Medical News
Woman With Flu Symptoms Diagnosed With Flesh-Eating Disease
Tech Times - 24 Jan 2018 04:51
A woman initially diagnosed with the flu contracted a rare flesh-eating disease called necrotizing fasciitis. Here's what you need to know about this rare bacterial infection.
Just Like Dolly: Scientists Clone 2 Monkeys
Discover - 24 Jan 2018 20:51
The world recently welcomed a pair of monkeys that were created using the same method used to clone Dolly the sheep. In a study published Wednesday in Cell, researchers successfully produced two genetically identical, lo...
New microPEM MSOFS Flaring Standoff Fasteners for Compact Electronic Assemblies
Medical Design Technology - 24 Jan 2018 17:15
Product Announcement New microPEM MSOFS flaring standoffs from PennEngineering provide ideal miniature fastener solutions to attach and/or space components in compact electronic assemblies ... Contributed Author: PennEng...
'Programmable Droplets' Could Enable High-Volume Biology Experiments
Medical Design Technology - 24 Jan 2018 16:39
News The system includes software that allows users to describe, at a high level of generality, the experiments they wish to conduct ... Contributed Author: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Scientists Emulate the Human Blood-Retinal Barrier on a Microfluidic Chip
Medical Design Technology - 24 Jan 2018 16:35
News Scientists are developing systems that mimic tissues and organ functions in conditions very close to reality ... Contributed Author: Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
Biomechanical Mapping Method Aids Development of Therapies for Damaged Heart Tissue
Medical Design Technology - 24 Jan 2018 16:03
News The researchers tested their imaging approach in tissue samples from mice ... Contributed Author: The Optical Society Topics: Cardiovascular
A Video Database for Cellular Tracking Created, Useful In the Fight Against Cancer
Medical Design Technology - 24 Jan 2018 15:54
News To understand how cellular migration alters in cancer or other illnesses, or how a metastasis originates ... Contributed Author: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Vaping E-Cigarettes Can Be Good Or Bad Depending On Your Age
Tech Times - 24 Jan 2018 13:03
A NAS report that looked into the impact of e-cigarettes on public health found that the vaping devices are either harmful or beneficial depending on the user's age. At what age is using e-cigarettes a bad idea?
Curry Ingredient Curcumin May Improve Mood And Memory In Just 18 Months
Tech Times - 24 Jan 2018 12:53
Curcumin, an ingredient found in Indian curry, were linked to improvements in memory and mood of participants in an 18-month study. Those who consumed curcumin also showed less signals of tau and amyloid, proteins associ...
Fat cat? Here's how much to feed to lose weight
EurekAlert! - 24 Jan 2018 07:00
(University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences) Does your cat lay around all day, only getting up to eat and visit the litter box? Chances are, he's overweight. Maybe you've switched...
Federal grant expands testing for new nonmedication ADHD treatment
EurekAlert! - 24 Jan 2018 07:00
(Florida State University) The National Institutes of Health has awarded a $2 million grant to Florida State University to test two new nonmedication treatments for children with ADHD.
Finding the root cause of bronchiolitis symptoms
EurekAlert! - 24 Jan 2018 07:00
(Children's National Health System) 'By treating all bronchiolitis patients with a single agent, we could be comparing apples with oranges,' says Robert J. Freishtat, M.D., M.P.H., chief of emergency medicine at Children...
Guidelines support telemedicine as an effective tool for allergists
EurekAlert! - 24 Jan 2018 07:00
(American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology) A position paper by the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology provides guidance to allergists interested in providing telemedicine care to their patients...
Leprosy's drug resistance and origin revealed by genome analysis
EurekAlert! - 24 Jan 2018 07:00
(Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) Scientists led by EPFL have isolated leprosy bacteria directly from human samples, and analyzed the purified genomes to identify mutations that confer drug resistance to the b...
Link found between genes in mosquitos and the spread of diseases
EurekAlert! - 24 Jan 2018 07:00
(University of Missouri-Columbia) Researchers at the University of Missouri have found a link between genetic molecules in mosquitos and dengue fever. The results of the study, conducted by Susanta K. Behura and his coll...
MMV malaria box phenotyped against plasmodium and toxoplasma
EurekAlert! - 24 Jan 2018 07:00
(Singapore University of Technology and Design) A Singapore-India collaborative research project between the Singapore University of Technology & Design (SUTD) and CSIR-National Chemical Laboratories (NCL) completed phen...
More stroke patients may receive crucial treatments under new guideline
EurekAlert! - 24 Jan 2018 07:00
(American Heart Association) A new guideline for treating acute ischemic stroke recommends an increased treatment window for mechanical clot removal from six hours to up to 24 hours in certain patients with clots in larg...
NIH begins large HIV treatment study in pregnant women
EurekAlert! - 24 Jan 2018 07:00
(NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) NIH has launched a large international study to compare the safety and efficacy of three antiretroviral treatment regimens for pregnant women living with HIV an...
Nanosensor that lights up cancer to be tested in surgeries
EurekAlert! - 24 Jan 2018 07:00
(UT Southwestern Medical Center) UT Southwestern Simmons Cancer Center scientists next month will begin testing a digital nanosensor that lights up cancer tissue to see whether it can improve the accuracy of cancer surge...
New overseas scholarship named in honour of distinguished Indian botanist
EurekAlert! - 24 Jan 2018 07:00
(John Innes Centre) A new scheme to support postgraduate students from developing countries is announced today by the John Innes Centre.
Novel device and staff education lead to lower blood culture contamination rates
EurekAlert! - 24 Jan 2018 07:00
(Medical University of South Carolina) A Medical University of South Carolina study found that use of a mechanical initial specimen diversion device (ISDD®) and staff education led to a nearly four-fold decrease in cont...
Penn Center for Inherited Cardiovascular Disease gifted $5 million
EurekAlert! - 24 Jan 2018 07:00
(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) The Penn Center for Inherited Cardiovascular Disease has received a $5 million commitment from Mark Winkelman and his family. The generous donation from Winkelman, a former...