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A man was hospitalized after complaints of abdominal pain turned out to be a parasitic infection from sushi. Here's what you need to know about Anisakiasis and food safety.

News The new method was born out of a project Angelini and his team have been working on for several years: printable organs and tissues ... Contributed Author: University of Florida Topics: Implantables

News The sensor contains molecules called aptamers that are specially designed to bind a drug of interest ... Contributed Author: Stanford University Topics: Medical Diagnostics

News The system is capable of revealing changing details of biological processes in cells over a larger field of view than otherwise possible ... Contributed Author: Emil Venere, Phys.org Topics: Neurology

Product Announcement The SFM3300 series flow meters can be used in both proximal and expiratory configurations ... Contributed Author: Sensirion Topics: STEM

Videos Four components make up the device: a hinged lid, a mouthpiece, a tray made from transparent plastic ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: Home Healthcare

On Mother's Day, Anna Hutt, a mother who lost her teenage son in 2014, meets Gary Flint, the man who had a second chance to live thanks to her son's heart. Learn about this touching organ donation story.

A 10-year-old boy from Rockland County in New York has been brought to the emergency room after consuming sour gummy candy laced with medical marijuana. Find out more about the case and how THC in marijuana affects the b...

Medical emergency was declared in Yemen due to a cholera outbreak. The outbreak has hit Yemen's capital Sanaa the worst and health officials are finding it difficult to handle the situation in the war-torn nation.

(University of North Carolina Health Care) A special issue of the Journal of Infectious Diseases focuses solely on HIV eradication and is edited by the director of the UNC HIV Cure Center in Chapel Hill.

(University of Arizona) Imagining a better future isn't enough to help LGB teens deal with stress related to their sexual orientation, says University of Arizona researcher Russell Toomey. His new study that finds that t...

(Penn State) A new approach could quickly identify the most effective way to manage disease outbreaks -- an advance that could save lives. Developed by scientists using insights from the 2014 Ebola outbreak, the method p...

(University of Sydney) The risk of having a heart attack is 17 times higher in the seven days following a respiratory infection, University of Sydney research has found. The increased risk peaks in the first 7 days and g...

(Canadian Medical Association Journal) Adding a modest 2% income-based deductible for prescription drugs did not appear to deter some seniors from filling prescriptions, found a study of British Columbia's public drug pl...

(Massachusetts General Hospital) Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have identified differences in the composition and the function of the gut microbiome between pa...

(Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago) A new gene has been associated with Lou Gehrig's disease.

(Children's Hospital Los Angeles) Researchers from the Children's Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases at Children's Hospital Los Angeles examined the mechanisms of B cell immune reconstitution in pediatric patients who ...

(Elsevier Health Sciences) Older adults often receive drugs of questionable benefit during their last months of life, according to the first study conducted on the burden of end-of-life medications across an entire popul...

(University of Illinois at Chicago) Racial and ethnic inequality in Chicago is so 'pervasive, persistent, and consequential' that the investigators describe life for white, black and Latino residents in Chicago today as ...

(National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine) A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine identifies global health priorities in light of current and emerging challenges ...

(University of Manchester) A University of Manchester test on the mucus lining of the intestine, performed in mice, has found changes in bacteria that could lead to inflammatory bowel disease 12 weeks earlier than previo...

(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) Patterns of sexual violence and intimate partner violence aimed at female college students with a mental health-related or behavioral disability and the health effects of...