Medical News
Video of the Day: Barista-Bots Refresh Tired MD&M West Visitors
Medical Design Technology - 5 Feb 2018 23:25
Videos Roaming the vast show floor at MD&M West can be exhausting, so I was very grateful to discover that Kuka and Kawasaki had decided to demonstrate their machines' dexterity and material handling capabilities by........
Barista-Bots Refresh Tired MD&M Visitors
Medical Design Technology - 5 Feb 2018 23:25
Videos Roaming the vast show floor at MD&D can be exhausting, so I was very grateful to discover that Kuka and Kawasaki had decided demonstrate their machines' dexterity and material handling capabilities by......
Barista-Bots Refresh Tired MD&M West Visitors
Medical Design Technology - 5 Feb 2018 23:25
Videos Roaming the vast show floor at MD&M West can be exhausting, so I was very grateful to discover that Kuka and Kawasaki had decided to demonstrate their machines' dexterity and material handling capabilities by........
PSMA PET/CT Clearly Differentiates Prostate Cancer From Benign Tissue
Medical Design Technology - 5 Feb 2018 22:40
Industry Brief Using nuclear medicine, German researchers have found a way to accurately differentiate cancerous tissue from healthy tissue in prostate cancer patients. The research is highlighted in the February issue o...
Researchers Create Fiber Optic Sensors that Dissolve in the Body
Medical Design Technology - 5 Feb 2018 22:34
News For the first time, researchers have fabricated sensing elements known as fiber Bragg gratings inside optical fibers designed to dissolve completely inside the body. The bioresorbable fiber Bragg gratings could be u...
Insomnia? Sleep Expert Shares Reasons Why You Can't Fall Asleep At Night
Tech Times - 5 Feb 2018 20:59
Can't fall asleep at night? People with insomnia have a hard time falling asleep at night. A sleep expert shares reasons you can't fall asleep at night.
New Materials Feature High Dielectric Strength and Highly Lubricious Properties
Medical Design Technology - 5 Feb 2018 19:23
News Minnesota Rubber and Plastics will be showcase its Qmonix® Elastomer 912T, a USP Class VI certified high-dielectric material for bio-compatible applications, at this year's MDM West. The company will also exhibit i...
Ultra-Small Heat Shrink Tubing Enables New Levels of Miniaturization for Catheters and Guide Wires
Medical Design Technology - 5 Feb 2018 18:27
News Two families of ultra-miniature peelable heat shrink tubing (PHST) products announced today by Junkosha are aimed at helping make tools for micro-surgical procedures safer, more precise, and......
Man Drinks 25 Cans Of Energy Drink In 6 Hours, Wakes Up With Brain Hemorrhage
Tech Times - 5 Feb 2018 16:32
A 56-year-old man from the United Kingdom once drank 25 cans of Red Bull and Monster energy drinks over a six-hour period. Later that night, he was rushed to the hospital, where he was found to have a brain hemorrhage.
Ways To Prevent Heart Attack And Stroke
Tech Times - 5 Feb 2018 13:57
Smoking, stress, and high levels of blood sugar can cause heart attacks and strokes. Here's our guide on how to prevent these occurrences and lead a healthy lifestyle.
Want Your Partner To Start Losing Weight? Study Shows They Will If You Start Shedding Pounds Yourself
Tech Times - 5 Feb 2018 13:50
If you have a special someone, your weight loss could affect their fitness as well. A new study suggests that when one member of a couple commits to losing weight, their partner also sheds some pounds.
Diabetes doubles chance of developing cataract
EurekAlert! - 5 Feb 2018 07:00
(Anglia Ruskin University) People with diabetes are twice as likely to develop cataract as the general population and the relative risk is highest in those aged between 45 and 54, according to a new study published in th...
Detecting and treating dnDSA early preserves allograft function
EurekAlert! - 5 Feb 2018 07:00
(Children's National Health System) Monitoring and treating de novo donor-specific antibodies before they could cause graft damage helped to decrease dnDSA in a majority of pediatric kidney transplant recipients at Child...
Despite potential for revenue gains, Medicare's annual wellness visit unevenly adopted
EurekAlert! - 5 Feb 2018 07:00
(Brigham and Women's Hospital) In 2011, Medicare introduced the annual wellness visit -- a yearly check-up for Medicare beneficiaries at no cost to the patient -- but many practices have been slow to offer the visits. A ...
Cellular models of fetal intestinal tissue may help combat deadly neonatal disease
EurekAlert! - 5 Feb 2018 07:00
(Massachusetts General Hospital) Cellular models of fetal and adult intestinal tissues generated by investigators from MassGeneral Hospital for Children have identified differences in the immune response to natural intes...
An underestimated threat: Land-based pollution with microplastics
EurekAlert! - 5 Feb 2018 07:00
(Forschungsverbund Berlin) Tiny plastic particles also present a threat to creatures on land and may have damaging effects similar or even more problematic than in our oceans. Researchers from the Leibniz-Institute of Fr...
ARRS 2018 Annual Meeting open to media
EurekAlert! - 5 Feb 2018 07:00
(American Roentgen Ray Society) The American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) will host leading radiologists from around the world at the ARRS 2018 Annual Meeting, April 22-27 in Washington, DC.
Moffitt researchers identify new target to reduce risk of GVHD
EurekAlert! - 5 Feb 2018 07:00
(H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute) Moffitt Cancer Center researchers are trying to identify new drug targets to reduce the risk of GVHD. Their new study, published last week in the Proceedings of the Nat...
Loved one's death could spur aggressive measures against breast cancer
EurekAlert! - 5 Feb 2018 07:00
(Ohio State University) A woman's memories of a loved one's experience with cancer could play a significant role in how she approaches breast cancer prevention in her own life, a new study has found.
New evidence shows potential of two drugs to block malaria transmission
EurekAlert! - 5 Feb 2018 07:00
(University of California - San Francisco) An international team of researchers has shown that two different compounds-one, an older malaria drug, the other a common laboratory dye with known antimalarial properties-can ...
New research calls for rethink on approach to treating NTDs in urban areas
EurekAlert! - 5 Feb 2018 07:00
(Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine) New research published today in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, suggests the effectiveness of large-scale distribution of medication (known as Mass Drug Administration or MDA) to t...
New research suggests your immune system can protect against MRSA infections
EurekAlert! - 5 Feb 2018 07:00
(Johns Hopkins Medicine) After years of investigation, researchers at Johns Hopkins, the University of California, Davis, and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases have discovered how the immune syste...