Medical News
Video of the Day: Printing Living Tissues
Medical Design Technology - 6 Apr 2017 22:57
Videos The method uses a customizable, printed silicone mold to house and plumb the printed tissue on a chip ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: STEM
PPWAM280 Medical Open Frame
Medical Design Technology - 6 Apr 2017 22:48
Product Announcement This 280 Watt open frame medical supply is in a 3 x 5 footprint (3 x 5 x 1.18) ... Contributed Author: Power Partners, Inc. Topics: STEM
Plotting the Demise of Alzheimer's
Medical Design Technology - 6 Apr 2017 21:24
News Now, the "catch it early" idea is being put to the test in a new study called A4 ... Contributed Author: Harvard University Topics: Neurology
Making Spines from Sea Water
Medical Design Technology - 6 Apr 2017 21:12
News The images showed that sea urchin larval cells actually "drink" seawater, taking in drops of water and manipulating the ions ... Contributed Author: Weizmann Institute of Science Topics: STEM
Fatty Liver Diagnosis Improved with Magnetic Resonance
Medical Design Technology - 6 Apr 2017 21:08
News In the new study, researchers wanted to determine the accuracy of magnetic resonance spectroscopy, or MRS, of fatty liver ... Contributed Author: Linköping University Topics: Medical Diagnostics
Strep Throat Infection Leads To Leg Amputation Of 6-Year-Old Girl
Tech Times - 6 Apr 2017 18:47
Tessa Puma, a 6-year-old dancer from Ohio, lost her left leg to a rare case of strep throat. The kindergartner was recovering in the hospital, but needed further surgery to survive.
How Much Exercise Does a Body Need?
Discover - 6 Apr 2017 17:26
Researchers keep moving the goal posts on exercise. For a while, the trend was to show benefits of minimal exercise, perhaps as an olive branch to people too busy for a full workout. Lately, the trend is essentially to s...
Confirmed: Sleeping Gets Tougher As You Get Older
Tech Times - 6 Apr 2017 16:59
A new study has brought focus to the lack of quality sleep among old people. Many seniors get disturbed sleep from recurring wakefulness, leading to a range of disorders including memory loss.
NICO Announces CE Mark for BrainPath Non-Disruptive Cranial Access Technology
Medical Design Technology - 6 Apr 2017 15:51
News BrainPath is part of an approach to brain surgery that uses the natural folds of the brain and runs parallel to the fiber tracts ... Contributed Author: Business Wire Topics: Neurology
AirXpanders Update on U.S. Commercial Launch of the AeroForm Tissue Expander System
Medical Design Technology - 6 Apr 2017 15:35
News The company has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for an enhanced film material ... Contributed Author: AirXpanders Topics: Implantables
Gold Standards for Nanoparticles
Medical Design Technology - 6 Apr 2017 15:27
News Such clusters of gold atoms are proving increasingly useful as catalysts, drug delivery systems, anti-cancer agents ... Contributed Author: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Topics: STEM
Body Heat Could Electrically Power IoT Devices, Medical Monitors Using a Woven, Thermoelectric Flexible Fabric
Medical Design Technology - 6 Apr 2017 15:20
News Yazawa says the new technology addresses the limitations of conventional thermoelectric generators ... Contributed Author: Phys.org Topics: Wearables
Studying the Brain's Suspension System in TBIs
Medical Design Technology - 6 Apr 2017 14:56
News New research from a team of engineers at Washington University in St. Louis takes a closer look at this "suspension system" ... Contributed Author: Washington University in St. Louis Topics: Neurology
GSK Recalls Around 600,000 Ventolin Asthma Inhalers In The US
Tech Times - 6 Apr 2017 12:47
GlaxoSmithKline voluntarily recalled over 593,000 inhalers due to a defect in its packaging, which caused suspected propellant leakage. The company confirmed that this issue was not a direct threat to patients inhaling t...
Can Diet Play An Important Role In Reducing Risk Of Colon Cancer?
Tech Times - 6 Apr 2017 12:45
A person's diet could play a pivotal role in decreasing the risk of colon cancer. Studies have revealed that one's dietary habits are interlinked with the risk of colorectal cancer.
Further reductions in radiotherapy to young children with brain tumors less successful
EurekAlert! - 6 Apr 2017 06:00
(Children's Hospital Los Angeles) A team of investigators has determined that young children participating in a clinical trial to assess the effectiveness of reduced radiotherapy did worse when there were deviations from...
Feeding fat to fungi: Evidence for lipid transfer in arbuscular mycorrhiza
EurekAlert! - 6 Apr 2017 06:00
(Boyce Thompson Institute) Researchers from the labs of Dr. Maria Harrison at the Boyce Thompson Institute and Dr. Peter Dörmann at the University of Bonn have produced the first experimental evidence to suggest that AM...
Clinical trial shows benefit of yoga for side effects of prostate cancer treatment
EurekAlert! - 6 Apr 2017 06:00
(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) Men who attended a structured yoga class twice a week during prostate cancer radiation treatment reported less fatigue and better sexual and urinary function than those who...
Fatty liver diagnosis improved with magnetic resonance
EurekAlert! - 6 Apr 2017 06:00
(Linköping University) Taking tissue samples from the liver to diagnose fatty liver can be replaced in most cases by a painless magnetic resonance investigation. This is the conclusion of a new study from Linköping Uni...
Overactive bladder drug linked with increased risk of depression
EurekAlert! - 6 Apr 2017 06:00
(Wiley) A recent study found that women with overactive bladder who received antimuscarinics were 38 percent more likely to be diagnosed with depressive disorder within the next three years than those who did not receive...
New $1.5 million NIH grant targets oral complications of HIV
EurekAlert! - 6 Apr 2017 06:00
(Case Western Reserve University) More than a third of HIV patients develop oral conditions from immune systems compromised by the virus and its treatment, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Pet exposure may reduce allergy and obesity
EurekAlert! - 6 Apr 2017 06:00
(University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry) If you need a reason to become a dog lover, how about their ability to help protect kids from allergies and obesity? A new University of Alberta study showed that b...