Medical News

Product Announcement New cable assemblies provide high-density test solution at 50 GHz in lightweight, compact package ... Contributed Author: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Topics: STEM

News The new Fraunhofer technology uses the individual surface micro-structure and color texture of components and semi-finished products ... Contributed Author: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Topics: STEM

News A cochlear implant is a biomedical device surgically implanted in the cochlea to replace the function of the damaged inner ear ... Contributed Author: University of Texas at Dallas Topics: Implantables

News Cohen spent much of his career working with fuzzy-logic based AI in drones ... Contributed Author: University of Cincinnati Topics: Medical Diagnostics

A rare mutation that nearly killed a young girl has revealed insights into the common cold. Researchers from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases conducted a genetic analysis of a child who had been ...

News The device can be used for both screening or for the patients to use at home ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: Cardiovascular

News Major companies including Apple, Google, and Amazon are developing technologies to help those with diabetes manage their illness ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: Diabetes

News In the new study, the researchers first generated human iPSCs from fetal cells taken from amniotic fluid from two pregnancies ... Contributed Author: Cell Press Topics: STEM

News Organ-on-a-chip (OOAC) technology holds great potential in helping screen drugs in a more cost-effective manner, reducing failures ... Contributed Author: Future Science Group Topics: Implantables

News Exhibitors include a variety of medical technology companies, including ones who develop medical devices, systems, and make the components ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: STEM

Product Announcement ZEISS ZEN 2 core is not only used as a tool for image analysis and interactive control of microscopes ... Contributed Author: ZEISS Topics: STEM

Two persons who made separate trips to Rio Las Vegas Hotel and Casino have recently fallen ill with Legionnaire's disease. Now in New York City, an East Harlem precinct also have a potential case of the disease.

WHO Director-General elect, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is in the United States of America 12-17 June to share his vision for the WHO with global leaders, before taking up his new position on 1 July. Over 5 days Dr Ted...

(University of Helsinki) According to a recent study, a common periodontal pathogen may delay concepcion in young women.

(Boston University Medical Center) Emily Oot, a third-year graduate student at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), has received a national research service award to study risk factors for the initiation of alcoh...

(Society of Nuclear Medicine) Patients with neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) may experience fewer symptoms and survive longer by undergoing peptide-receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT) combined with a drug that makes tumor c...

(University of Michigan) A chemical currently being used to ward off mosquitoes carrying the Zika virus and a commonly used insecticide that was threatened with a ban in the United States have been associated with reduce...

(Society of Nuclear Medicine) The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) recognized seven new SNMMI Fellows during a Special Plenary Session at the society's 2017Annual Meeting, held June 10-14 in Denv...

(Université de Genève) Neuroscientists from UNIGE and the HUG have recently put forward an original hypothesis -- all these cognitive functions rely on one central function: emulation. This function creates an abstract...

(Brigham and Women's Hospital) In a new study at Brigham and Women's Hospital, researchers objectively measured sleep and circadian rhythms, and the association to academic performance in college students, finding that i...

(University of Iowa) The number of suicides among farmers and farmworkers in the United States has remained stubbornly high since the end of the 1980s farm crisis, much higher than workers in many other industries, accor...

(Harvard Medical School) People with low levels of vitamin A living with individuals sick with tuberculosis may be 10 times more likely to develop the disease than people with high levels of the nutrient, according to re...