset only) ... Contributed Author: American Portwell Technology, Inc. Topics: STEM

News Body-powered prostheses are also lighter, cheaper and more reliable ... Contributed Author: Phys.org Topics: Prosthetics

A new tool that maps out interactions between RNA and DNA molecules has been developed. MARGI works by providing a full account of RNA molecules that interact with DNA and their locations in bulk.

News The collaboration between researchers at Princeton and Intel has enabled rapid progress on the ability to decode digital brain data ... Contributed Author: Princeton University Topics: Neurology

News When used alone, the fiber-reinforced hydrogels developed by the team are 25 times tougher than glass fiber fabric ... Contributed Author: Hokkaido University Topics: STEM

News Although eSight's glasses won't help people with total blindness, they could still be a huge deal for the millions ... Contributed Author: Michael Liedtke, Associated Press Topics: Wearables

News MRI scans are done for a wide range of reasons, to help diagnose anything from tumors ... Contributed Author: UPI Topics: Cardiovascular

News SmartWalk products, like the cane, are designed with senior falls and Alzheimer's ... Contributed Author: WhatBox, Inc. Topics: Home Healthcare

News PIVO is a single-use, disposable device that enables consistent blood samples ... Contributed Author: Velano Vascular Topics: Surgical

Researchers have found that watching birds near your home can be good for your mental health. Results were consistent whether subjects lived in urban or suburban neighborhoods.

Women tend to be sleep deprived if they have children in the house per a new research. By comparison, the sleep of men is not affected by the presence of kids.

Trader Joe's has recently issued a voluntary recall of its Unsweetened Apple Sauce products due to potential glass contamination.

New research has shown that imagery training is an effective tool when it comes to improving everyday happiness. People could do this at home, but the process requires psychological flexibility.

(Cancer Research UK) CANCER RESEARCH UK, Cancer Research Technology (CRT), the charity's commercial arm, and HitGen Ltd, a privately held biotech company focused on early drug discovery, announced today that they have en...

(University of British Columbia Okanagan campus) Chronic pain sufferers and those taking mental health meds would rather turn to cannabis instead of their prescribed opioid medication, according to new research by the Un...

(Massachusetts General Hospital) A clinical trial for a new drug to prevent attacks of hereditary angioedema -- a rare disorder characterized by recurrent swelling of tissues in the face, hands, gastrointestinal tract an...

(The Company of Biologists) Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, is Rare Disease Day, and this year's slogan is 'With research, possibilities are limitless.' Disease Models & Mechanisms is marking the day by spotlighting a recent pap...

(The Wistar Institute) Scientists at The Wistar Institute in collaboration with Roswell Park Cancer Institute found a significant association between a rare genetic variant of the p53 gene present in African American wom...