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For years, experts thought Alzheimer's, a progressive neurodegenerative disease, originated in the brain. After all, it's the organ that takes the beating: Proteins build up in the brain, forming plaques or tangles that ...

News The company provides integrated analytical, material characterization, and microbiological services to the pharmaceutical, medical device, and biologics industries ... Contributed Author: Sterigenics International L...

News The digital emphasis will be on display at the MEDICA HEALTH IT FORUM at MEDICA 2017, being held November 13 through 16 in Düsseldorf, Germany ... Contributed Author: By Dr. Lutz Retzlaff, Freelance Medical Journal...

News The device is a collapsible, biventricular, soft robotic cardiac device that works by gently squeezing the heart, increasing the input ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: Cardiovascular

News This method is anticipated as a new therapy for treating patients with acute heart failure due to medical treatment-resistant cardiogenic shock ... Contributed Author: Osaka University Topics: Cardiovascular

News The key to the technology is a fingernail-sized microchip that mounts onto a traditional ultrasound probe ... Contributed Author: Duke University Medical Center Topics: Medical Diagnostics

News To do this, the material researchers created textiles with optically conductive fibers woven into them ... Contributed Author: Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA)

News Researchers from Stanford University have found a way to use cellphones to track these pesky insects ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler

(University of Connecticut) Heart disease and fatty clogs in the arteries go hand in hand. But new evidence suggests the fatty molecules might come not only from what you eat, but from the bacteria in your mouth, report ...

(Northwestern University) Maintaining positive, warm and trusting friendships might be the key to a slower decline in memory and cognitive functioning, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study. SuperAgers -- who ar...

(CNRS) Asian elephant populations in Laos, which are under a process of commodification, have dropped by half in the last 30 years. According to researchers from CNRS and Beauval Nature, the dynamics of elephant populati...

(Albert Einstein College of Medicine) Albert Einstein College of Medicine researchers report that the composition of people's gut bacteria may explain why some of them suffer life-threatening reactions after taking a key...

(Brown University) In a new study, infants as young as 6 months old demonstrated that they can rapidly integrate learning, memory and attention to improve their search for faces in a simple scene.

(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) Increasing organic runoff as a result of climate change may be reducing the penetration of pathogen-killing ultraviolet (UV) sunlight in inland lakes, rivers, and coastal waters, accord...

(Wake Forest University) Weight training or cardio? For older adults trying to slim down, pumping iron might be the way to go. A new study by researchers at Wake Forest University suggests combining weight training with ...

(Swansea University) Researchers from Swansea University Medical School have joined up with five other centres from around the world to compile the biggest recorded collection of families with forms of epilepsy where gen...

(University Health Network) Breast cancer researchers have mapped early genetic alterations in normal-looking cells at various distances from primary tumors to show how changes along the lining of mammary ducts can lead ...

(Care New England ) This summer, it was announced that Rhode Island became the first state to pass a law explicitly requiring coverage for fertility preservation prior to gonadotoxic medical therapy, treatment that could...

(George Washington University) A George Washington University-led national collaborative network aimed at improving outcomes for children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder will receive more than $11.7 million from ...

(Lund University) Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have for the first time convincingly shown where in the brain the earliest signs of Alzheimer's occur. The discovery could potentially become significant to futu...

(The North American Menopause Society (NAMS)) Many menopausal women complain about poor sleep. Should the problem be blamed simply on menopause or on a more serious underlying sleep disorder such as obstructive sleep apn...

(American Association for Cancer Research) The investigational PARP inhibitor talazoparib caused regression of patient-derived xenografts (PDXs) of triple-negative breast cancers (TNBC) that had BRCA mutations and also t...