Medical News
Photo of the Day: 3D Printing Trending in China
Medical Design Technology - 21 Aug 2017 17:27
3D printing within the medical field has been trending in China ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler
Using Machine Learning to Improve Patient Care
Medical Design Technology - 21 Aug 2017 17:01
News Integrated ICU data is vital to automating the process of predicting patients' health outcomes ... Contributed Author: Rachel Gordon, CSAIL
Smart Computers
Medical Design Technology - 21 Aug 2017 16:46
News The information is processed layer for layer, that is in multiple steps with the help of a non-linear function ... Contributed Author: University of Freiburg Topics: Neurology
New Bioimaging Technique Is Fast and Economical
Medical Design Technology - 21 Aug 2017 16:09
News As its name implies, optical imaging uses light to investigate a target ... Contributed Author: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Topics: Medical Diagnostics
Wireless Motion Capture Device with Widespread Applications in Fitness, Health
Medical Design Technology - 21 Aug 2017 16:05
News It can use a number of wireless 3-D motion sensors to cover the full body and specialist software to capture data that can be easily accessed ... Contributed Author: Phys.org
Pediatricians Issue New Guidelines For Identifying High Blood Pressure In Children
Tech Times - 21 Aug 2017 15:40
High blood pressure in children may soon be easier to identify and manage with AAP's new guidelines. The guidelines recommend annual routine blood pressure measurements and use of blood pressure lowering medications.
Smokers 20 Percent More Likely To Quit Smoking When Cigarette Prices Increase
Tech Times - 21 Aug 2017 12:46
Older smokers are 20 percent more likely to quit smoking with just a $1 increase in cigarette prices. Can price hikes also encourage younger smokers to quit the unhealthy habit?
New vision and strengthened partnership for WHO and China
WHO - 21 Aug 2017 10:25
21 August 2017 | GENEVA - WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus concluded a 3-day official visit to the People's Republic of China paving the way for stronger and more strategic WHO-China collaborations. Outcom...
Collaborative effort aims to replace rabbit test for personal lubricant products
EurekAlert! - 21 Aug 2017 06:00
(Institute for In Vitro Sciences) A first-of-its kind collaborative project is underway to find a non-animal test method to replace the rabbit vaginal irritation test for personal lubricants. The US Food and Drug Adminis...
Global group to investigate genetic causes of cerebral palsy
EurekAlert! - 21 Aug 2017 06:00
(University of Adelaide) A new international research group has been established to investigate the underlying genetic causes of cerebral palsy, spurred on by the discoveries of University of Adelaide researchers.
Harvard-Osher integrative medicine's mind-body partnership with JACM
EurekAlert! - 21 Aug 2017 06:00
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) The Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital has engaged a partnership with JACM, The Journal of Alternative and C...
Heart Safe program boosts CPR and AED use in participating communities
EurekAlert! - 21 Aug 2017 06:00
(Allina Health ) Allina Health researchers say individuals in Heart Safe Communities who suffer out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) are four times more likely to receive chest compressions (CPR) and twice as likely to...
JAX receives $2 million NIGMS grant to study role of RNA structure in gene regulation
EurekAlert! - 21 Aug 2017 06:00
(Jackson Laboratory) With new funding from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences totaling $2,059,618 over five years, JAX Assistant Professor Zhengqing Ouyang, Ph.D., will build a research program to reveal ...
Link between cells associated with aging and bone loss
EurekAlert! - 21 Aug 2017 06:00
(Mayo Clinic) Mayo Clinic researchers have reported a causal link between senescent cells -- the cells associated with aging and age-related disease -- and bone loss in mice. Targeting these cells led to an increase in b...
Many young cancer patients do not receive adequate fertility information and support
EurekAlert! - 21 Aug 2017 06:00
(Wiley) All cancer patients of reproductive age should be provided with fertility information and referrals for fertility preservation.
McLean researchers uncover security issues with health apps for dementia patients
EurekAlert! - 21 Aug 2017 06:00
(McLean Hospital) In a recent paper, a team of McLean Hospital researchers reported that many health apps designed to assist dementia patients and their caregivers have inadequate security policies or lack security polic...
New 'SIREN' Network seeks to improve emergency care clinical trials
EurekAlert! - 21 Aug 2017 06:00
(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) Michigan Medicine will serve as the clinical coordinating center of a new emergency care clinical trial network. How the federally funded network seeks to improve patient outc...
New meta-analysis shows peer influence doubles smoking risk for adolescents
EurekAlert! - 21 Aug 2017 06:00
(University of Pennsylvania) Having friends who smoke doubles the risk that youth ages 10 to 19 will pick up the habit, finds new meta-analysis of 75 longitudinal teen smoking studies. This influence is more powerful in ...
Newly developed nomograms provide accurate predictions for patients with oropharyngeal cancer
EurekAlert! - 21 Aug 2017 06:00
(NRG Oncology) NRG Oncology researchers recently developed and validated a nomogram that can predict 2-year and 5-year overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) for patients with local-regionally advanced...
Once invincible superbug squashed by 'superteam' of antibiotics
EurekAlert! - 21 Aug 2017 06:00
(University at Buffalo) University at Buffalo researchers have assembled a team of three antibiotics that, together, are capable of eradicating E. coli carrying mcr-1 and ndm-5 -- genes that make the bacterium immune to ...
Our brains do change from early to mid-adulthood
EurekAlert! - 21 Aug 2017 06:00
(Frontiers) Scientists in China have been able to accurately estimate an individual's age from their brain structure. The researchers found that significant microstructural changes occur in the brain from early to mid-ad...
Overcoming the last line of antibiotic resistance against bacterial infections
EurekAlert! - 21 Aug 2017 06:00
(Frontiers) A recent study published in Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology presents a comprehensive overview of S. aureus' remarkable resilience against our body's immune system and how to better protect ag...