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As the opioid epidemic rages in the U.S., the number of overdose deaths has nearly quadrupled since 1999. And according to a new study, baby boomers and millennials are at significantly higher risk. Researchers from Colu...

News DiA Imaging Analysis, a medical imaging analysis software company, announced that it has signed a multi-year, non-exclusive licensing and professional services agreement with GE Healthcare ... Contributed Author: Di...

News The implant has already been tested on those who suffer from epilepsy; results have been successful ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: Implantables

News The team used the eTectRx ID-Cap system. Each pill in the system consists of a unique radiofrequency emitter and a standard gelatin capsule containing an oxycodone tablet ... Contributed Author: Brigham and Women's ...

News This doubles the speed of the microscope and markedly improves its efficiency at collecting light, which is useful for imaging fast-moving biological processes and samples with low light ... Contributed Author: Mari...

News The sensors use a piezoelectrically actuated resonant microsystem, which when driven by electricity can sense a change in mass ... Contributed Author: Purdue University

(Rutgers University) Nerve-stimulating procedures from ancient traditional acupuncture and the more modern electroacupuncture and neuromodulation relieves chronic pain, pelvic disorders and Parkinson's disease, and can b...

(University of Guelph) Amid mounting controversy over use of neonicotinoids and declining bee population, a new analysis by U of G scientists of previously unpublished studies and reports commissioned by agri-chemical co...

(Loyola University Health System) Loyola Medicine Cardiologist David Wilber, M.D., an internationally recognized leader in the treatment of heart rhythm disorders, has received the prestigious Stritch Medal, the highest ...

(Queen Mary University of London) A diabetes drug currently undergoing development could be repurposed to help end transplant rejection, without the side-effects of current immunosuppressive drugs, according to new resea...

(Children's Hospital of Philadelphia) Infants with various forms of congenital heart disease require a stable source of blood flow to their lungs in order to survive until a more definitive operation can be performed. In...

(University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences) People with both HIV and risk factors for heart disease and stroke were less likely to be treated with cholesterol-lowering statin drugs and aspirin than patients ...

(University of Washington Health Sciences/UW Medicine) Research comparing cystic fibrosis patients in the United States and Canada showed that, although patients' nutritional status and lung function improved in both cou...

(University of Illinois at Chicago) Drug designers working on therapeutics against multiple sclerosis should focus on blocking two distinct ways rogue immune cells attack healthy neurons, according to a new study in the ...

(Wolters Kluwer Health) Can acupuncture and yoga help to fight the opioid epidemic? These and other integrative medicine approaches have shown at least preliminary evidence of effectiveness in pain management, according ...

(American College of Physicians) While the American College of Physicians (ACP) is supportive of the role that the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) plays in the move toward value-based payment models, i...

(Kessler Foundation) The National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) has awarded Kessler Foundation a $2.23 million, five-year grant to fund the Northern New Jersey Traumat...

(Boston University School of Medicine) The absence of inflammatory and ulcerative lesions in all segments of the colon, also known as mucosal healing, should be the end goal in treating patients with ulcerative colitis a...

(Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association) The world's largest study into allergies has shown that the genetic risk factors for atopic dermatitis (eczema), hay fever, and asthma are genera...

(University of North Carolina Health Care) While new CF drugs are life-changing for some patients, they don't work for everyone. Now, UNC and UAB researchers present a simple test that aims to predict which treatment is ...

(Rockefeller University) Scientists have engineered a mouse model to study a rare and often-fatal form of liver cancer. They've used it to clarify what drives these tumors at the molecular level, and discover new drug co...

(Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute) The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Board of Governors today approved $57 million to fund 14 new comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) studi...