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Article Incorporating plastic into electronic medical devices offers a number of benefits including reduced cost, improved ergonomics, and increased functionality ... Contributed Author: Al Timm -- Business Development E...

Age is a risk factor for H3N2. Hospitalization rates are higher for people between 55 and 64 years old. What should older people do to protect themselves from Aussie flu virus?

News Specifically, it helps babies have the correct sleeping posture and has a volume control system embedded into it ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler

News The new tracking system works by sending a message from the pill's sensor to a wearable patch ... Contributed Author: Citizens Commission on Human Rights International Topics: Neurology

News By creating a series of tiny holes near the end of a micropipette using nano-engineering tools, the team found that they could use charged dyes but distribute the electrical current ... Contributed Author: The Franc...

News The 10-millimeter long robot is made up of four layers ... Contributed Author: UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering of Applied Science

News Want to manage your stress? A "neurofeedback" headband could help ... Contributed Author: Rob Lever Topics: Wearables

An Indian pharmaceutical company formulated a typhoid vaccine that could provide long-lasting immunity for infants older than 6 months. WHO announced that it will be in distribution in developing countries by 2019.

A new study claims that coconut oil reduces the risk of heart disease and stroke, contrary to recent claims that the substance is unhealthy. Research showed that regular consumption of coconut oil resulted in higher leve...

(University of Pennsylvania) With medical advances and efforts to curb smoking, one might expect that US life expectancy would improve. Yet there's been a reduction in the rate of improvement in American mortality during...

(Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History) Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Harvard University and the Mexican National Institute of Anthropology and History have u...

(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Preterm babies born early in the third trimester of pregnancy are likely to experience delays in the development of the auditory cortex, a brain region essential to hearing an...

(Cancer Research UK) Teenagers who watch more than three hours of commercial TV a day are more likely to eat hundreds of extra junk food snacks, according to a report by Cancer Research UK.

(Canadian Medical Association Journal) Teens who were severely bullied as children by peers are at higher risk of mental health issues, including suicidal thoughts and behaviours, according to new research in CMAJ (Canad...

(University of Oxford) Conflict in Ukraine has increased the risk of HIV outbreaks throughout the country as displaced HIV-infected people move from war-affected regions to areas with higher risk of transmission, accordi...

(Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago) MRI brain scans can predict language improvement after a cochlear implant, laying the foundation for creation of brain specific therapy.

(Canadian Medical Association Journal) To help address the opioid overdose epidemic, Canada should develop a regulated program to distribute opioids and prevent deaths, argues a commentary in CMAJ.

(Queen Mary University of London) A Queen Mary University of London study of families with rare blood sugar conditions has revealed a new gene thought to be critical in the regulation of insulin, the key hormone in diabe...

(Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) Researchers at the Cancer Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) shed new light on the genetic mechanisms that promote metastasis in the mouse model and also implica...

(BMJ) Pinching your nose while clamping your mouth shut to contain a forceful sneeze isn't a good idea, warn doctors in the journal BMJ Case Reports.

(University of Waterloo) Over half of Canadian youth and young adults who have consumed energy drinks have experienced negative health effects as a result, according to a study from the University of Waterloo.