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(Canadian Medical Association Journal) After cannabis is legalized, Canada should continue with a separate medical cannabis stream to keep patients safe, argues a commentary in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal)...

A woman initially thought her eye problem was caused by old age and dry eyes. She was supposed to undergo cataract surgery when doctors discovered a blue mass that turned out to be contact lenses stuck together in her ey...

The SDG Health Price Tag, published today in The Lancet Global Health, estimates the costs and benefits of progressively expanding health services in order to reach 16 Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) health targets in...

News The surgery was performed by Dr. Wendell Gibby, a neurologist and CEO of Novarad ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: Surgical

Up to 20 million mosquitoes infected by the Wolbachia bacteria will be released in California to fight zika, dengue and chikungunya. Does this technique pose safety risk to humans and other species?

Product Announcement The device is designed without a coupling device between the motor and ball screw, allowing for a low mass of inertia and a high power density ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: STEM

News Zeus Sub-Lite-Wall StreamLiner XT tubing is the first offering in the StreamLiner series, featuring an impressive maximum wall thickness of 0.00075" (0.01905 mm) ... Contributed Author: Zeus Industrial Products Inc....

News The measurement -- called the CT fat attenuation index (FAI) -- is based on changes in the size of fat cells ... Contributed Author: UPI Topics: Medical Diagnostics

News The report highlights Vectorious Medical Technologies, an Israeli company developing the world's first digital wireless sensory implant for measuring LAP ... Contributed Author: Business Wire Topics: Implantables

Four new studies found evidence suggesting that stress of poverty and racism are factors that can increase risk of dementia in African Americans. The findings back up earlier studies that link stress and changes in the b...

A new study warns against the potential dangers of artificial sweeteners, specifically how they could cause long-term weight gain and other health problems.

(Penn State) Physicians should consider blood testing of female adolescents for iron deficiency within a few years of starting menses, according to two studies by Penn State College of Medicine researchers.

(The Gerontological Society of America) The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) -- the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging -- has chosen XinQi Dong, MD, MPH, FGSA, of the Rus...

(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) A new study has shown that the new Service Intensity Add-on (SIA) payment for in-person routine home hospice care during the last 7 days of life, which was added to Medic...

(University of Washington Health Sciences/UW Medicine) A study looking at the cumulative effects of depression in youth, found that young people with chronic or severe forms of depression were at elevated risk for develo...

(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) A five-minute encounter with an outsider spurs a cascade of changes in gene activity in the brain that can last for hours, researchers report in a study of stickleback fish.

(University of Oxford) Bacteria passed straight to children have more healthcare benefits than if they are transmitted via the surrounding environment, new Oxford University research reveals.

(University of Cambridge) A new research group focused on improving the care of patients with traumatic brain injury in low- and middle-income countries has been established at the University of Cambridge.

(Johns Hopkins Medicine) Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine report evidence that zebrafishes' natural ability to regenerate their eyes' retinal tissue can be accelerated by controlling the fishes' immune systems. Beca...

(The Gerontological Society of America) The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) -- the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging -- has chosen Giyeon Kim, PhD, of the University of...

(The Gerontological Society of America) The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) -- the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging -- has chosen Neal Krause, PhD, FGSA, of the Univer...

(Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center) Scientists from an international consortium have identified a large number of new genetic markers that predispose individuals to lupus.