Medical News

News The LIFEPAK 15 Monitor/Defibrillator is used to deliver lifesaving electrical shocks to people ... Contributed Author: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Topics: Cardiovascular

News Through its clinical and technological alliances with major medical schools and hospitals, Biosys has access to tissue and blood samples ... Contributed Author: PR Web Topics: STEM

News With the PRESERVE line, all implants are aseptically processed (free of gamma radiation and bleaching) ... Contributed Author: Paragon 28 Inc. Topics: Orthopedics

News The Comprehensive Reverse Shoulder is a shoulder replacement device that is surgically implanted ... Contributed Author: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Topics: Implantables

News A free webinar, "3D Printing for Surgical Devices and Medical Models," sponsored by Stratasys will be streaming ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: STEM

News The UroLift System opens up the prostate by holding back the lobes of the enlarged prostate ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: Implantables

WHO reaffirms the critical need for research and development (R&D) of new antibiotics to tackle the threat of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB).

ZeitZeiger a computerized method developed by Dr.cHughey and his team of researchers uses blood samples to measure the circadian time of the body. This method can be used in both humans as well as animals.

The use of indoor tanning techniques in U.S. are the leading cause of skin cancer per a new study. Around $343.1 million goes into medical costs to treat skin cancer caused due to tanning devices in U.S.

News Using shear wave elastography to focus sound waves to assess soft tissue stiffness ... Contributed Author: Royal Philips Topics: Medical Diagnostics

The Sweet Onion Chicken Teriyaki that Subway restaurants serve to customers contains less than 50 percent chicken DNA, a Marketplace investigation revealed. What is actually in the chicken meat?

News The research team designed GFETs that consist of titanium-gold electrodes on graphene ... Contributed Author: Phys.org Topics: Medical Diagnostics

News This mesh incorporates vitamin B12--a substance vital to the normal functioning of nervous systems ... Contributed Author: Phys.org Topics: Regenerative Medicine

News This technology could help researchers rapidly generate new peptide drugs to test on a variety of diseases ... Contributed Author: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Topics: Medical Diagnostics

News The technology developed by UCF scientist Aristide Dogariu uses an optical fiber to beam light ... Contributed Author: University of Central Florida Topics: Cardiovascular

The WHO has published its first-ever list of antibiotic-resistant "priority pathogens," which details the 12 superbugs believed to pose the greatest threat to human health. Find out what these drug-resistant bacteria are...

Cannabis is dangerous for teenagers, as it can cause memory loss and daytime sleepiness, affecting their development. Additionally, new study suggests that smart kids are more likely to consume it.

(Elsevier Health Sciences) Hospital room floors may be an overlooked source of infection, according to a study published in the March issue of the American Journal of Infection Control, the official journal of the Associ...

(Springer) Happy memories spring to mind much faster than sad, scary or peaceful ones. Moreover, if you listen to happy or peaceful music, you recall positive memories, whereas if you listen to emotionally scary or sad m...

(Children's Hospital Los Angeles) Ching-Ling (Ellen) Lien, PhD, an investigator at The Saban Research Institute of Children's Hospital Los Angeles, has been awarded nearly $1.7 million, over a four year period, from the ...

(Bentham Science Publishers) The aim of the present article is to compare the structural features of a particular group of pyridoxal 5'-phosphate-dependent decarboxylases, namely the group II ?-decarboxylases. These enzy...

(Cardiff University) Researchers at Cardiff University have discovered that genetic variation is the reason why some immune systems overreact to viruses.