Medical News
WMFTG Expands Process Pump Range to Cater for Upscaling Biopharm Projects
Medical Design Technology - 20 Jul 2017 21:26
News The existing 120 and 530 models are now joined by 630 and 730 higher flow pumps, ensuring that plants looking to upscale research projects ... Contributed Author: Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group
No Battery, No Wire, No Problem
Medical Design Technology - 20 Jul 2017 22:49
News The power that creates the electrical current needed for the robots' movement is delivered wirelessly using electromagnetic power transmission ... Contributed Author: Wyss Institute
TIM for Low Thermal Resistance
Medical Design Technology - 20 Jul 2017 22:39
Product Announcement Additionally, it is preferred for applications that need a material compression between 30 percent and 50 percent ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler
Photo of the Day: Calling Dr. AI
Medical Design Technology - 20 Jul 2017 21:11
News Using one snapshot, Face2gene is able to detect over 2,000 syndromes ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: Medical Diagnostics
First Came Smart Watches--Now Smart Clothing?
Medical Design Technology - 20 Jul 2017 21:08
News The main components include a PCB and bare fabric which isn't produced by BeBop ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: Wearables
Coffee Recalled Over Ingredient Similar To Viagra And Undeclared Milk
Tech Times - 20 Jul 2017 20:02
A coffee sold over the counter as a male enhancement product contains an ingredient similar to sildenafil, the active ingredient of erectile dysfunction drug Viagra. Why is this a bad thing?
WHO urges action against HIV drug resistance threat
WHO - 20 Jul 2017 17:57
WHO has detailed an increasing trend of resistance to HIV drugs in a new report, warning that this is a growing threat. The 2017 WHO HIV drug resistance report shows that in 6 of the 11 countries surveyed, over 10% of pe...
Healthier Living Could Slash Dementia Cases By One-Third: Report
Tech Times - 20 Jul 2017 15:37
Dementia prevention techniques that involve diet, quitting smoking, and changing one's lifestyle may slash cases by one-third, experts reveal. Learn how leading a healthier life could save you from this brain disorder.
MRI Device Could Bridge Neuro-Technologies for Medical Diagnostics, Increase Safety
Medical Design Technology - 20 Jul 2017 14:32
News The technology being developed could work simultaneously with any MRI system to record electro-physiological signals during MRI scanning ... Contributed Author: Phys.org Topics: Medical Diagnostics
Video of the Day: Vest Monitors Lungs
Medical Design Technology - 20 Jul 2017 14:30
Videos Using radar technology, the vest can "see through" the chest and detect fluid levels inside the lungs ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: Medical Diagnostics
VTD-BD Series Voltage Transducer
Medical Design Technology - 20 Jul 2017 14:30
Product Announcement Specifically, it is designed for circuits to 600 VDC ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler
Finding the Middle Ground Between Research and Development
Medical Design Technology - 20 Jul 2017 14:29
Article The vast majority of medical device research goes towards incremental improvements in product design or function rather than into revolutionary new products ... Contributed Author: David J. Giles, Battelle
Ensuring Quality Management Amidst Regulatory and Design Technology Changes
Medical Design Technology - 20 Jul 2017 14:28
Article New requirements for destination labeling, brought about by globalization, are on a collision course ... Contributed Author: Ardi Batmanghelidj
Immune-cell numbers predict response to combination immunotherapy in melanoma
EurekAlert! - 20 Jul 2017 06:00
(University of California - San Francisco) Whether a melanoma patient will better respond to a single immunotherapy drug or two in combination depends on the abundance of certain white blood cells within their tumors, ac...
High levels of antibiotic-resistance in Indian poultry farming raises concerns
EurekAlert! - 20 Jul 2017 06:00
(Burness) A new study from India raises questions about the dangers to human health of farming chicken with growth-promoting antibiotics -- including some of the same drugs used in raising millions of chickens in the Uni...
Duke Endowment grant to help UNC Lineberger roll out lay patient navigation program in N.C.
EurekAlert! - 20 Jul 2017 06:00
(UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center) The Duke Endowment of Charlotte, N.C., has awarded a three-year, $600,000 grant to UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center to establish a multi-institutional lay patient na...
Heritage and ancient grain project feeds a growing demand
EurekAlert! - 20 Jul 2017 06:00
(Cornell University) After a century of markets dominated by a few types of wheat and white flour, ancient and heritage wheat varieties are making a comeback. Restaurants and bakeries that promote organic and local agric...
Nutrition advice aimed at children also improves parents' diets
EurekAlert! - 20 Jul 2017 06:00
(European Society of Cardiology) Nutrition advice aimed at children also improves parents' diets, according to research published today in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.
Francis Crick Institute to train top African scientists
EurekAlert! - 20 Jul 2017 06:00
(The Francis Crick Institute) The Francis Crick Institute and five partner institutes in Africa have today announced a fellowship program to train African researchers to tackle infectious diseases in their home countries...
Concurrent chemotherapy, proton therapy improves survival in patients with advanced lung cancer
EurekAlert! - 20 Jul 2017 06:00
(University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) For patients with advanced, inoperable stage 3 lung cancer, concurrent chemotherapy and the specialized radiation treatment, proton therapy, offers improved survival com...
Opioids and obesity, not 'despair deaths,' raising mortality rates for white Americans
EurekAlert! - 20 Jul 2017 06:00
(University of Colorado at Boulder) Drug-related deaths among middle-aged white men increased more than 25-fold between 1980 and 2014, with the bulk of that spike occurring since the mid-1990s when addictive prescription...
Our brains synchronise during a conversation
EurekAlert! - 20 Jul 2017 06:00
(FECYT - Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology) The rhythms of brainwaves between two people taking part in a conversation begin to match each other. This is the conclusion of a study published in the magazine Sc...