Medical News
Video Encoder/Decoder Modules
Medical Design Technology - 10 Oct 2017 17:07
Product Announcement The AMC347 performs H.264 encoding of RGsB Video input, providing the encoded data stream to a host over PCIe ... Contributed Author: VadaTech Topics: Surgical
Photo of the Day: Award-Winning Devices for Children
Medical Design Technology - 10 Oct 2017 17:04
News The contest, funded by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, is giving the winners $50,000 to develop the devices ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler
UDI Labeling Compliance System Released
Medical Design Technology - 10 Oct 2017 16:39
News Healthcare manufacturers and providers are working toward improving their data infrastructure ... Contributed Author: Automatic Identification Systems, Inc.
Singapore's First Robot Masseuse Starts Work
Medical Design Technology - 10 Oct 2017 15:36
News Emma uses advanced sensors to measure tendon and muscle stiffness ... Contributed Author: Phys.org
AI and Aerospace Models Used to Optimise Blood Flow in Veins
Medical Design Technology - 10 Oct 2017 15:22
News The prototype device that they have developed to hold the AVF in the optimal shape has so far undergone preliminary tests in pigs, which have been successful ... Contributed Author: Colin Smith, Phys.org
Curing Blindness Through Gene Therapy Might Soon Be Allowed By The FDA
Tech Times - 10 Oct 2017 13:46
Patients whose blindness is a result of an RPE65 gene might soon consider Luxturna, a form of gene therapy that improves vision. Its approval will soon be deliberated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Growing human brain cells in the lab
EurekAlert! - 10 Oct 2017 06:00
(Gladstone Institutes) Gladstone scientists develop a cost-effective technology to produce large quantities of human brain cells in two simple steps. By surmounting major challenges in human neuron-based drug discovery, ...
Hibernating ribosomes help bacteria survive
EurekAlert! - 10 Oct 2017 06:00
(Saint Louis University) In the second of two high-profile articles published in recent weeks, SLU scientist Mee-Ngan F. Yap, Ph.D, continues to uncover the secrets of how ribosomes hibernate under stressful conditions.
Homicide is the largest contributor to years of lost life among black Americans
EurekAlert! - 10 Oct 2017 06:00
(Indiana University) Homicide is the largest contributor to potential years of life lost among black Americans, according to a new study published in PLOS ONE and conducted by researchers at the Indiana University School...
Kent State professor works with NASA Glenn & others to improve Lake Erie's water quality
EurekAlert! - 10 Oct 2017 06:00
(Kent State University) The conditions in Lake Erie continue to pose several health risks to Ohioans in coastal communities, making it difficult to maintain good water quality for citizens, state and local policymakers. ...
Likely new treatment target identified for diabetic retinopathy
EurekAlert! - 10 Oct 2017 06:00
(Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University) In oxygen-compromising conditions like diabetes, the body grows new blood vessels to help, but the result is often leaky, dysfunctional vessels that make bad matters wor...
Major breakthrough identifies new mechanism for the development of schizophrenia
EurekAlert! - 10 Oct 2017 06:00
(Trinity College Dublin) The new research shows that dysfunctional brain blood vessels may be associated with the development of schizophrenia. There is potential for new treatments of schizophrenia by developing new dru...
Menopause triggers metabolic changes in brain that may promote Alzheimer's
EurekAlert! - 10 Oct 2017 06:00
(Weill Cornell Medicine) Menopause causes metabolic changes in the brain that may increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease, a team from Weill Cornell Medicine and the University of Arizona Health Sciences has shown in ne...
Mum's immune response could trigger social deficits for kids with autism
EurekAlert! - 10 Oct 2017 06:00
(University of Sydney) Children with autism are more likely to show severe social symptoms if their mother had chronic asthma or allergies while pregnant, the University of Sydney's Brain and Mind Centre reveals today in...
New Zika serotypes may emerge, researcher warns
EurekAlert! - 10 Oct 2017 06:00
(Fundação de Amparo Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo) The virus is mutating very fast in Brazilian patients. Appearance of new serotypes could hinder development of vaccines and efficacy of diagnostic tests, according ...
New breast cancer drug defeats the Ras genes notorious for causing many types of cancer
EurekAlert! - 10 Oct 2017 06:00
(Virginia Commonwealth University) A new study led by VCU Massey Cancer Center researcher Paul Dent, Ph.D., has shown the recently approved breast cancer drug neratinib can block the function of Ras as well as several ot...
A lesson for Canada: Quebec pharmacare system creates winners and losers
EurekAlert! - 10 Oct 2017 06:00
(University of British Columbia) Quebec spends $200 more per person than the rest of Canada to provide prescription drug coverage to everyone in the province, finds new research that could inform plans for a nationwide u...
New smell test could aid early detection of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's
EurekAlert! - 10 Oct 2017 06:00
(Rockefeller University) Problems with olfaction have been linked to a variety of health conditions. Scientists have developed new tests to detect smell loss more reliably.
Physician's near-death patient experience chronicled in captivating memoir
EurekAlert! - 10 Oct 2017 06:00
(Henry Ford Health System) A Henry Ford Hospital physician whose near-death patient experience inspired an organizational campaign to help health professionals communicate more effectively with patients has chronicled he...
Raging Bull: First study to find link between testosterone and stock market instability
EurekAlert! - 10 Oct 2017 06:00
(Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences) In the U.S. today, the majority of professional stock market traders are young males and new evidence suggests biology strongly influences their trading beh...
Research explores relationship between social media and drinking
EurekAlert! - 10 Oct 2017 06:00
(University of Houston) A psychologist at the University of Houston is exploring the ways in which social media influences alcohol consumption among college students. Mai-Ly Nguyen Steers, a postdoctoral fellow and lectu...
SUNY Downstate awarded $10 million from National Institutes of Health
EurekAlert! - 10 Oct 2017 06:00
(SUNY Downstate Medical Center) SUNY Downstate Medical Center has been awarded a $10 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to form a translational health disparities research program, with a focus on...