Medical News
How Breathing Links Mind and Body
Discover - 22 Nov 2017 21:12
Whether it's regulating a burst of anger or calming down a bout of anxiety, taking a deep breath can have a potent effect. There are compelling hints that controlled breathing can improve overall physical wellbeing, but ...
Happy Thanksgiving!
Discover - 22 Nov 2017 19:56
Ben Kreckx All of us at SciStarter want to thank you for learning about, sharing, or engaging in science. You inspire us. Thank you. Below, you'll find a cornucopia full of Thanksgiving-themed citizen science projects. G...
Photo of the Day: Holograms for Microscopes
Medical Design Technology - 22 Nov 2017 17:19
News It will be used to form optical microscopic images ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: Medical Diagnostics
Revolutionary Imaging Technique Uses CRISPR to Map DNA Mutations
Medical Design Technology - 22 Nov 2017 17:06
News A team of scientists led by Virginia Commonwealth University physicist Jason Reed, Ph.D., have developed new nanomapping technology ... Contributed Author: Phys.org
Using Magnets to Control Chemical Reactions That Target Release of Medicines Inside The Body
Medical Design Technology - 22 Nov 2017 16:50
News In some medical applications, it is better for a medical treatment if a chemical can be applied directly to a certain part of the body and nowhere else ... Contributed Author: Bob Yirka, Phys.org
We Built a Robot Care Assistant for People with Dementia - Here's How It Works
Medical Design Technology - 22 Nov 2017 16:45
News Stevie can perform some of its jobs autonomously, for example reminding users to take medication ... Contributed Author: Conor Mcginn, The Conversation
Nautilus Medical Collaborates with Google Cloud for Secure Radiology Storage and Image Exchange
Medical Design Technology - 22 Nov 2017 16:38
News Nautilus Medical is utilizing the broad technology within Google services to provide a comprehensive image management platform that is used by hundreds of imaging sites today ... Contributed Author: Nautilus Medical...
Bacteria as pacemaker for the intestine
EurekAlert! - 22 Nov 2017 07:00
(Kiel University) For the first time, a research team from the Cell and Developmental Biology (Bosch AG) working group at the Zoological Institute at Kiel University (CAU) has been able to prove that the bacterial coloni...
Can sleep quality and burnout affect shift-work nurses' job performance?
EurekAlert! - 22 Nov 2017 07:00
(Wiley) In a Journal of Advanced Nursing study, female gender and personal burnout were linked with impaired sleep quality among nurses.
Cool lizards are better at learning socially
EurekAlert! - 22 Nov 2017 07:00
(University of Lincoln) Bearded dragons which are incubated in colder environments are better at solving cognitive tasks as adults than incubated in warmer temperatures, according to new research published today. Scienti...
Diabetes foot care services may help avoid lower limb amputations
EurekAlert! - 22 Nov 2017 07:00
(Wiley) In a Diabetic Medicine study that compared different regions in England, areas that provided 10 key services for diabetes foot care had lower rates of major diabetes-related lower limb amputations.
Do education and poverty affect knee surgery success?
EurekAlert! - 22 Nov 2017 07:00
(Wiley) In an Arthritis Care & Research study of individuals who underwent total knee replacement, those who did not attend college had worse pain and function after two years if they lived in poor communities, but educa...
Growing teeth and a backbone: Studies trace early origins of skeletal tissues
EurekAlert! - 22 Nov 2017 07:00
(Marine Biological Laboratory) Two new studies on the evolutionary origin of teeth and of vertebra further illuminate the human connection to marine organisms that goes back millions of years. Both studies in the little ...
Intranasal ketamine has more minor side effects than intranasal fentanyl in children with acute pain
EurekAlert! - 22 Nov 2017 07:00
(Society for Academic Emergency Medicine) Minor adverse events (e.g., bad taste in the mouth and dizziness) occur more frequently with intranasal ketamine than with intranasal fentanyl in children with suspected extremit...
Leaving the house every day may help older adults live longer
EurekAlert! - 22 Nov 2017 07:00
(Wiley) In a Journal of the American Geriatrics Society study of community-dwelling individuals aged 70 to 90 years who were participating in the Jerusalem Longitudinal Study, leaving the house daily was linked with a lo...
Low-salt & heart-healthy dash diet as effective as drugs for some adults with high blood pressure
EurekAlert! - 22 Nov 2017 07:00
(Johns Hopkins Medicine) A study of more than 400 adults with prehypertension, or stage 1 high blood pressure, found that combining a low-salt diet with the heart-healthy DASH diet substantially lowers systolic blood pre...
Lung cancer triggers pulmonary hypertension
EurekAlert! - 22 Nov 2017 07:00
(Max-Planck-Gesellschaft) Nearly half of all advanced-stage lung cancer patients develop arterial pulmonary hypertension.
Male escorts for women, couples demand grows: Global survey
EurekAlert! - 22 Nov 2017 07:00
(Queensland University of Technology) A global survey of male escort websites finds some countries wherea large percentage of male escorts cater for women and couples although such sites are still outnumbered by sites fo...
Mass media linked to childhood obesity
EurekAlert! - 22 Nov 2017 07:00
(Wiley) A task force from the European Academy of Paediatrics and the European ChildhoodObesity Group has found evidence of a strong link between obesity levels across European countries and childhood media exposure.
Metabolites altered in chronic kidney disease
EurekAlert! - 22 Nov 2017 07:00
(University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio) A new study that included researchers from Norway, the University of Washington, the University of California San Diego and The University of Texas Health Scienc...
Moderate coffee drinking 'more likely to benefit health than to harm it' say experts
EurekAlert! - 22 Nov 2017 07:00
(BMJ) Drinking coffee is 'more likely to benefit health than to harm it' for a range of health outcomes, say researchers in The BMJ today.
NIH scientists and collaborators find prion protein in skin of CJD patients
EurekAlert! - 22 Nov 2017 07:00
(NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) NIAID scientists and collaborators at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have detected abnormal prion protein in the skin of several people who ...