Medical News
NIPPON follow-up: Shorter dual antiplatelet therapy stands the test of time (DAPT)
EurekAlert! - 28 Aug 2017 06:00
(European Society of Cardiology) Three year follow-up of patients who received dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) after placement of a drug-eluting stent (DES) shows that a short course of the therapy continues to be as be...
Photo of the Day: Disease Diagnostics Device Receives Award
Medical Design Technology - 28 Aug 2017 17:20
News It is a portable electroencephalogram (EEG) that uses software for the detection ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: Medical Diagnostics
AMC540, Xilinx Virtex-7 FPGA AMC with Dual DSP
Medical Design Technology - 28 Aug 2017 17:08
Product Announcement The AMC540 is a double-module AMC (Advanced Mezzanine Card) with Xilinx Virtex-7 XC7VX690T FPGA ... Contributed Author: VadaTech
New Wrapping Material Enables High Quality Bioimaging
Medical Design Technology - 28 Aug 2017 16:58
News The team then tested the nanosheet's wrapping properties by using alginate hydrogel to simulate biological samples such as tissue ... Contributed Author: Hokkaido University
Augmented Reality Technology May Help Guide Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Medical Design Technology - 28 Aug 2017 16:52
News The researchers used a high-definition digital camera to capture 3D image of the facial surface and computed tomography scans ... Contributed Author: Wolters Kluwer Health Topics: Surgical
How Robots Could Bridge the Elder-Care Gap
Medical Design Technology - 28 Aug 2017 16:27
News In reality, many of the robots that will provide support for older adults who "age in place" ... Contributed Author: Cynthia Matuszek, The Conversation Topics: Home Healthcare
Bag-mask ventilation fails to improve on endotracheal intubation in cardiac arrest (CAAM)
EurekAlert! - 28 Aug 2017 06:00
(European Society of Cardiology) Bag-mask ventilation fails to improve on endotracheal intubation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients, according to late-breaking results from the CAAM trial presented today in a Ho...
Atrial fibrillation and blood pressure: More than just a number (AFFIRM)
EurekAlert! - 28 Aug 2017 06:00
(European Society of Cardiology) New research presented at ESC Congress today shows, for the first time, that blood pressure control is pivotal in reducing major bleeding and stroke risk in patients with atrial fibrillat...
Anti-aldosterones save lives in STEMI heart attack patients: ALBATROSS, REMINDER
EurekAlert! - 28 Aug 2017 06:00
(European Society of Cardiology) Certain heart attack patients who have ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) are significantly more likely to survive if they are treated immediately with anti-aldosterone-ty...
Closure of left atrial appendage during heart surgery protects the brain (LAACS)
EurekAlert! - 28 Aug 2017 06:00
(European Society of Cardiology) Closure of the left atrial appendage during heart surgery protects the brain, according to late-breaking research presented today in a Hot Line LBCT Session at ESC Congress.1 The results ...
Combination of conventional and new drugs enhances tumor cell death
EurekAlert! - 28 Aug 2017 06:00
(D'Or Institute for Research and Education) In a recent study published in the scientific journal Translational Oncology, a group of Brazilian researchers tested the therapeutic effect of a combination of conventional --...
Compounds in cocoa may help delay onset of type 2 diabetes
EurekAlert! - 28 Aug 2017 06:00
(Brigham Young University) What if eating chocolate helped prevent and treat diabetes? It's crazy enough to laugh off.But here's the thing: BYU researchers have discovered certain compounds found in cocoa can actually he...
Chronic lack of sleep increases risk-seeking
EurekAlert! - 28 Aug 2017 06:00
(University of Zurich) Sleepiness, reduced concentration and performance -- more and more people are suffering from the consequences of a chronic lack of sleep. Researchers at the University of Zurich have now demonstrat...
Apixaban lowers stroke risk in AF patients undergoing cardioversion (EMANATE)
EurekAlert! - 28 Aug 2017 06:00
(European Society of Cardiology) Apixaban lowers the risk of stroke compared to warfarin in anticoagulation-naïve patients with atrial fibrillation scheduled for elective cardioversion, according to late-breaking result...
Education and feedback improve use of stroke prevention drugs in AF (IMPACT-AF)
EurekAlert! - 28 Aug 2017 06:00
(European Society of Cardiology) Education of healthcare providers and patients with atrial fibrillation has led to a 9 percent absolute increase in the use of anticoagulation therapies to reduce stroke, according to lat...
GW researcher awarded $2 million to study natural immune response to HIV
EurekAlert! - 28 Aug 2017 06:00
(George Washington University) GW researcher received an almost $2 million grant to study the body's natural defenses against HIV in order to drive development of better vaccines and therapies.
Grid-based continual analysis of molecular interior for drug discovery, QSAR and QSPR
EurekAlert! - 28 Aug 2017 06:00
(Bentham Science Publishers) A series of grid-based computational technologies for in silico virtual screening and molecular design of new drugs is proposed. The technologies are based on original CoMIn (Continual Molecu...
Ibuprofen associated with blood pressure rise in arthritis patients at cardiovascular risk
EurekAlert! - 28 Aug 2017 06:00
(European Society of Cardiology) Ibuprofen is associated with increased blood pressure and hypertension compared to celecoxib in patients with osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis and increased risk of cardiovascular d...
Inclisiran lowers 'bad' cholesterol for up to 1 year (ORION 1)
EurekAlert! - 28 Aug 2017 06:00
(European Society of Cardiology) Inclisiran lowers low-density lipoprotein (LDL; 'bad') cholesterol for up to one year in patients with high cardiovascular risk and elevated LDL cholesterol, according to late-breaking re...
Infants' race influences quality of hospital care in California, Stanford study finds
EurekAlert! - 28 Aug 2017 06:00
(Stanford University Medical Center) Infants' racial and ethnic identities influence the quality of medical care they receive in California's neonatal intensive care units, a study from the Stanford University School of ...
Is telomere length associated with the cognitive response to a lifestyle intervention?
EurekAlert! - 28 Aug 2017 06:00
(IOS Press) A new study from the FINGER trial team shows that participants with shorter leukocyte telomere length had more pronounced benefits on cognition following the multidomain lifestyle intervention.
It's not a rat's race for human stem cells grafted to repair spinal cord injuries
EurekAlert! - 28 Aug 2017 06:00
(University of California - San Diego) More than one-and-a-half years after implantation, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and the San Diego Veterans Administration Medical Center repo...