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The number of suspected cholera cases in Yemen continues to rise, reaching 101 820 with 791 deaths as of 7 June 2017.

Police and health authorities warn the recent wave of drug overdose hospitalizations in Georgia is linked to counterfeit medication. The mysterious yellow pills sold on the streets are designed to mimic Percocet, a presc...

Product Announcement Both tuohy borst adapters are available to fit zero to nine French guide wires and have a proprietary tri-cut silicone valve technology that provides a leak-proof seal ... Contributed Author: Qosina ...

Videos The technique includes an engineered material with a protein combination to support vascularization and help islet function ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: Diabetes

News Sapphire NC Plus a true non-compliant balloon featuring TiFo (tight fold) folding of the balloon material for enhanced crossability in the tightest ... Contributed Author: OrbusNeich Topics: Surgical

News Using cells from cadavers, doctors have been experimentally transplanting pancreatic islets into humans for decades ... Contributed Author: Georgia Institute of Technology Topics: Diabetes

News They'll use machine-learning models to analyze the data collected from in-hospital and in-vehicle subjects ... Contributed Author: Phys.org Topics: Cardiovascular

In a first, researchers used brain imaging to spot changes in how specific infant brain regions synchronize, predicting the risk of autism in babies as young as 6 months. Find out how artificial intelligence ups the accu...

News The Osaka Wellness is a wearable device designed to reduce muscle stiffness, according to Ortho Spine News ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: Pain Management

A tick bite may have led to the death of a two-year-old girl in Indiana, who was diagnosed with Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. This condition is only one among different tick-borne diseases potentially leading to death.

News The researchers use special polymer fibers made of a material called PLGA) to generate a floating scaffold that was then covered with human cells ... Contributed Author: Institute of Molecular Biotechnology (IMBA) T...

News The chip at the system's heart is less than four millimeters wide and incorporates the receiving antenna, an AC-to-DC rectifier ... Contributed Author: Rice University Topics: Implantables

News The powerful magnetic fields generated inside MRI machines are detrimental to the delicate electronics needed for sophisticated optical microscopy ... Contributed Author: Emil Venere Topics: Neurology

Product Announcement Custom precious metal composite clad wire that can be manufactured to OEM requirements for use in fuel cells, batteries, and other military, medical ... Contributed Author: Anomet Products Inc. Topic...

A Massachusetts-based medical marijuana dispensary offered cannabis-infused pizza to patients who needed the drug to relieve pain. The dispensary also retailed other edibles infused with marijuana such as olive oil, hone...

Police officers and paramedics face potentially deadly threats when responding to drug overdose incidents. They still face these threats even when they observe safety precautions such as wearing gloves and masks.

(University of North Carolina Health Care) For the first time, researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill show how the antiviral class of drugs called NS5A inhibitors interacts with the hepatitis C vi...

(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) A new study of infection by a virus that causes brain inflammation and seizures in a mouse model has shown increased levels of complement component C3. The C3 was produce...

(University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry) A groundbreaking University of Alberta invention that will impact transplant patients' outcomes -- and possibly cancer outcomes in the future -- is poised to become...

(International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer) Capturing and summarizing the remarkable progress in lung cancer prevention, diagnosis, staging and treatment in 2016, the International Association for the Study ...

(Rice University) New research strategies are needed to find out how information flows through the brain's neural networks, according to neuroscientists at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine. In a new article...

(McMaster University) Using data from more than 2,100 Canadian children, the researchers found that infants who avoided cow's milk products in their first year were nearly four times as likely to be sensitized to cow's m...