Medical News

(University of Maryland) A new study led by University of Maryland neuroscientists is the first to identify a mechanism that could explain an early link between sound input and cognitive function, often called the 'Mozar...

Latest data on STIs show alarming 63 percent rise in the the number of gonorrhea cases in Australia in the past five years. What's behind the huge increase in this sexually transmitted disease?

News A magnetic photonic crystal (MPC) is basically a complex of nanoparticles that can selectively change its reflectance spectra under the influence of an applied magnetic field ... Contributed Author: Phys.org

Stop using antibiotics in healthy animals to preserve their effectiveness

News Problems associated with alertness include sleep, depression, and brain-trauma-induces-somnolence ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: Neurology

News The study provides the physical and chemical clues required to understand and control such nanomaterials, considered to be "perfect" from an optical point of view ... Contributed Author: Universidad Complutense de M...

News A newly developed experimental set-up allows the X-ray structure determination of biomolecules such as proteins with far smaller samples and shorter exposure times than before ... Contributed Author: Deutsches Elekt...

News The results could assist device manufacturers and clinicians expand the utility of these important devices ... Contributed Author: North Carolina State University Topics: Prosthetics

News Anatomics shares deeper look at US-first 3D printed implant, regulatory environment Contributed Author: Sarah Anderson Goehrke, 3DPrint.com

Not having enough sleep affects brain cell functions, resulting to poorer visual perception and delayed reaction times. The way a person sees the world changes drastically when the brain cells fire poorly.

(Rutgers University) Want to restore hearing by injecting stem cells into the inner ear? Well, that can be a double-edged sword. Inner ear stem cells can be converted to auditory neurons that could reverse deafness, but ...

(Rice University) More than 80 percent of immigrants residing in the U.S. without authorization near the California-Mexico border have a lifetime history of traumatic events, according to a new study from a psychologist ...

(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) Some of the first living things to greet a newborn baby do a lot more than coo or cuddle. In fact, they may actually help the little one's digestive system prepare for a lifet...

(University of Erlangen-Nuremberg) Gastric cancer is one of the five most fatal types of cancer. According to the statistics of the World Health Organization about 750,000 patients die each year after developing the dise...

(Boston University School of Medicine) Developing diagnostic tools to 'intercept' lung cancer at its earliest stage is the goal of a research team led by Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), along with colleagues...

(Loyola University Health System) After suffering repeated bouts of debilitating Clostridium difficile infections, many patients significantly change their behaviors, but some precautions may do little to prevent future ...

(University of Exeter) A new way to rejuvenate old cells in the laboratory, making them not only look younger, but start to behave more like young cells, has been discovered by researchers at the Universities of Exeter a...

(Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation) A new study finds that the cost of health care in the United States increased nearly $1 trillion from 1996 to 2013 and measures the causes behind this immense growth.

(Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center) A new category of immunotherapies called checkpoint inhibitors that has been highly effective against many different cancers appears safe to use in patients with both advanced mal...

(University of Arizona Health Sciences) On Nov. 9 at the world's largest conference and expo for design-related industry professionals, UAIPW Director Esther Sternberg, MD, and the US General Services Administration will...

(Osaka University) Osaka University-led researchers master chemical transformation of fluoroalkenes, paving the way for new pharmaceuticals and advanced materials

(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) Penn Medicine will conduct the Northeast's first clinical trial of uterine transplants, to provide women with Uterine Factor Infertility (UFI) -- an irreversible form of fe...