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An epidemiologist working with CDC has disappeared under strange circumstances and the police have still not been able to trace him. Timothy J. Cunningham took a sick leave on Feb. 12 and has not been seen since then.

(University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus) Rather than focusing our efforts on designing treatments to eradicate cells with cancerous mutations, book by James DeGregori, PhD, shows that promoting tissue health help...

Product Announcement Ironwood Electronics has recently introduced a new high performance elastomer socket for 0.65mm pitch BGA package ... Contributed Author: Ironwood Electronics

News A heating and freezing process known as dual thermal ablation can kill pancreatic cancer cells, according to new research from State University at New York at Binghamton. The image depicts ... Contributed Author: Bi...

News A new variant of the gene-editing CRISPR/Cas9 system is safer and more specific than versions previously used in early research towards a treatment for Huntington's disease, shows ... Contributed Author: Frontiers

News Many hospital patients get medicine or nutrition delivered straight into their bloodstream through a tiny device called a PICC. In just a decade, it's become the go-to device for intravenous care. But ... Contribute...

It seems simple right, leave your keys in the key bowl on the kitchen counter and you won't lose them? Simple? Yes. Do we keep to this routine daily? On occasion. Keys these days seem to grow a pair of legs and find them...

Article Robots are taking on more challenging tasks in today's medical applications with their improved capabilities. Robotic-assisted surgical procedures, robotic medicine dispensing, and rehabilitation and movement the...

Eating healthy diets may reduce risks of depression among the elderly, a new study suggests. Participants who stuck with the DASH diet were found to be less likely to suffer from depression.

A doctor in Orlando, Florida, has been arrested for vaccine fraud. The alleged malpractice has placed about 500 children at risk, and parents are recommended to consider revaccination to ensure that their children are pr...

Children are having difficulty holding a pencil because of excessive use of devices that prevents the development of muscles needed for holding pencils and writing correctly. Some children do not even know how to receive...

E-cigarette users may be exposed to potentially toxic amounts of metals such as lead, nickel, manganese, and chromium. Here are the number of people in the United States that are at risk of the adverse effects of using t...

(Anglia Ruskin University) Increasing stress and a lack of motivation among healthcare staff could result in hospitals having to shut down in the wake of a major incident such as flooding or an earthquake, according to n...

(Children's Hospital Colorado) A team of doctors and scientists from the US and Europe led by Kevin Messacar, MD, an infectious disease specialist from Children's Hospital Colorado (Children's Colorado), has found that E...

(University of Virginia Health System) The finding 'opens up a whole new research area to look at neuroinflammation in the context of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's,' the lead researcher said. 'But the clinical impact will ...

(Regenstrief Institute) Predicting ahead of time which nursing home residents can potentially avoid hospitalization is complex, according to a new study from the Indiana University Center for Aging Research and the Regen...

(Bentham Science Publishers) Honey is generally evaluated by physicochemical analysis of its constituents. The manipulation of honey and its possible adulteration is reflected in many of its physicochemical properties. I...

(Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings) The selection process for participation at this year's Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting has been completed. A total of 600 outstanding students, doctoral candidates and post-docs will come t...

(Lawson Health Research Institute) Led by Dr. Richard Kim, scientist at Lawson Health Research Institute (Lawson) and clinical pharmacologist at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC), researchers at Lawson have received $...

(University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and RaySearch Laboratories today announced a strategic alliance with the aim of enhancing cancer radiation therapy thro...

(Penn State) Most of Pennsylvania's high school and middle school students are tobacco-free, but among those who do use tobacco products, the most commonly used product by middle schoolers was e-cigarettes -- also known ...

(Wiley) A new study reveals that many patients with breast cancer have misconceptions and fears about radiation therapy, but their actual experiences with modern breast radiation therapy are better than they expected.