Medical News
Young people with chronic illness more likely to attempt suicide
EurekAlert! - 17 Aug 2017 06:00
(University of Waterloo) Young people between the ages of 15 and 30 living with a chronic illness are three times more likely to attempt suicide than their healthy peers, according to a new study from the University of W...
First successful wild whale shark health assessments performed
EurekAlert! - 17 Aug 2017 06:00
(Georgia Aquarium ) For the first time ever, scientists successfully performed health assessments, including collecting blood and biological samples, taking measurements and attaching satellite tracking tags, to a popula...
Poisonings went hand in hand with the drinking water in Pompeii
EurekAlert! - 17 Aug 2017 06:00
(University of Southern Denmark) The ancient Romans were famous for their advanced water supply. But the drinking water in the pipelines was probably poisoned on a scale that may have led to daily problems with vomiting,...
Roman Pipes Delivered Water -- And Toxic Antimony
Discover - 17 Aug 2017 21:11
The elaborate system of pipes that carried water to Roman households was an engineering marvel--for its time. Unfortunately, their sophisticated water utility may have been poisoning everyone. An analysis of a pipe fragm...
Hacking for Health : Students Collaborate On ICT Solutions To Address Urban Health Challenges
Medical Design Technology - 17 Aug 2017 14:32
Article Organizers set out to showcase how information communication technology (ICT) solutions could help meet the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in developing countries ... Contributed Author: Karen McCabe
Video of the Day: TinkerENG- After the Drawing Board
Medical Design Technology - 17 Aug 2017 14:31
Videos What should the designer consider after making the initial sketches ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler
Drug-Delivering Micromotors Treat Their First Bacterial Infection in The Stomach
Medical Design Technology - 17 Aug 2017 14:30
News This micromotor-enabled delivery approach is a promising new method for treating stomach and gastrointestinal tract diseases ... Contributed Author: Phys.org Topics: Surgical
Scientists Use Magnetic Fields to Remotely Stimulate Brain -- and Control Body Movements
Medical Design Technology - 17 Aug 2017 14:30
News The technique researchers developed is called magneto-thermal stimulation ... Contributed Author: University at Buffalo Topics: Neurology
Defeating Cyberattacks on 3-D printers
Medical Design Technology - 17 Aug 2017 14:30
For their study, the researchers bought several 3D printers and showed that it's possible to hack into a computer's firmware ... Contributed Author: Rutgers University
You're Likely Hurting Yourself When Grooming Your Pubic Hair: Study
Tech Times - 17 Aug 2017 13:03
In a new study, one out of four individuals has reported getting injured while doing pubic hair removal and trimming. Find out the range of pubic hair grooming injuries in this research on nearly 7,600 American adults.
Energy dense foods may increase cancer risk regardless of obesity status
EurekAlert! - 17 Aug 2017 06:00
(Elsevier) While there is a proven link between obesity and certain types of cancer, less is known about how the ratio of energy to food weight, otherwise known as dietary energy density (DED), contributes to cancer risk...
Experiences of stroke survivors with visual impairments examined
EurekAlert! - 17 Aug 2017 06:00
(University of Liverpool) A new University of Liverpool study, published in Brain and Behaviour, identifies simple measures that could substantially improve the quality of life of stroke survivors with visual impairments...
Families bear most of the costs related to dementia care
EurekAlert! - 17 Aug 2017 06:00
(Wiley) A new study on the lifetime cost of dementia indicates that families of people living with the disease incur the largest financial burden.
Female mouse embryos actively remove male reproductive systems
EurekAlert! - 17 Aug 2017 06:00
(NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences) A protein called COUP-TFII determines whether a mouse embryo develops a male reproductive tract, according to researchers at the National Institutes of Health and...
Do occupational factors affect reproductive health and chronic disease risk for nurses?
EurekAlert! - 17 Aug 2017 06:00
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) A prospective study of more than 20,000 nurses aged 20-45 years, 88 percent of whom had worked night shifts, reported their most common health issues, disease history, re...
How the genome sets its functional micro-architecture
EurekAlert! - 17 Aug 2017 06:00
(Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) EPFL scientists show how DNA is organized into specific regions, and that this depends on a combination of genomic distance and the presence of the CTCF protein.
Lab tests show molecule appears to spur cell death in tumors, inflammation
EurekAlert! - 17 Aug 2017 06:00
(Duke University Medical Center) A drug-like molecule developed by Duke Health researchers appears to intercede in an inflammatory response that is at the center of a variety of diseases, including some cancers, rheumato...
Latency of seizures determined by diet
EurekAlert! - 17 Aug 2017 06:00
(Hiroshima University) Scientists are increasingly appreciating estrogen's role in brain health. The latest research from Hiroshima University connecting DHA synthesis to estrogen production, and consequentially brain he...
Leading cancer research organizations to host cancer immunotherapy conference
EurekAlert! - 17 Aug 2017 06:00
(American Association for Cancer Research) The Cancer Research Institute, the Association for Cancer Immunotherapy, the European Academy of Tumor Immunology, and the American Association for Cancer Research will sponsor ...
New proposal for a subspecies definition triggered by a new longhorn beetle subspecies
EurekAlert! - 17 Aug 2017 06:00
(Pensoft Publishers) The discovery of a new Scandinavian longhorn beetle subspecies triggered a discussion on the vague classification rank. As a result, a newly proposed subspecies definition has been published along wi...
New study reassures women about the safety of vaginal estrogen
EurekAlert! - 17 Aug 2017 06:00
(The North American Menopause Society (NAMS)) Although hot flashes are the most commonly reported problem associated with menopause, between 20 percent and 45 percent of women also complain of sexual and urinary issues. ...
Noninvasive eye scan could detect key signs of Alzheimer's years before patients show symptoms
EurekAlert! - 17 Aug 2017 06:00
(Cedars-Sinai Medical Center) Cedars-Sinai neuroscience investigators have found that Alzheimer's disease affects the retina -- the back of the eye -- similarly to the way it affects the brain. The study also revealed th...