Medical News
California Marijuana Tax May Drive Up Prices By 70 Percent
Tech Times - 9 Nov 2017 05:07
California's cannabis industry is already facing challenges before sales begin in January. Legalizing pot resulted in a bevy of taxes that may force prices to rise by 70 percent.
Queen's researcher uses monitoring device to understand feeding of high-risk newborns
EurekAlert! - 9 Nov 2017 07:00
(Queen's University) High-risk newborn infants in intensive care at Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) will be the first in Canada to be monitored and evaluated for their feeding skills in a novel research initiative...
New Silicon Probes Record Activity of Hundreds of Neurons Simultaneously
Medical Design Technology - 9 Nov 2017 23:48
News The new probes are expected to give scientists a much clearer picture of how different parts of the brain work together to process information ... Contributed Author: Howard Hughes Medical Institute Topics: Neurolog...
Novel Nano-CT Device Creates High-Resolution 3D-X-Rays of Tiny Velvet Worm Legs
Medical Design Technology - 9 Nov 2017 22:40
News The TUM Nano-CT system is based on a newly developed x-ray source, which generates a particularly focused beam, without relying on x-ray optics ... Contributed Author: Technical University of Munich (TUM) Topics: Me...
Nano-CT Device Creates High-Resolution 3D-X-Rays of Tiny Velvet Worm Legs
Medical Design Technology - 9 Nov 2017 22:40
News The TUM Nano-CT system is based on a newly developed x-ray source, which generates a particularly focused beam, without relying on x-ray optics ... Contributed Author: Technical University of Munich (TUM) Topics: Me...
Citizen Science + Science Centers
Discover - 9 Nov 2017 18:05
UNESCO November 10th is World Science Day, presented by UNESCO, AND Science Museum Day, presented by the International Science Center. To celebrate, SciStarter's editors have selected six citizen science projects organiz...
Photo of the Day: Stretchable Device For Biomedical Sensor
Medical Design Technology - 9 Nov 2017 16:07
News Specifically, it can be used in diagnostic and monitoring systems, wearables, and implants ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: Wearables
Tech Increases Microfluidic Research Data Output 100-fold
Medical Design Technology - 9 Nov 2017 15:34
News The novel technology has already led to a new discovery: the speed of mixing ingredients for quantum dots used in LEDs changes the color of light they emit - even when all other variables are identical ... Contribut...
Highly Flexible Organic Flash Memory for Foldable and Disposable Electronics
Medical Design Technology - 9 Nov 2017 15:34
News Flash memory is a non-volatile, transistor-based data-storage device that has become essential in most electronic systems in daily life ... Contributed Author: The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology ...
Coloring The Heartbeat
Medical Design Technology - 9 Nov 2017 15:33
News Heart cells beating on the device cause the structural color to change which can be detected easily with low power microscope ... Contributed Author: Kyoto University Topics: Cardiovascular
Subset of Carbon Nanotubes Poses Cancer Risk Similar to Asbestos in Mice
Medical Design Technology - 9 Nov 2017 15:33
News Long carbon nanotubes are a subtype of nanotubes used in the manufacture of incredibly strong, yet lightweight, materials ... Contributed Author: Phys.org
WHO warns that more people will die if ports in Yemen do not reopen to humanitarian aid
WHO - 9 Nov 2017 11:50
9 November, 2017 - For the fourth consecutive day, the World Health Organization's operations in Yemen have been severely hampered due to the closure of all land, sea and air ports.
Alcohol And Cancer: Even Moderate Drinking Can Increase Your Risk
Tech Times - 9 Nov 2017 07:41
Can even moderate alcohol drinking increase the risk of cancer? A new statement from the ASCO warns that even a drink or two per day can still increase the risk.
How and why blood clots shrink
EurekAlert! - 9 Nov 2017 07:00
(University of California - Riverside) In an article published in Nature Communications, researchers at the University of California, Riverside and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine used high-powered micr...
Cognitive behavioral therapy for chronic pain -- can CBT help fight the Opioid epidemic?
EurekAlert! - 9 Nov 2017 07:00
(Wolters Kluwer Health) By teaching patients better strategies for coping with chronic pain, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a valuable treatment alternative for the millions of Americans taking opioids for noncanc...
Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP) lowers 30-day readmission rates
EurekAlert! - 9 Nov 2017 07:00
(American Geriatrics Society) In a new study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, researchers examined the Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP), an evidence-based treatment plan developed in the 199...
Older donor lungs should be considered for transplantation
EurekAlert! - 9 Nov 2017 07:00
(Elsevier) With a scarcity of lungs available for transplantation, the use of lungs from donors older than age 60 has been shown to achieve reasonable outcomes and should be considered as a viable option, according to re...
HPV vaccine also prevents uncommon childhood respiratory disease, study suggests
EurekAlert! - 9 Nov 2017 07:00
(Infectious Diseases Society of America) The vaccine that protects against cancer-causing types of human papillomavirus (HPV) also prevents an uncommon but incurable childhood respiratory disease, according to a new stud...
Brain research is underserved by statistics, says Carnegie Mellon's Rob Kass
EurekAlert! - 9 Nov 2017 07:00
(Carnegie Mellon University) The federal government launched the BRAIN Initiative in 2013 to ignite the development and application of new technologies needed for major advances toward understanding the brain. Carnegie M...
Obese older adults who survive cardiac surgery may have higher risk for poor functioning
EurekAlert! - 9 Nov 2017 07:00
(American Geriatrics Society) Although we know that obese older adults may be surviving heart surgery with more complications, few researchers have studied how well they can manage daily activities like eating, bathing, ...
Ozanimod successful in clinical trials for multiple sclerosis
EurekAlert! - 9 Nov 2017 07:00
(Scripps Research Institute) Celgene Corporation recently announced results from two phase 3 trials evaluating the efficacy and safety of the drug ozanimod. Ozanimod was invented by scientists at The Scripps Research Ins...
Not all milkweed is equal for egg-laying monarchs, U of G study reveals
EurekAlert! - 9 Nov 2017 07:00
(University of Guelph) Milkweed plants in agricultural areas have 3 1/2 times more monarch butterfly eggs than milkweed growing in urban gardens, natural areas and roadsides, according to a new University of Guelph study...