Medical News

The handling of the Flint water crisis that started in 2014 was a mess to say the least, resulting in 14 people dying from lead exposure. Because of this, four Michigan health officials are facing manslaughter charges as...

A new chemical that can produce suntan without the damaging effects of UV radiation may be used along with sunscreen. Here's how it works for better protection against skin cancer and aging.

News I stopped by Myriad Fiber Imaging, a company that develops endoscopes ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler

News This robot is showcasing the triflex RSE, a plastic cable carrier used on multi axis robot applications ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: STEM

Abuse of older people on the rise - 1 in 6 affected

News This system could be applied to diagnostics ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: Medical Diagnostics

Product Announcement The system integrates a self-clinching nut, stud, or standoff pre-installed ... Contributed Author: PennEngineering Topics: STEM

Researchers focused on metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGluR5) receptors ... Contributed Author: Society of Nuclear Medicine Topics: Medical Diagnostics

News Their robotic-assisted rehabilitation therapy, combined with standard rehabilitation ... Contributed Author: Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology(UNIST) Topics: Neurology

Article Additive manufacturing, in theory, offered Superfeet the ability to convert a customer's foot shape into a digital data that could be stored, transmitted and tailored to a custom insole ... Contributed Author: Jo...

A new study revealed that regular consumption of fried potato products can lead to higher death risk. Frequent consumption of french fries can also cause early deaths.

Ten-month-old conjoined twins Erin and Abby Delaney were successfully separated from each other at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. The twins were joined to each other by their head, in a rare condition known as ...

(European League Against Rheumatism) The results of a meta-analysis presented today at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology 2017 press conference has demonstrated that early therapeutic intervention in patients w...

(Boston University Medical Center) Boston Medical Center, in partnership with Action for Boston Community Development's Head Start program, has helped mothers experience a 40 percent reduction in the emergence of clinica...

(University of California - Berkeley) Haute couture can be credited for enhancing more than catwalks and red carpets. New research from the University of California, Berkeley suggests that the 3D or 'stereoscopic' vision...

(European League Against Rheumatism) The results of a pharmacokinetic study presented today at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology 2017 showed no or negligible placental transfer of the anti-TNF drug certolizuma...

(Austen Riggs Center) The Boston Globe Spotlight Team won the Riggs prize for their story 'The San Antonio Way: How one Texas city took on mental health as a community -- and became a national model,' part of the series,...

(Université de Genève) APS is caused by antibodies circulating in the blood plasma that are directed against a protein, which increase the blood's tendency to form clots. The actual diagnostic test currently used has a...

(Deutsches Aerzteblatt International) In couples who have not been able to have children, male infertility is the cause in at least half of cases. In 6-10% the cause is a urogenital infection. The risk of irreversible in...

(Oregon State University) College students attending an Oregon university are using more marijuana now that the drug is legal for recreational use, but the increase is largely among students who also report recent heavy ...

(Virginia Commonwealth University) For the first time, scientists at VCU Massey Cancer Center have uncovered a mechanism that makes lung cancer cells dependent on mutated versions of the gene p53, opening the potential f...

(University of Texas at Dallas) A new study from the Center for Vital Longevity at The University of Texas at Dallas has found that the amount of amyloid plaques in a person's brain predicts the rate at which his or her ...