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The new travel ban signed by President Donald Trump on March 6 might affect the nation's health care system in ways that haven't been thoroughly considered. The regions that most stand to lose are rural areas facing an u...

News ECN is proud to announce the launch of the fourth annual ECN IMPACT Awards. The 2016 ECN IMPACT Awards are the culmination of a Product Technology Awards history stretching back 60 years. At the ECN IMPACT Awards, a...

News Their current models are up to two centimeters; Becker said the goal is robots that range from 0.5 millimeters ... Contributed Author: University of Houston Topics: Surgical

News Personal Genome Project will integrate brain training tests to help identify key memory genes towards understanding neurodegeneration ... Contributed Author: Eriona Hysolli, Wyss Institute Topics: Neurology

News Researchers are developing tiny robots that have the ability to communicate with one another ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: Medical Diagnostics

Product Announcement The new boards are suited for space-constrained, high-performance, low-power IoT designs ... Contributed Author: congatec Topics: STEM

Article Broken bones are typically treated using orthopedic principles of fracture management ... Contributed Author: Samuel Lee and Amy Arthur, Medtronic Topics: Orthopedics

A genetic study has revealed that fair and short men tend to suffer from premature baldness. The study states that premature hair loss is not just an isolated phenomenon and is linked to various other physical illness an...

News What's behind the discrepancies? Unlike the chest strap, which like the EKG measures electrical activity of the heart ... Contributed Author: American College of Cardiology Topics: Cardiovascular

News Of all the contaminants found in food and water, bacteria cause the most hospitalizations and deaths in the United States ... Contributed Author: American Chemical Society Topics: STEM

News Invibio collaborated closely with medical device manufacturers and the FDA to provide clinical and biomechanical data ... Contributed Author: PR Web Topics: Orthopedics

News The Exodisc is composed of two independent filtration units [20nm and 600 nm in size] within a disk-shaped chip ... Contributed Author: UPI Topics: Oncology

News MucoJet is a 15-by-7-milimeter cylindrical, two-compartment plastic device ... Contributed Author: University of California- Berkeley Topics: Medical Diagnostics

The U.S. may be at risk of Yellow Fever as this deadly disease has already caused a major outbreak in Brazil. Researchers suspect that the disease may spread in the U.S. in a localized manner, similar to the Zika virus o...

DNA from dental plaque suggests the Neanderthals may have had knowledge about medicines. The prehistoric humans may have self-medicated using medicinal plants that produce painkiller and antibiotic substances.

Is it bad when adult Americans are having less sex than they used to? A study says yes. In addition to sleeping habits and marital satisfaction, the nightly sexual behavior determines how an employee performs his work th...

A new study shares the adverse effects of inhaling a common manufacturing material i.e. carbon nanotubes. The study links ingalation of carbon nanotubes, which is used in building tennis rackets, to severe brain damage.

Texas 'wrongful birth' bill may prevent the parents from suing the doctors for withholding the information on baby abnormality especially if they feel the client may seek abortion. The proponents of the bill, however, sa...

(University of Helsinki) Age is the most important risk factor of breast cancer but current study suggests that the use of hormonal intrauterine device increases the breast cancer risk significantly.

(McMaster University) Researchers from Canada, South Africa and Italy have identified a new gene that can lead to sudden death among young people and athletes.The gene, called CDH2, causes arrhythmogenic right ventricle ...

(Rutgers University) While many anti-aging drugs don't live up to their claim, a tightly replicated study by Rutgers and a group of researchers from around the country discovered that a chemical used to detect amyloid pl...

(Massachusetts General Hospital) A study led by a Massachusetts General Hospital pediatrician finds that children ages 3 to 7 who don't get enough sleep are more likely to have problems with attention, emotional control ...