Medical News
Nanotubes That Build Themselves
Medical Design Technology - 17 Apr 2017 22:35
News The aim of the study was to determine the smallest possible size of these molecules, in which they are still able to provide enough ... Contributed Author: Phys.org Topics: STEM
Nuclease-Resistant Hybrid Nanoflowers
Medical Design Technology - 17 Apr 2017 22:27
News The research team successfully formed a flower-shaped nanostructure in an eco-friendly condition by using interactions between copper ions and DNA ... Contributed Author: The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and ...
Photo of the Day: Wearable Sweat Detection Device
Medical Design Technology - 17 Apr 2017 22:19
News This microfludic device can analyze glucose, lactose, and pH levels ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: Wearables
Xuron Model 9180 Kevlar Shears
Medical Design Technology - 17 Apr 2017 21:14
Product Announcement Xuron Model 9180 Kevlar Shears feature a special serrated cutting edge designed to grip and hold slippery high tensile ... Contributed Author: Xuron Corp. Topics: STEM
Have You Entered The 2017 ECN IMPACT Awards Yet?
Medical Design Technology - 17 Apr 2017 20:19
News The 2017 ECN IMPACT Awards are the culmination of a Product Technology Awards history stretching back 60 years. At the ECN IMPACT Awards, all companies, from well-established... Contributed Author: ECN IMPACT Awards...
Meet Another Zika Carrier, A Common Backyard Mosquito
Tech Times - 17 Apr 2017 16:50
Apart from Zika's main carrier, Aedes aegypti, Aedes albopictus is the second mosquito species that could potentially transmit the disease. Although this species is not yet a confirmed Zika mosquito vector, Ae. albopictu...
Fentanyl And Heroin Drive Virginia's Death Toll From Drug Overdoses
Tech Times - 17 Apr 2017 16:03
Virginia's soaring drug overdose deaths have a high opioid addiction factor. The state department health officials have assessed that a substantial number of deaths are linked to synthetic opioids like heroin and prescri...
Nontoxic, Biodegradable Orthopedic Implant Could Provide Superior Support to Damaged Bones
Medical Design Technology - 17 Apr 2017 15:48
News Nauman says the resorbable metal technology provides superior properties compared to conventional metals ... Contributed Author: Phys.org Topics: Orthopedics
"Twist and Shine": Development of a New Photoluminescent Sensor Material
Medical Design Technology - 17 Apr 2017 15:44
News Such light-based sensing molecules, also called photoluminescent mechanophores ... Contributed Author: Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University Topics: STEM
Monitoring Troubles of the Heart
Medical Design Technology - 17 Apr 2017 15:14
News What if you knew to anticipate it because you were notified in advance from an automated text message ... Contributed Author: University of Southern California Topics: Neurology
3D-Printed Patch Can Help Mend a "Broken" Heart
Medical Design Technology - 17 Apr 2017 15:01
News When the cell patch was placed on a mouse following a simulated heart attack, the researchers saw significant increase in functional capacity ... Contributed Author: University of Minnesota Topics: Cardiovascular
3D-Printed Model of Stenotic Intracranial Artery Enables Vessel-Wall MRI Standardization
Medical Design Technology - 17 Apr 2017 14:55
News To overcome this obstacle, Turan worked with bioengineers at the University of Massachusetts to produce a phantom of a stenotic intracranial vessel ... Contributed Author: Medical University of South Carolina Topics...
Why Diabetes Is A Real Threat Among African-Americans
Tech Times - 17 Apr 2017 13:57
Black people are 1.7 more likely to contract diabetes than white people, statistics show. Since this chronic condition seems to be more prevalent among ethnic minorities, the American Diabetes Association has designed cu...
Medical Marijuana Will Become Legal In North Dakota Within A Year
Tech Times - 17 Apr 2017 13:18
Compassionate Care Centers would open in North Dakota in January 2018. Strict rules and laws will be established for production, distribution, and usage of medical marijuana in the state.
Researchers Working On Smart Bandages That Will Use 5G Data To Relay Health Details
Tech Times - 17 Apr 2017 13:17
Scientists at the Swansea University produced a smart bandage, which uses nanotechnology and 5G wireless data to transmit the health status of a wound to doctors. The clinical trial for the bandages would start within ne...
Rettsyndrome.org funds additional $775K of new research projects in Q1 2017
EurekAlert! - 17 Apr 2017 06:00
(Rettsyndrome.org) The International Rett Syndrome Foundation, now doing business as Rettsyndrome.org, announces the addition of six research projects to its Research Portfolio in the first quarter of 2017. A commitment ...
Scientists work to strengthen the synergy of chemotherapy and immunotherapy against cancer
EurekAlert! - 17 Apr 2017 06:00
(Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University) In the war on cancer, powerful chemotherapy agents are increasingly packaged with immunotherapy that primes a patient's immune system to better battle the disease.
South Carolina hospitals see major drop in post-surgical deaths with safety checklist
EurekAlert! - 17 Apr 2017 06:00
(Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health) South Carolina saw a 22 percent reduction in post-surgical deaths in hospitals that completed a voluntary, statewide program to implement the World Health Organization Surgical...
Teaching happiness to men with HIV boosts their health
EurekAlert! - 17 Apr 2017 06:00
(Northwestern University) When individuals recently diagnosed with HIV were coached to practice skills to help them experience positive emotions, the result was less HIV in their blood and lower antidepressant use, repor...
Think brain games make you smarter? Think again, FSU researchers say
EurekAlert! - 17 Apr 2017 06:00
(Florida State University) New research finds brain games marketed by the billion-dollar brain-training industry don't improve cognition or help prevent age-related brain decline.
Thousands of people with autism join new online genetic study
EurekAlert! - 17 Apr 2017 06:00
(Children's Hospital Colorado) Autism has a strong genetic component. To date, approximately 50 genes have been identified that almost certainly play a role in autism, and researchers estimate that at least an additional...
UK awarded $11.2 million grant to launch new center for cancer and metabolism
EurekAlert! - 17 Apr 2017 06:00
(University of Kentucky) The University of Kentucky was recently awarded a prestigious Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) grant to study the metabolism of cancer from the National Institutes of General Med...