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News The device uses cartridges and a bench-top analyzer ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: Oncology

News They found a broad range of particles up to several micrometres in size in human skin, but only smaller (nano) particles were transported to the lymph nodes ... Contributed Author: Phys.org

News The data shows us that smartphones can help people monitor, understand and manage their own mental health ... Contributed Author: Amy Wallace Topics: Home Healthcare

News The labyrinth riffs on the spiral, sorting the blood's contents according to the sizes of the cells, with smaller white and red blood cells ... Contributed Author: University of Michigan Topics: Oncology

News In blue-light cystoscopy, the imaging agent is delivered into the bladder about an hour prior to the cystoscopy and is absorbed by cancerous tissue ... Contributed Author: Alicia Rohan Topics: Oncology

A parasitic worm was found wriggling in the eyeball of a teenager in Mexico. The nematode was removed but it has already caused serious eye damage. How did it get into the boy's eye?

Travelers were warned that some bottles of 7Up were tampered and contaminated with methamphetamine in Mexico. Should consumers in the United States also worry about meth-laced soft drinks?

Sleep scientist Matthew Walker linked sleep deprivation to major health problems such as cancer, diabetes, and Alzheimer's disease. He recommends people to sleep at least seven hours every night to avoid the heightened r...

(American Society for Radiation Oncology) A new survey finds breast cancer patients' actual radiation therapy experiences largely exceeded their expectations.

(Penn State) A gene associated with the risk of schizophrenia regulates critical components of early brain development, according to a new study led by researchers from Penn State University. The gene is involved in the ...

(University of Edinburgh) A new technique that targets drugs to specific cells could lead to improved therapies for diseases caused by an overactive immune response. The research from the University of Edinburgh could he...

(Johns Hopkins Medicine) When a patient arrives in any emergency department, one of the first steps in their care process is triage, an opportunity for a care team member to identify critically ill patients and assign pr...

(Tufts University) The brain plays an active role much earlier than previously thought. Long before movement or other behaviors occur, the nascent brain of an embryonic frog instructs normal muscle and nerve patterning a...

(Oxford University Press USA) A new study published in Alcohol and Alcoholism finds that mice bred to consume high amounts of alcohol, but controlled by diet, did not necessarily develop the most severe liver injuries, s...

(Frontiers) Researchers in France found that rats who ate junk food during pregnancy had heavier pups that strongly preferred fat straight after weaning. However, a balanced diet in childhood seemed to reduce the pups' d...

(Case Western Reserve University) A new magnetic resonance imaging contrast agent being tested by researchers at Case Western Reserve University not only pinpoints breast cancers at early stages but differentiates betwee...

(Rutgers University) Scientists at Rutgers University-New Brunswick are the first to use a genetic engineering which led to a Nobel Prize in 2012 for the Japanese and British scientists who discovered it to create brain ...

(Mayo Clinic) Liraglutide injection, a prescription medication used to treat type 2 diabetes and obesity is associated with marked slowing of stomach emptying and is an effective weight loss therapy. These are the findin...

(Instituto de Medicina Molecular) Researchers have found that the host's susceptibility to develop malaria depends on his or her metabolic state, which can be easily manipulated through external stimuli such as dietary p...

(Nanyang Technological University) Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a new gel patch prototype that could speed up the healing of a skin wound while minimising the...

(Brigham and Women's Hospital) Analysis of existing data, using a new Fatigue Cost Calculator tool developed through the Sleep Matters Initiative at Brigham Health for the National Safety Council, reveal that a US employ...

(Instituto de Medicina Molecular) A study published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, from Nature publishing group, describes the identification of a novel molecular pathway that can constitute a therapeutic target for...