Medical News
Sterilizable Encoder from maxon
Medical Design Technology - 27 Apr 2017 21:26
Product Announcement Its design allows it to be built into brushless drives (ECX 13 AND ECX 16 SPEED) ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: STEM
British Hospital Transforms Life-Changing Maxillofacial Surgeries With Stratasys 3D Printing
Medical Design Technology - 27 Apr 2017 22:47
News Using Stratasys 3D printing, the maxillofacial prosthetic team converts patients' CT scans into highly accurate 3D printed replica models ... Contributed Author: Business Wire Topics: Surgical
Smarter Alloys Announces New SmartArch VariTorque Orthodontic Archwire
Medical Design Technology - 27 Apr 2017 22:43
News There is no need for different wire sizes, which increase bracket slot play and reduce torque expression ... Contributed Author: PR Web Topics: Surgical
AccuVein to Display Leading Vein Finding Technology at Upcoming Aesthetic Meetings
Medical Design Technology - 27 Apr 2017 22:32
News The AV400, helps healthcare professionals locate veins by displaying a map of the patient's vasculature directly on the surface of the skin ... Contributed Author: PR Web Topics: STEM
Photo of the Day: Penn State Student to Participate in 3D Challenge
Medical Design Technology - 27 Apr 2017 22:26
News Miller qualifies due to the design of his prosthetic leg that he and teammate Grant Y. Bleicher designed ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: Prosthetics
Thousands of lives at risk as Gaza public hospitals face fuel and electricity crisis
WHO - 27 Apr 2017 19:05
Increasing power cuts and shortages of fuel are creating an impending crisis for Gaza's 14 public hospitals, threatening the closure of essential health services which would leave thousands of people without access to li...
Organ Donation--A New Frontier for AI?
Medical Design Technology - 27 Apr 2017 16:30
News But if the system could be gamed by better statistics, would the success rate rise ... Contributed Author: Jeff Heinrich, Phys.org Topics: Surgical
Wireless Power Could Enable Ingestible Electronics
Medical Design Technology - 27 Apr 2017 16:24
News The new strategy, described in the April 27 issue of the journal Scientific Reports, is based on the wireless transfer of power from an antenna ... Contributed Author: Anne Trafton, Phys.org Topics: STEM
New Fiber Optic Probe Brings Endoscopic Diagnosis of Cancer Closer to the Clinic
Medical Design Technology - 27 Apr 2017 16:18
News The handheld multimodal imaging probe can simultaneously acquire several types of images ... Contributed Author: The Optical Society Topics: Oncology
A New Sensor Increases Smartwatch Battery Life Five Times
Medical Design Technology - 27 Apr 2017 15:58
News The secret behind the energy-saving sensors lies in signal processing. In order to grasp how the company's unique "dynamic photodiode" sensor works ... Contributed Author: Phys.org Topics: Wearables
Bare Bones: Making Bones Transparent
Medical Design Technology - 27 Apr 2017 15:34
News The team built upon a technique called CLARITY, originally developed for clearing brain tissue ... Contributed Author: California Institute of Technology Topics: Orthopedics
Affordable Drug Called Tranexamic Acid Could Save Mothers From Bleeding To Death
Tech Times - 27 Apr 2017 13:54
A new study has found an inexpensive and efficient treatment for women who experience severe bleeding after giving birth. Postpartum hemorrhage is the leading birth-related cause of death among women worldwide.
New Editorial Says Saturated Fats Do Not Up Heart Disease Risk, And Experts Remain Divided
Tech Times - 27 Apr 2017 13:52
A new editorial published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine called it "plain wrong" to villify saturated fats and say they result in coronary heart disease. Here are the two sides of the ongoing scientific debate...
Didactics to highlight physician experience in the ED the night of Orlando mass shooting
EurekAlert! - 27 Apr 2017 06:00
(Society for Academic Emergency Medicine) Two didactics presented by emergency physicians describe what it was like in the emergency department of Orlando Health's Orlando Regional Medical Center the night of the mass-ca...
Diagnosed autism linked to maternal grandmother's smoking in pregnancy
EurekAlert! - 27 Apr 2017 06:00
(University of Bristol) Scientists from the University of Bristol have looked at all 14,500 participants in Children of the 90s and found that if a girl's maternal grandmother smoked during pregnancy, the girl is 67 perc...
American Geriatrics Society voices opposition to amended American Health Care Act
EurekAlert! - 27 Apr 2017 06:00
(American Geriatrics Society) Following a review of the recently released MacArthur Amendment to the American Health Care Act (AHCA), the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) remains opposed to this legislation that would r...
Computational research details the activation mechanism of p38α
EurekAlert! - 27 Apr 2017 06:00
(Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona)) p38α is a protein involved in chronic inflammatory diseases and cancer, among other pathological conditions.Published in the journal eLife, the study provides a de...
Food insecurity can affect your mental health
EurekAlert! - 27 Apr 2017 06:00
(Elsevier Health Sciences) Food insecurity (FI) affects nearly 795 million people worldwide. Although a complex phenomenon encompassing food availability, affordability, utilization, and even the social norms that define...
Cleveland Clinic discovers opportunities to overcome cancer treatment resistance
EurekAlert! - 27 Apr 2017 06:00
(Cleveland Clinic) A collaborative Cleveland Clinic, University of Oxford and Moffitt Cancer Center team of researchers has proven the theory that, while resistance to targeted treatment in cancer is truly a moving targe...
Allina Health shares LifeCourse model at the Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement
EurekAlert! - 27 Apr 2017 06:00
(Allina Health ) In an Allina Health study, the LifeCourse care model improved patient experience and reduced costs for people with serious illnesses. Researchers say the model is ready for replication.
Fukomys livingstoni, I presume?
EurekAlert! - 27 Apr 2017 06:00
(Queen Mary University of London) Two new species of African mole-rat have been discovered by researchers at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), together with colleagues in Tanzania and at the University of Pretoria.
Keratin hydrogels show significant potential to regenerate lost muscle tissue & function
EurekAlert! - 27 Apr 2017 06:00
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) The use of human hair-derived keratin biomaterials to regenerate skeletal muscle has shown promise in new research that documents significant increases in both new muscle...