Medical News
Solving Complex Adhesion Problems with Plasma
Medical Design Technology - 2 Jun 2017 17:25
Article When traditional chemical adhesives fail to sufficiently bond dissimilar types of materials, engineers often turn to plasma treatments to solve complex adhesion problems. Its most common applications include prec...
Baby Teeth Show Link Between Exposure To Toxic Lead And Autism
Tech Times - 2 Jun 2017 16:32
It is difficult to uncover and understand the causes of autism and much more difficult to point to a single cause. A new research now shows how exposure to essential and toxic metals can be linked to autism.
Photo of the Day: Cells Lined Up By a Chip
Medical Design Technology - 2 Jun 2017 15:55
News Doing so will help scientists to determine the number of tumor cells in blood ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: Oncology
PMP65 Series - 65W Medical AC/DC Power Adapter
Medical Design Technology - 2 Jun 2017 14:59
Product Announcement The PMP65 Series accepts an input voltage range of 85-265VAC for worldwide use and offers six single output voltages ... Contributed Author: Protek Power North America
Hot And Cold Water Are Equally Effective In Removing Bacteria: Study
Tech Times - 2 Jun 2017 12:41
Study finds that cold water is just as effective in removing bacteria as warm water when washing hands. The more important part is following proper handwashing methods.
Doctors Warn About Putting Wasp Nest In Vagina: Here's Why Some Women Do It
Tech Times - 2 Jun 2017 12:39
Oak galls can cause burning and drying of women's private parts. An ob-gyn warned it can cause infection, but why do some women use these wasp nests as a vaginal product?
Fertility preservation for children with differences of sex development
EurekAlert! - 2 Jun 2017 06:00
(Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago) Article explores unique ethical issues for children with differences of sex development on whether or not they should pursue fertility preservation.
Follistatin is a key player in embryo implantation
EurekAlert! - 2 Jun 2017 06:00
(Baylor College of Medicine) Follistatin plays a key role in establishing receptivity of the uterus to embryo implantation in an animal model.
For older adults, antibiotics may not be appropriate treatment for some UTIs
EurekAlert! - 2 Jun 2017 06:00
(American Geriatrics Society) In a new research paper published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Thomas E. Finucane, M.D., of the Johns Hopkins Geriatrics Center at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, suggests ...
Genetic sequencing could influence treatment for nearly 3/4 of advanced cancer patients
EurekAlert! - 2 Jun 2017 06:00
(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) A new analysis finds that nearly three-quarters of 500 patients with advanced cancer could be referred to a potential targeted treatment based on the results of a comprehensiv...
Low-dose THC can relieve stress; more does just the opposite
EurekAlert! - 2 Jun 2017 06:00
(University of Illinois at Chicago) Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Chicago report that low levels tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, the main psychoactive compound in marijuana, doe...
Mice will help reveal the roles of human brown fat
EurekAlert! - 2 Jun 2017 06:00
(Baylor College of Medicine) Scientists have discovered that mice have metabolically active brown fat deposits similar to the largest depot found in people.
NIH scientists try to crack the brain's memory codes
EurekAlert! - 2 Jun 2017 06:00
(NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) In a pair of studies, scientists at the National Institutes of Health explored how the human brain stores and retrieves memories. One study suggests that the ...
One in 3 hospitalized patients experience symptoms of depression, study shows
EurekAlert! - 2 Jun 2017 06:00
(Cedars-Sinai Medical Center) About one in three hospitalized patients shows symptoms of depression, potentially affecting their clinical outcomes, a new Cedars-Sinai study has found. The study appears in the Journal of ...
Patients nearing end of life receptive to having cholesterol medicine 'deprescribed'
EurekAlert! - 2 Jun 2017 06:00
(Oregon State University) New research suggests patients nearing the end of their lives because of a 'life-limiting illness' such as cancer or heart disease may not feel medically abandoned if their doctor wants to take ...
ACP decries withdrawal from climate agreement
EurekAlert! - 2 Jun 2017 06:00
(American College of Physicians) The United States withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement will greatly undermine the global effort to prevent and mitigate the devastating impact of climate change on human health, sa...
Recommendations to optimize continuous glucose monitoring in diabetes clinical research
EurekAlert! - 2 Jun 2017 06:00
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) The advantages of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) for obtaining real-time blood glucose measurements and its ability to detect and even predict hypo- and hyperglycemi...
Recreational running benefits hip and knee joint health
EurekAlert! - 2 Jun 2017 06:00
(JOSPT, Inc. d/b/a Movement Science Media) Recreational runners are less likely to experience knee and hip osteoarthritis compared to sedentary individuals and competitive runners, according to a new study published in t...
Researchers receive $7.7 million grant to study West Nile and Zika viruses
EurekAlert! - 2 Jun 2017 06:00
(Georgia State University) A Georgia State University researcher, in collaboration with researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and Florida State University, has received a five-year, $7.7 million federal grant to ...
STD treatment for two?
EurekAlert! - 2 Jun 2017 06:00
(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) In some states, patients who test positive for chlamydia or gonorrhea leave the clinic with not only a prescription for themselves, but also one for their sexual partner -- wh...
Secukinumab and ixekizumab in psoriasis: Considerable added benefit for certain patients
EurekAlert! - 2 Jun 2017 06:00
(Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care) There were notably more remissions than under the comparator therapies. In future, the analysis of symptoms should not be limited to improvements at one time point.
Study of kids with autism identifies hospitalization risk factors
EurekAlert! - 2 Jun 2017 06:00
(Brown University) With the goal of prevention, a new study of children and teens with autism spectrum disorders found five risk factors that are significantly associated with an increased likelihood of seeking inpatient...