Medical News
Ohio State's Albert de la Chapelle receives Lifetime Achievement Award
EurekAlert! - 6 Nov 2017 07:00
(Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center) Albert de la Chapelle, MD, PhD, Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Cancer Biology and Genetics at The Ohio State University, has received a lifetime achi...
Valves for Interventional and Diagnostic Catheters
Medical Design Technology - 6 Nov 2017 15:52
Product Announcement The hemostasis valves are used to minimize blood loss and can facilitate minimally invasive, catheter-based medical procedures ... Contributed Author: Freudenberg Medical
Photo of the Day: Illuminated Pajamas for Jaundice Treatment
Medical Design Technology - 6 Nov 2017 15:51
News Jaundice is a common illness that affecting newborn babies ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler
Rapid, On-Chip Analysis of Synthetic, Animal, or Human Skin
Medical Design Technology - 6 Nov 2017 15:50
News The compound's permeability through the skin can be evaluated--a slow and costly process unsuited for current drug development and risk assessment needs ... Contributed Author: Phys.org
Sensors Embedded in Clothing Measures Respiratory and Activity Metrics
Medical Design Technology - 6 Nov 2017 15:43
News Functions of The Hexoskin Connected Healthcare Platform include collecting biomarkers used for clinical assessments, collecting real-world evidence for studies, and collecting patient generated data ... Staff Author...
Three Reasons Why Medtech Firms Should Care (More) About the New European Med Device Regulation
Medical Design Technology - 6 Nov 2017 15:41
Article The MDR is a 306-page document consisting of 10 chapters and16 annexes ... Staff Author: Matthew M. Lowe
Depressed with a chronic disease? Consider alternative therapies
EurekAlert! - 6 Nov 2017 07:00
(UT Southwestern Medical Center) Scientists are finding more evidence that commonly prescribed antidepressants aren't effective in people battling both depression and a chronic medical disease, raising a critical questio...
Do face masks protect against air pollution-related health problems?
EurekAlert! - 6 Nov 2017 07:00
(Case Western Reserve University) Sanjay Rajagopalan, MD, Herman Hellerstein, professor of cardiovascular medicine at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and chief of cardiovascular medicine at University ...
Do violent communities foster violent kids?
EurekAlert! - 6 Nov 2017 07:00
(University of Basel) Children and adolescents regularly confronted with violence in their community have a greater tendency to show antisocial behavior. This finding was reported by researchers from the University of Ba...
FDG PET shows tumor DNA levels in blood are linked to NSCLC aggressiveness
EurekAlert! - 6 Nov 2017 07:00
(Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging) Italian researches have demonstrated a better way of determining the aggressiveness of tumors in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). In a study p...
Family Medicine and Community Health Journal volume 5, issue number 3 publishes
EurekAlert! - 6 Nov 2017 07:00
(Family Medicine and Community Health) Beijing, October 30, 2017: The Autumn 2017 issue, a special issue entitled "Health is Primary", Guest Editor: Li Li, includes an editorial, four original research articles, one case...
Fish provide insight into the evolution of the immune system
EurekAlert! - 6 Nov 2017 07:00
(University of East Anglia) New research reveals how immune systems can evolve resistance to parasites.The study published in Nature Communications, solves the enigma of how species can adapt and change their immune syst...
Flavonoid derivatives targeting NF-kappaB
EurekAlert! - 6 Nov 2017 07:00
(Bentham Science Publishers) The aim of the study was to develop new synthetic anti-inflammatory and cytotoxic agents targeting NF-kappaB.
Group B Streptococcus infection causes estimated 150,000 stillbirth & infant death
EurekAlert! - 6 Nov 2017 07:00
(London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine) 21.7 million pregnant women carry this bacteria according to the first global study of Group B Strep -- most of them are currently unidentified and untreated. Study shows fo...
HCI study identifies enhanced impact of treatment for hereditary cancer patients
EurekAlert! - 6 Nov 2017 07:00
(University of Utah Health) People with an inherited syndrome called familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) have a 100 percent lifetime risk of developing colorectal cancer if they do not seek appropriate medical care. Rec...
High risk sex behaviors impact women's health: McMaster
EurekAlert! - 6 Nov 2017 07:00
(McMaster University) The research team compared samples of vaginal microbiota of both women who were involved in sex work and those who were not sex workers in Nairobi, Kenya.
Higher estrogen levels linked to increased alcohol sensitivity in brain's 'reward center'
EurekAlert! - 6 Nov 2017 07:00
(University of Illinois at Chicago) The reward center of the brain is much more attuned to the pleasurable effects of alcohol when estrogen levels are elevated, an effect that may underlie the development of addiction in...
IOS Press acquires StemBook
EurekAlert! - 6 Nov 2017 07:00
(IOS Press) IOS Press, an international publisher providing content for scientific, technical and medical communities, is proud to announce that it has acquired StemBook, an online open access review of stem cell biology...
Important new insights into RECIST criteria measuring cancer's response to treatment
EurekAlert! - 6 Nov 2017 07:00
(University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus) University of Colorado Cancer Center study examines current RECIST guidelines in an effort to bring them up to speed with new complexities presented by the latest targeted...
Indigenous young people who use drugs in BC 13 times more likely to die
EurekAlert! - 6 Nov 2017 07:00
(Canadian Medical Association Journal) Indigenous young people in British Columbia who use drugs are 13 times more likely to die than other young people of the same age, and young women and people who use drugs are even ...
Ludwig scientists share research at The Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer Annual Meeting
EurekAlert! - 6 Nov 2017 07:00
(Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research) Ludwig Cancer Research has released the scope of its participation at the 2017 Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) Annual Meeting in National Harbor, Maryland, Nov. 8-12.
Mapping brain connectivity with MRI may predict outcomes for cardiac arrest survivors, study finds
EurekAlert! - 6 Nov 2017 07:00
(Johns Hopkins Medicine) A new study led by Johns Hopkins researchers found that measures of connectivity within specific cerebral networks were strongly linked to long-term functional outcomes in patients who had suffer...