Medical News
Photo of the Day: New Tool for Parkinson's Diagnosis
Medical Design Technology - 6 Sep 2017 16:38
News researchers from RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia have developed a diagnostic software that can diagnose Parkinson's Disease ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: Medical Diagnostics
Bioprocessing Components
Medical Design Technology - 6 Sep 2017 16:31
Product Announcement \Our line of bioprocessing accessories includes Pharmafluor(R) tubing, barbed connectors and flanges ... Contributed Author: Qosina
HIFU Kills Benign Tumors
Medical Design Technology - 6 Sep 2017 16:24
News It works by concentrating the ultrasound energy to a small area (on the tumor). The energy is released, raising the temperature in the area, which produces a therapeutic effect ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics...
New App Replaces Ultrasound with Smartphone Camera to Measure Heart Health
Medical Design Technology - 6 Sep 2017 16:16
News The app works because the walls of arteries are almost completely elastic--they expand and contract with each beat of the heart ... Contributed Author: California Institute of Technology Topics: Medical Diagnostics
New Biosecurity Initiative Launched
Medical Design Technology - 6 Sep 2017 16:16
News Relman said the biosecurity initiative will seek to advance the beneficial applications of the life sciences while reducing the risks ... Contributed Author: Stanford University
Breakthrough study reveals new diagnosis for Alzheimer's
EurekAlert! - 6 Sep 2017 06:00
(Lancaster University) In the largest and most conclusive study of its kind, researchers have analyzed blood samples to create a novel and non-invasive way of helping to diagnose Alzheimer's disease and distinguishing be...
Blood tumor markers may warn when lung cancer patients are progressing
EurekAlert! - 6 Sep 2017 06:00
(University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus) University of Colorado Cancer Center study suggests that rather than screening for disease, blood tumor markers could be useful in monitoring therapeutic outcomes in those...
A protein that extends life of yeast cells
EurekAlert! - 6 Sep 2017 06:00
(University of Basel) To understand and control aging is the aspiration of many scientists. Researchers at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel have now discovered that the protein Gcn4 decreases protein synthesis a...
Determining motor deficits more precisely following a stroke
EurekAlert! - 6 Sep 2017 06:00
(Technical University of Munich (TUM)) After a stroke, many people are unable to successfully perform basic hand movements in everyday life. The reason are symptoms of hemiparesis resulting from damage to the brain. Thes...
Genetic effects are influenced by lifestyle
EurekAlert! - 6 Sep 2017 06:00
(Uppsala University) The risk for developing obesity is influenced by our lifestyle as well as our genes. In a new study from Uppsala University, researchers show that our genetic risk for obesity is not static, but is i...
Georgia State wins grant to develop mHealth tool to curb smoking in China, Vietnam
EurekAlert! - 6 Sep 2017 06:00
(Georgia State University) Researchers at the Georgia State University School of Public Health have received more than $1 million to develop cellphone messaging programs to help smokers kick the habit in China and Vietna...
Gut microbiota of larvae has an impact on mosquito's ability to transmit human pathogens
EurekAlert! - 6 Sep 2017 06:00
(Institut Pasteur) Researchers from the Institut Pasteur and CNRS, in collaboration with teams from IRD, University Claude Bernard Lyon1, and CIRMF in Gabon, have demonstrated that differential bacterial exposure during ...
Curves in all the right places
EurekAlert! - 6 Sep 2017 06:00
(University of Liverpool) Researchers from the University of Liverpool collaborating with University College London, Banfield Pet Hospitals and the WALTHAM Centre for Pet Nutrition have developed the first evidence-based...
Innovative study brings next-generation genomic sequencing to more Ontario cancer patients
EurekAlert! - 6 Sep 2017 06:00
(Ontario Institute for Cancer Research) Understanding a cancer's genetics is key to selecting targeted therapies that are likely to be of the most benefit to a patient. The Ontario Institute for Cancer Research today ann...
Herbicide rotation ineffective against resistance in waterhemp
EurekAlert! - 6 Sep 2017 06:00
(University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences) Farmers have been battling herbicide-resistant weeds for generations. A common practice for most of that time has been to rotate betwe...
Keychain detector could catch food allergens before it's too late
EurekAlert! - 6 Sep 2017 06:00
(American Chemical Society) For kids and adults with food allergies, a restaurant outing can be a fraught experience. Even when care is taken, freshly prepared or packaged meals can accidentally become cross-contaminated...
Late bedtime and lack of sleep lead to overweight children in China
EurekAlert! - 6 Sep 2017 06:00
(University of Birmingham) Researchers at the University of Birmingham have found that Chinese children who go to bed later and sleep less are more likely to be more overweight.
Liver cancer patients can start with lower dose of chemotherapy and live just as long
EurekAlert! - 6 Sep 2017 06:00
(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) Patients with the most common type of liver cancer who are taking the chemotherapy drug sorafenib can begin their treatment with a lower dose than is currently considered s...
Malaria: Drug candidate may reduce spread of the parasite
EurekAlert! - 6 Sep 2017 06:00
(Columbia University Medical Center) Scientists have identified a class of compounds that can block transmission of the parasite that causes malaria and reduce resistance to currently available drugs.
Martha Sajatovic, M.D., receives international brain health grant, joins new diabetes research project
EurekAlert! - 6 Sep 2017 06:00
(Case Western Reserve University) Martha Sajatovic, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry and of Neurology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Willard Brown Chair in Neurological Outcomes Research and Director...
Nature Index ranks Mount Sinai among the top ten most innovative institutions in the world
EurekAlert! - 6 Sep 2017 06:00
(The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine) Nature Index Ranks The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Among The Top Ten Most Innovative, Influential Institutions in the World. Annual Nature Index sup...
New model for hard-to-study form of blindness paves way for future research
EurekAlert! - 6 Sep 2017 06:00
(University of Rochester Medical Center) URMC researchers have created the first patient-derived laboratory model of macular degeneration, the leading cause of vision loss in older adults. With the new model, the team ha...