Medical News
High doses of vitamin D rapidly reduce arterial stiffness
EurekAlert! - 2 Jan 2018 07:00
(Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University) In just four months, high-doses of vitamin D reduce arterial stiffness in young, overweight/obese, vitamin-deficient, but otherwise still healthy African-Americans, rese...
BlockMaster Introduces 3-Pole High-Power Feed-Through Block
Medical Design Technology - 2 Jan 2018 16:28
Product Announcement The new 3-pole high-power block is rated at 90 Amps and 600 Volts for electrical applications in power panel distribution ... Contributed Author: BlockMaster Electronics, Inc.
Photo of the Day: Ambulance Cart for Tanzania Healthcare
Medical Design Technology - 2 Jan 2018 16:22
News Researchers from MIT Sloan School of Management created an ambulance cart that could help villagers get to healthcare facilities ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler
Mass Spectrometric Imaging Technique Makes Diagnosis Easier and Smarter
Medical Design Technology - 2 Jan 2018 16:07
News In the study, the research team used a femtosecond laser to desorb biomolecules from biological samples and a plasma jet to ionize biomolecules ... Contributed Author: DGIST (Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and...
Development of a Nanowire Device to Detect Cancer With a Urine Test
Medical Design Technology - 2 Jan 2018 16:03
News Researchers at Nagoya University have developed a novel medical device that can efficiently capture these EVs ... Contributed Author: Nagoya University Topics: Medical Diagnostics
Electronic Nose Developed to Sniff Out Colon Diseases
Medical Design Technology - 2 Jan 2018 15:57
News The sensor designed by the Valencian researchers can detect volatile organic compounds that act as diagnostic markers ... Contributed Author: Asociacion RUVID Topics: Oncology
Diabetes Drug May Reverse Effects Of Alzheimer's Disease
Tech Times - 2 Jan 2018 13:47
A Type 2 diabetes drug presented new hope in treating Alzheimer's disease. Containing three growth factors, it proved to be effective in reducing brain inflammation, and much more.
Pain-Free Patch Stimulates Insulin Production To Manage Type 2 Diabetes
Tech Times - 2 Jan 2018 13:45
A research group developed a skin patch that regulates blood sugar level without inducing any pain. It contained an innovative formula that acts unlike any other existing treatment for Type 2 diabetes.
Chocolate To Go Extinct By 2050, But Scientists Are Here To Save The Day
Tech Times - 2 Jan 2018 13:26
Climate change may cause the extinction of cacao plants, which in turn means the extinction of chocolate. But scientists are trying to prevent the catastrophe through gene editing.
New cholesterol calculation may avoid need to fast before testing, study suggests
EurekAlert! - 2 Jan 2018 07:00
(Johns Hopkins Medicine) In a direct comparison study, Johns Hopkins researchers have added to evidence that a newer method of calculating so-called 'bad cholesterol' levels in the blood is more accurate than the older m...
New diagnostic criteria and treatment guidelines proposed for thyroid storm
EurekAlert! - 2 Jan 2018 07:00
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) With a mortality rate estimated at 10 percent, the life-threatening condition known as thyroid storm (TS) demands rapid diagnosis and treatment and can benefit from new e...
Novel diabetes drugs sensitize cancer cells to chemotherapy agents
EurekAlert! - 2 Jan 2018 07:00
(Dana-Farber Cancer Institute) Scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have shown that experimental diabetes drugs can make cancer cells more vulnerable to traditional chemotherapy agents, and they say such combinatio...
Penn Vet's Boris Striepen receives $1.8m grant to fight deadly diarrheal disease in infants
EurekAlert! - 2 Jan 2018 07:00
(University of Pennsylvania) Boris Striepen, PhD, Professor of Pathobiology at the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, has received a $1.8-million, three-year grant from the Bill & Melinda Ga...
Randomness a key in spread of disease, other 'evil'
EurekAlert! - 2 Jan 2018 07:00
(Cornell University) Working with a simple mathematical model in which chance plays a key role, Cornell University researchers calculated how long it would take a bacterial infection or cancer cell to take over a network...
Registration open for ATS 2018 International Conference in San Diego
EurekAlert! - 2 Jan 2018 07:00
(American Thoracic Society) Every year in May researchers and clinicians in pulmonary medicine, critical care and sleep join colleagues from around the world for the ATS International Conference. Presentations include cl...
Restasis: Why US consumers paid billions for drug deemed ineffective in other countries
EurekAlert! - 2 Jan 2018 07:00
(The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice) Restasis, a blockbuster drug sold by Allergan to treat chronic dry eye, has done $8.8 billion in US sales between 2009 and 2015, including over $2.9 billion...
Revealing snapshots: Advanced imaging uncovers how the brain responds to vascular injury
EurekAlert! - 2 Jan 2018 07:00
(Medical University of South Carolina) In a Jan. 2, 2018, article in Cell Reports, researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina report that pericytes, a little-understood cell type on the brain's blood vessels...
State-of-the-art MRI technology bypasses need for biopsy
EurekAlert! - 2 Jan 2018 07:00
(UT Southwestern Medical Center) The most common type of tumor found in the kidney is generally quite small (less than 1.5 in). These tumors are usually found by accident when CAT scans are performed for other reasons an...
Study reveals how the midshipman fish sustains its hour-long mating call
EurekAlert! - 2 Jan 2018 07:00
(Rockefeller University Press) Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have discovered how the Pacific midshipman fish can hum continuously for up to an hour in order to attract potential mates. The study, which is...
PharmaMar signs a license agreement for AplidinĀ® with Megapharm in Israel
EurekAlert! - 2 Jan 2018 07:00
(Pharmamar) PharmaMar (MSE:PHM) has announced today a commercialization and distribution license agreement with Megapharm Ltd. for the marine-derived anticancer drug AplidinĀ® (plitidepsin) in Israel and the territory kn...
BU researchers identify possible biomarker for Huntington's disease
EurekAlert! - 2 Jan 2018 07:00
(Boston University School of Medicine) A new discovery of a potential biomarker for Huntington's disease (HD) could mean a more effective way of evaluating the effectiveness of treatments for this neurological disease. T...
Bifidobacterium or fiber protect against deterioration of the inner colonic mucus layer
EurekAlert! - 2 Jan 2018 07:00
(University of Gothenburg) If you are concerned about your health, you should also think about what your gut bacteria consume. Dietary fiber is a key source for their nutrition. Thus the quantity of fiber in your diet in...