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Four-year-old Rhys Pritchard sustained a small cut above his eye after bumping his head. The problem went worse when he started to show symptoms of necrotising fasciitis, more commonly known as flesh-eating disease.

News Researchers have developed a device that can monitor the body's temperature in real time ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: Wearables

Product Announcement The contactor is a stamped spring pin with 14.5 gram actuation force per pin and cycle life of 100,000 insertions ... Contributed Author: Ironwood Electronics

News In a nanoscale prototype Naik developed as a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford University, custom-designed pylons that were struck by green light ... Contributed Author: Rice University

News As connected technology becomes even more embedded in healthcare, this cyber-threat is only likely to grow ... Contributed Author: Myrsini Athinaiou, The Conversation Topics: Home Healthcare

News Until now, accepted medical practice has assumed that because sleep apnea can promote high blood pressure ... Contributed Author: Dennis Thompson, HealthDay News Topics: Home Healthcare

(University of Exeter) Drinking alcohol improves memory for information learned before the drinking episode began, new research suggests.

(Wolters Kluwer Health) For patients undergoing surgery to repair a bunion deformity of the foot, non-weight-bearing x rays taken immediately after surgery can provide a good estimate of the risk that the bunion will ret...

(Children's National Health System) Since frameworks used to identify adults at heightened risk for such complications are a poor fit for kids, the American Academy of Pediatrics now recommends that pediatricians instead...

(Johns Hopkins Medicine) As the debate surrounding the Affordable Care Act (ACA) looms in the US Congress, Johns Hopkins researchers are weighing in on one aspect of the law. In 2014, as part of the ACA, Maryland was one...

(NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) Transgender women -- at high risk of HIV acquisition -- are a key population for HIV prevention and treatment efforts. A study supported by NIH and Gilead Scien...

(American College of Surgeons) A protocol that standardizes care before, during, and after colorectal operations has reduced hospital stays by more than half, reduced complications by more than one-third, and cut costs u...

(NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) A nine-year-old South African child who was diagnosed with HIV infection at one month of age and received anti-HIV treatment during infancy has suppressed the v...

(Brigham and Women's Hospital) Additional studies needed to evaluate cardiovascular disease risks of long-term, hormone therapy for transgender patients

(The Gerontological Society of America) Recognizing oral health as an essential element of healthy aging, The Gerontological Society of America has released a new white paper -- 'Interprofessional Solutions for Improving...

(Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary) A research team from the Schepens Eye Research Institute of Massachusetts Eye and Ear has successfully prevented mice from developing angiogenesis of the retina--the sensory tissue a...

(Georgia State University) A local start-up, life sciences company founded by Dr. Jenny Yang, Regents' Professor of Biochemistry at Georgia State University, has received a $2 million federal grant to develop improved ma...

(University of British Columbia) New research offers a possible explanation for why a new type of cancer treatment hasn't been working as expected against bladder cancer.

(Kobe University) Human cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a common virus found worldwide. When CMV infects fetuses, it can cause serious complications such as hearing difficulties and mental retardation in affected infants. A gro...

(Brigham and Women's Hospital) Designed by Brigham and Women's Hospital investigators, this tool draws upon recent research that has identified several tests that can be used to calculate an individual's risk score. Now,...

(American College of Surgeons) A well-structured water distribution and documentation process led to increased water intake at one hospital.

(NIH/National Cancer Institute) Investigators at the National Cancer Institute and the Children's Oncology Group announce the opening of enrollment for NCI-COG Pediatric MATCH, a unique precision medicine clinical trial ...