Medical News
Good News for Women Who Hate Going to the Gyno
Discover - 13 Sep 2017 21:46
Women may soon have more options when it comes to deciding how often they are screened for cervical cancer. But here's the thing ― age is important. Women ages 30 to 65 years can either get screened every three years w...
Are Genes to Blame for Cavity-causing Bacteria?
Discover - 13 Sep 2017 18:00
Were you born to have bad teeth, or did you break them? When it comes to allocating blame for tooth decay, one of the most common chronic childhood diseases worldwide, experts point fingers at both genes and dental hygie...
conga-B7AC
Medical Design Technology - 13 Sep 2017 17:50
Product Announcement With a power consumption starting at only 11 Watt, the new low-power multicore Server-on-Modules with up to 16 cores offer up to 4x 10 GbE real-time capable network performance ... Contributed Author...
New Software Turns Mobile-Phone Accessory into Breathing Monitor
Medical Design Technology - 13 Sep 2017 17:30
News To solve these problems, the researchers developed algorithms that can be used with any thermal camera to compensate for ambient temperature changes ... Contributed Author: The Optical Society Topics: Home Healthcar...
One Drop Launches Power of 10 Program to Provide Free ADA-Recognized Diabetes Education and Support to Those Most in Need
Medical Design Technology - 13 Sep 2017 17:26
News Through the Power of 10, One Drop is partnering with our customers and clinics nationwide to ensure every single person in America diagnosed with diabetes ... Contributed Author: One Drop Topics: Diabetes
Medicine of The Future: New Microchip Technology Could Be Used to Track 'Smart Pills'
Medical Design Technology - 13 Sep 2017 16:52
News Called ATOMS, which is short for addressable transmitters operated as magnetic spins, the new silicon-chip devices ... Contributed Author: California Institute of Technology
Better, Cheaper Bio-Ink May Be Used to Create Artificial Organs
Medical Design Technology - 13 Sep 2017 16:41
News These products are made using a number of biomaterials including gelatin methacrylate (GelMA) ... Contributed Author: University of British Columbia Okanagan Campus Topics: Implantables
Nanoparticles From Tattoo Ink Travel To Lymph Nodes Of The Body
Tech Times - 13 Sep 2017 14:29
A study involving deceased individuals with tattoo revealed that pigments and toxic elements in the form of nanoparticles make their way into the body's lymph nodes. Tattooed corpses were also found to have higher levels...
Can Pregnant Women Drink Low Amounts Of Alcohol? Maybe, But Maybe Not
Tech Times - 13 Sep 2017 13:12
Researchers aim to determine whether or not light drinking is safe for pregnant women, including how much is fine. However, the consensus is still to avoid alcohol completely during pregnancy.
Endometriosis increases risk of complications during pregnancy and delivery
EurekAlert! - 13 Sep 2017 06:00
(Thomas Jefferson University) A new meta-analysis shows that pregnant women with endometriosis are at greater risk for a host of complications during pregnancy and at delivery, including preterm birth and cesarean sectio...
Experts issue recommendations for gender-affirmation treatment for transgender individuals
EurekAlert! - 13 Sep 2017 06:00
(The Endocrine Society) The Endocrine Society today issued a Clinical Practice Guideline on the treatment for gender-dysphoric/gender-incongruent people, commonly referred to as transgender, to develop the physical chara...
FDA-approved drug may block resistance to anti-angiogenesis therapy
EurekAlert! - 13 Sep 2017 06:00
(Massachusetts General Hospital) A Massachusetts General Hospital research team has identified a potential strategy for improving the efficacy of angiogenesis inhibitors, drugs that help fight cancer by blocking the form...
Low-level radiation exposure less harmful to health than other modern lifestyle risks
EurekAlert! - 13 Sep 2017 06:00
(University of Oxford) Low-level radiation exposure poses less of a health risk than other lifestyle threats, such as smoking, obesity and air pollution, according to Oxford University research.Human populations have alw...
Are we missing the warning signs to prevent lone terrorist attacks?
EurekAlert! - 13 Sep 2017 06:00
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) The terrorist who killed 12 people and injured dozens more in the 2016 Berlin Christmas Market attack was removed from the country's surveillance list a month earlier, bu...
Differences in aggression among people with dementia
EurekAlert! - 13 Sep 2017 06:00
(Lund University) Physical aggression among people with dementia is not unusual. A study from Lund University in Sweden showed that one-third of patients with the diagnosis Alzheimer's disease or frontotemporal dementia ...
Internists oppose Graham-Cassidy proposal
EurekAlert! - 13 Sep 2017 06:00
(American College of Physicians) ACP sent a letter today to Senators Lindsey Graham and Bill Cassidy, sharing ACP's opposition to their bill to "repeal and replace" the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion, premium a...
Innovation could mean flexible rechargeable batteries for pacemakers
EurekAlert! - 13 Sep 2017 06:00
(Queen's University Belfast) Experts at Queen's University Belfast have designed a flexible and organic alternative to the rigid batteries that power up medical implants.
LED lights safer, more effective in producing Vitamin D3 than sunlight
EurekAlert! - 13 Sep 2017 06:00
(Boston University School of Medicine) Research published today shows that light from RayVio's 293nm ultraviolet (UV) LED is more efficient than sunlight at producingvitamin D3 in skin samples.
Leading medical societies, health systems collaborate to improve geriatric emergency care
EurekAlert! - 13 Sep 2017 06:00
(American Geriatrics Society) Four national medical societies and nine leading health systems announced today they have established a new national geriatric emergency department collaborative to help improve emergency ca...
CHOP and Penn Medicine Join new research network to reduce kidney stone risk
EurekAlert! - 13 Sep 2017 06:00
(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have joined together as a single site within the Urinary St...
Marijuana may produce psychotic-like effects in high-risk individuals
EurekAlert! - 13 Sep 2017 06:00
(Columbia University Medical Center) Marijuana may bring on temporary paranoia and other psychosis-related effects in individuals at high risk of developing a psychotic disorder, finds a preliminary study from researcher...
Measuring sepsis incidence and trends in US hospitals using clinical data
EurekAlert! - 13 Sep 2017 06:00
(Brigham and Women's Hospital) The findings challenge the use of claims data for sepsis surveillance.