Medical News
Teens Today Less Interested In Sex, Alcohol Compared To Counterparts From Previous Decades: Are Gadgets To Blame?
Tech Times - 19 Sep 2017 16:02
American teens today are not as interested in sex, alcohol, dating, or driving compared to older generations. Here's what's happening.
Chip Size 0.65mm Pitch BGA Socket Adapter
Medical Design Technology - 19 Sep 2017 14:48
Product Announcement Ironwood Electronics' performance socket - SFS-BGA144V-52 allows 0.65mm pitch, 8x8mm body, 12X12 array 144 ball BGA package to be placed in socket ... Contributed Author: Ironwood Electronics
Photo of the Day: Imperial College London Wins Funds
Medical Design Technology - 19 Sep 2017 14:46
News This will allow for a new partnership between Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler
Blood Testing Via Sound Waves May Replace Some Tissue Biopsies
Medical Design Technology - 19 Sep 2017 14:36
News Their new device uses a combination of microfluidics and sound waves to isolate these exosomes from blood ... Contributed Author: Anne Trafton, MIT News Office Topics: Medical Diagnostics
A Solar Cell You Can Put in The Wash
Medical Design Technology - 19 Sep 2017 14:32
News For the present work, the members of the research group developed extremely thin and flexible organic photovoltaic cells ... Contributed Author: Phys.org Topics: Wearables
Sound Waves Separate Biological Nanoparticles for 'Liquid Biopsies'
Medical Design Technology - 19 Sep 2017 14:29
News The miniscule size of exosomes, however, makes them difficult to study and challenging to separate from their native biological fluids ... Contributed Author: Duke University
Cancer Health Disparities Conference set for Sept. 25-28 in Atlanta
EurekAlert! - 19 Sep 2017 06:00
(American Association for Cancer Research) The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) will host its 10th AACR Conference on The Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically ...
Brain powered: Increased physical activity among breast cancer survivors boosts cognition
EurekAlert! - 19 Sep 2017 06:00
(University of California - San Diego) It is estimated that up to 75 percent of breast cancer survivors experience problems with cognitive difficulties following treatments, perhaps lasting years. Currently, few science-...
A piece of the puzzle: 8 autism-related mutations in 1 gene
EurekAlert! - 19 Sep 2017 06:00
(University of Southern California) Researchers discover a large number of clustered mutations in a single gene, TRIO, that disrupt the development of the brain's connections and likely contribute to the development of a...
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation and Oxford University Press enter into publishing partnership
EurekAlert! - 19 Sep 2017 06:00
(Oxford University Press USA) The Crohn's & Colitis Foundation and Oxford University Press announced today that they have entered into a new partnership to publish the Foundation's journal Inflammatory Bowels Diseases be...
Differential brain network changes in Alzheimer's patients with and without CeVD
EurekAlert! - 19 Sep 2017 06:00
(Duke-NUS Medical School) A new study by researchers at Duke-NUS Medical School and the National University of Singapore Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, on a local cohort of 235 Singapore residents with prodromal and cl...
Exposure to pet and pest allergens during infancy linked to reduced asthma risk
EurekAlert! - 19 Sep 2017 06:00
(NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) Children exposed to high indoor levels of pet or pest allergens during infancy have a lower risk of developing asthma by 7 years of age, new research supported ...
Complex life evolved out of the chance coupling of small molecules
EurekAlert! - 19 Sep 2017 06:00
(University of the Witwatersrand) Very simple ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecules (compounds similar to Deoxyribonucleic acid(DNA)) can join other RNA molecules to themselves though a chemical reaction called ligation. The ...
BU: HPV vaccine associated with improved fertility in some women
EurekAlert! - 19 Sep 2017 06:00
(Boston University School of Medicine) More than 40 percent of American teens are now getting vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV). But, despite HPV infection being associated with reduced semen quality and lowe...
Groundbreaking investigative effort identifies gonorrhea vaccine candidates
EurekAlert! - 19 Sep 2017 06:00
(Oregon State University) Researchers at have identified a pair of proteins that show promise as the basis for a gonorrhea vaccine.
Gulf spill oil dispersants associated with health symptoms in cleanup workers
EurekAlert! - 19 Sep 2017 06:00
(NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences) Workers who were likely exposed to dispersants while cleaning up the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill experienced a range of health symptoms including cough and w...
Health care, education key to keeping women offenders out of prison
EurekAlert! - 19 Sep 2017 06:00
(University of British Columbia) Women in provincial prisons require health care to address trauma, addiction and chronic diseases in order to lower reincarceration rates, according to a new study that of women leaving a...
How first 'vouchers' in UCLA kidney donation program led to 25 lifesaving transplants
EurekAlert! - 19 Sep 2017 06:00
(University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences) A new UCLA-led study published in the September issue of the peer-reviewed journal Transplantation traces how the first three 'kidney voucher' cases led to 25 life...
How the shape and size of your face relates to your sexuality
EurekAlert! - 19 Sep 2017 06:00
(Springer) Men and women with shorter, wider faces tend to be more sexually motivated and to have a stronger sex drive than those with faces of other dimensions. These are the findings from a study led by Steven Arnocky ...
Is there a link between breast milk nutrients, circadian rhythms, and infant health?
EurekAlert! - 19 Sep 2017 06:00
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) The fat content and levels of several key nutrients and hormones in breast milk vary with the mother's circadian rhythm, which may have implications for the timing of bre...
Ludwig scientists discover complex axis of immune suppression exploited by cancers
EurekAlert! - 19 Sep 2017 06:00
(Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research) A Ludwig Cancer Research study has uncovered a new mechanism by which cancer cells evade destruction by the immune system. The paper, led by Camilla Jandus of the Lausanne Branch of...
Managing negative emotions can help pregnant smokers quit
EurekAlert! - 19 Sep 2017 06:00
(University at Buffalo) A new study by scientists in the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions has shown that pregnant smokers are more likely to quit if they can learn to manage negative emotions that...