Medical News
Young Children Now Spend More Than 2 Hours Per Day On Screens
Tech Times - 20 Oct 2017 16:51
Kids age 8 and below spends more time using the media than six years ago. A new report reveals that 42 percent of children age 8 and below already have their own gadget - compared from 7 percent in 2013 and 1 percent in ...
Study Explains How Cancer's 'Sweet Tooth' Is Related To Tumor Aggressiveness
Tech Times - 20 Oct 2017 15:51
Scientists have discovered how the growth of cancer cells is related to the consumption of sugar. The discovery could enable other scientists to delve deeper into the mysteries of how cancer can multiply.
California Faces Largest Person-To-Person Hepatitis Outbreak Since 1995
Tech Times - 20 Oct 2017 15:38
California is currently struggling with a hepatitis A outbreak that has already claimed 19 lives. What are the challenges that authorities are facing in their quest to control the outbreak?
Photo of the Day: Recalled Defibrillators
Medical Design Technology - 20 Oct 2017 15:28
News The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has declared this a Class I recall ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: Implantables
Handheld Diagnostic Device Assesses Tissue Oxygenation
Medical Design Technology - 20 Oct 2017 14:58
News The system uses proprietary technology to capture color-coded images containing data that provides the clinician critical information such as oxyhemoglobin levels (Oxy) ... Contributed Author: HyperMed Imaging Topic...
Team Quantifies Fatigue Using Wearables
Medical Design Technology - 20 Oct 2017 14:51
News Fatigue is defined as extreme tiredness, typically resulting from overexertion--either physical or mental--or illness ... Contributed Author: Phys.org Topics: Wearables
Building Biomedical Engineering Capacity Through Educational Partnerships
Medical Design Technology - 20 Oct 2017 14:46
News The articles emphasize the critical need for robust, low-cost health technology solutions in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) ... Contributed Author: Duke University
Industry 4.0: Redefining Manufacturing of Future Medical Devices
Medical Design Technology - 20 Oct 2017 14:25
Article More than any other industry, the production of medical devices demands the highest quality levels ... Contributed Author: Francisco Almada Lobo, CEO, Critical Manufacturing
Promising Obesity Treatment: Engineered Protein Helps Obese Animals Lose Weight
Tech Times - 20 Oct 2017 14:24
An engineered version of the protein GDF15 caused test animals to lose weight. Researchers also observed a link between increased levels of the protein and lowered cholesterol and insulin levels in the blood.
How obesity promotes breast cancer
EurekAlert! - 20 Oct 2017 06:00
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) Obesity leads to the release of cytokines into the bloodstream which impact the metabolism of breast cancer cells, making them more aggressiv...
Marshall School of Medicine announces program to improve access to diabetes care in WV
EurekAlert! - 20 Oct 2017 06:00
(Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine ) The Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine today launched a new program, Care Coordination of High Risk Diabetes Patients, thanks to a $1.5 millio...
New IOF Compendium documents osteoporosis, its management and global burden
EurekAlert! - 20 Oct 2017 06:00
(International Osteoporosis Foundation) On the occasion of World Osteoporosis Day, the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) has issued the first edition of a comprehensive and scientifically referenced report on o...
New function in gene-regulatory protein discovered
EurekAlert! - 20 Oct 2017 06:00
(Umea University) Researchers at Umeå and Stockholm universities in Sweden and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the US have published a new study in the journal Molecular Cell. In the article, they show ho...
Parents' alcohol use can set the stage for teenage dating violence, study finds
EurekAlert! - 20 Oct 2017 06:00
(University at Buffalo) Having a parent with an alcohol use disorder increases the risk for dating violence among teenagers, according to a study from the University at Buffalo Research Institute on Addictions.
Prozac in ocean water a possible threat to sea life, PSU study finds
EurekAlert! - 20 Oct 2017 06:00
(Portland State University) Oregon shore crabs exhibit risky behavior when they're exposed to the antidepressant Prozac, making it easier for predators to catch them, according to a new study from Portland State Universi...
$1.25 million grant to improve treating children with autism, other needs
EurekAlert! - 20 Oct 2017 06:00
(Penn State) Penn State faculty members have received a $1.25 million federal grant to address a shortage in speech-language pathologists and special educators with master's degrees who have the knowledge and experience ...
Research predicts increase in inflammatory bowel disease in developing world
EurekAlert! - 20 Oct 2017 06:00
(University of Calgary) For the last century, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has been a challenge for patients and the medical community in the western world. New research published today in The Lancet by Dr. Gilaad Ka...
The skinny on lipid immunology
EurekAlert! - 20 Oct 2017 06:00
(Brigham and Women's Hospital) In a new study published in Science Immunology, researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital and Monash University in Australia reveal new insights into the basis for T cell receptor (TCR)...
To vape or not to vape? Probably: Not to vape
EurekAlert! - 20 Oct 2017 06:00
(University of North Carolina Health Care) "There is confusion about whether e-cigarettes are 'safer' than cigarettes because the potential adverse effects of e-cigarettes are only beginning to be studied," said Kesimer,...
Tufts wins award to participate in new national emergency medicine clinical trials network
EurekAlert! - 20 Oct 2017 06:00
(Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute) Tufts Medical Center (Tufts MC) joins an elite group of institutions selected to lead national clinical trials in the Strategies to Innovate EmeRgENcy Care Clinical Tr...
UMass Amherst research investigating pollutant effects on embryos in three model species
EurekAlert! - 20 Oct 2017 06:00
(University of Massachusetts at Amherst) Environmental health scientist Alicia Timme-Laragy at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently received a $1.9 million grant from the National Institute of Environmental H...
Why aren't more kids with sickle cell disease getting this test?
EurekAlert! - 20 Oct 2017 06:00
(Medical University of South Carolina) Hematologist and researcher Julie Kanter says as few as 30 percent of children across the country with sickle cell disease are getting a simple test that could keep them from having...