Medical News

News F-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-PET is being used ... Contributed Author: Society of Nuclear Medicine Topics: Medical Diagnostics

News Ben 3D printed flexible actuators and a power-splitting unit ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: Prosthetics

News Researchers tested under different conditions the impacts of EMF exposure on 119 patients with pacemakers ... Contributed Author: American Heart Association Topics: Implantables

Every year, thousands of donated organs go to waste because they cannot be matched with recipients in the brief window of time in which they are still viable. Extending the shelf-life of organs could help alleviate this ...

News In the future, this could enable treatment of certain liver tumors in a more gentle way ... Contributed Author: Bianka Hofmann, Phys.org Topics: Oncology

News Harvard researchers have developed a lightweight, portable nanofiber fabrication device that could one day be used to dress wounds ... Contributed Author: Leah Burrows, Wyss Institute Topics: Surgical

Product Announcement It supports all Bluetooth developments up to and including Bluetooth 5 and Bluetooth low energy ... Contributed Author: Dialog Semiconductor Topics: STEM

A new research reveals that missing early signs of a heart attack can be detrimental. Doctors are reportedly failing to notice the early symptoms of heart attacks in hospitals, but the cause has not been determined.

Women are just as vulnerable to heart disease as men are, but the symptoms in women are subtler. Symptoms in men are more dramatic, while those in women include pain that is often overlooked.

News Designers of defibrillators and ECG monitors face a challenge, as their ECG input amplifiers must withstand high-voltage pulses ... Contributed Author: Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. Topics: STEM

News These devices, however, rely on readings from many cells clustered together ... Contributed Author: Duke University Topics: Medical Diagnostics

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 test also reduces the amount of time it takes to provide this important information ... Contributed Author: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Topics: STEM

More Gen Xers and millennials are suffering from colon and rectal cancers, according to a new American Cancer Society study. While the rates are climbing steeply among young and middle-aged Americans, they kept dropping ...

(Columbia University Medical Center) Researchers have found that only 16 percent of heart attack survivors get the recommended amount of physical activity in the weeks after hospitalization, despite evidence that physica...

(American Roentgen Ray Society) FDG PET/CT is a valuable imaging tool for treatment assessment of patients with lung cancer, though systematic evidence for its comparative effectiveness with conventional imaging, such as...

(University of California - San Francisco) Scientists have used a unique computational technique that sifts through big data to identify a subset of concussion patients with normal brain scans, who may deteriorate months...

(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) A new paper from Michigan Medicine researchers examined the scarring process in transplanted lungs in hopes of identifying novel therapies to stop scarring before it starts.

(European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO)) Journalists can register now for ESTRO 36 - Europe's largest congress on radiation oncology, organised by the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO...

(American College of Surgeons) At one time, trauma surgeons considered an operation mandatory to treat gunshot wounds to the abdomen, but a study published online as an 'article in press' on the Journal of the American C...

(University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus) Even after weeks of treatment and considerable weight gain, the brains of adolescent patients with anorexia nervosa remain altered, putting them at risk for possible relap...

(University at Buffalo) For singers and their audiences, being 'in tune' might not be as important as we think. The fact that singers fail to consistently hit the right notes may have implications for the development of ...