Medical News
New ZEISS Celldiscoverer 7 for Live Cell Imaging
Medical Design Technology - 25 Aug 2017 15:25
News The new optical design of ZEISS Celldiscoverer 7 together with advanced automatic calibration routines ... Contributed Author: ZEISS
UNC-Chapel Hill reaches milestone in development of Kinase Chemogenomic Set
EurekAlert! - 25 Aug 2017 06:00
(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) The Structural Genomics Consortium at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (SGC-UNC), in partnership with the DiscoverX Corporation, has reached the milestone half...
New Google Tool Can Help Diagnose Clinical Depression
Tech Times - 25 Aug 2017 17:34
Google and the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) worked together to help Google users who may be suffering from depression. The partnership brings a reliable depression severity diagnosis tool accessible to user...
Next-Generation Drug Testing On Chips
Medical Design Technology - 25 Aug 2017 15:20
News The device is smaller than a microscope glass slide ... Contributed Author: Kyoto University Topics: Medical Diagnostics
Researchers Report Better Way to Create Organic Bioelectronics
Medical Design Technology - 25 Aug 2017 15:18
News The new fabrication method involves the electrospraying of monodisperse poly microspheres on gold substrates ... Contributed Author: University of Houston
Highly Flexible, Wearable Displays
Medical Design Technology - 25 Aug 2017 15:14
News Because of this technical limitation, clothing-shaped wearable displays were thought to be unreachable technology ... Contributed Author: The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) Topics: Wearab...
Exoskeletons May Help Children with Cerebral Palsy Avoid Crouch Gait
Medical Design Technology - 25 Aug 2017 15:10
News The exoskeleton, Lerner said, is a first step toward helping kids overcome crouch gait ... Contributed Author: Alan Mozes, HealthDay News Topics: Prosthetics
Poor REM Sleep Linked To Increased Dementia Risk: Study
Tech Times - 25 Aug 2017 12:11
Researchers found that people who experienced lesser amounts of REM sleep are more at risk of developing dementia in the long run. The results of the study show a strong correlation between REM sleep and increased dement...
Quality Of High School Friendships Linked To Mental Health In Adulthood
Tech Times - 25 Aug 2017 11:53
Researchers found that close high school friendships directly predict mental health improvements in young adulthood. Having high-quality friendships at 15 years old predict less social anxiety and fewer signs of depressi...
Mothers with pre-eclampsia may encounter challenges later in life
EurekAlert! - 25 Aug 2017 06:00
(Mayo Clinic) A new study has found that a condition that threatens the lives of some pregnant women and the fetus may continue to put the mother at risk later in life.
NIH awards BU more than $5 million to continue Alzheimer's research
EurekAlert! - 25 Aug 2017 06:00
(Boston University School of Medicine) The National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Aging has awarded the Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center (BU ADC) a three-year, $5.4 million grant to continue rese...
New research on Fragile X syndrome reinforces importance of early detection
EurekAlert! - 25 Aug 2017 06:00
(Vanderbilt University) New insights into the long-lasting effects of Fragile X syndrome on connections in the brain during early development highlight the importance of early detection and treatment.
€3.7 million project for the next generation of brain tumor researchers
EurekAlert! - 25 Aug 2017 06:00
(University of Plymouth) A pan-European initiative led by the University of Plymouth designed to train the next generation of brain tumor researchers, has received funding of almost €3.7 million from the European Commi...
Study paves the way for cancer treatments that might prevent relapses after radiotherapy
EurekAlert! - 25 Aug 2017 06:00
(Fundação de Amparo Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo) Brazilian researchers suggest that the combination of drugs that block a protein called PAF-R may increase radiotherapy's killing of tumor cells by one third. The e...
Which TAVR patients are at risk for hospital readmission?
EurekAlert! - 25 Aug 2017 06:00
(University at Buffalo) As more elderly patients undergo the minimally invasive heart valve procedure called Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVR), concerns have been raised as to what causes some to be readmitt...
Researchers predicted when cholera epidemic in Yemen would peak
EurekAlert! - 25 Aug 2017 06:00
(Hokkaido University) Hokkaido University scientists has developed a new mathematical model which accurately forecast that a devastating cholera epidemic in Yemen would peak by early July, the 26th week of 2017 and the c...
10 million reasons that treatment of cancers caused by viruses may advance
EurekAlert! - 25 Aug 2017 06:00
(Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center) The National Institute of General Medical Sciences has awarded LSU Health New Orleans a $10 million grant over five years to support new basic research studies advancin...
4th ESCMID Conference on Vaccines: New and old diseases in children and adults; unmet needs
EurekAlert! - 25 Aug 2017 06:00
(European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases) Registration is open for the 4th ESCMID Conference on Vaccines. New and old diseases in children and adults: unmet needs in Dubrovnik, Croatia, Sept. 8-...
Augmented reality technology may help guide plastic and reconstructive surgery
EurekAlert! - 25 Aug 2017 06:00
(Wolters Kluwer Health) A plastic surgery research group has developed an augmented reality system that enables them to create 3D simulations of the desired results of facial reconstructive procedures and project them ov...
Flame retardants and likelihood of pregnancy in women undergoing fertility treatments
EurekAlert! - 25 Aug 2017 06:00
(Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health) Women with higher urinary concentrations of a common type of flame retardant had reduced likelihood of clinical pregnancy and live birth than those with lower concentrations, a...
For pregnancy or profit: Motive for undergoing IVF may alter the experience
EurekAlert! - 25 Aug 2017 06:00
(Yale University) A new study published in the journal Social Science and Medicine compares the physical, emotional, and cognitive experiences of women undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) either to become pregnant or...
Given the choice, zebrafish willingly dose themselves with opioids
EurekAlert! - 25 Aug 2017 06:00
(University of Utah Health) Researchers at University of Utah Health devised a system that allowed zebrafish to self-administer doses of hydrocodone, an opioid commonly prescribed to people for pain, to study drug depend...