Medical News
Study Says Poor Diet Before Conceiving Can Have Long-Term Effect On Future Baby's Health
Tech Times - 17 Apr 2018 22:53
A new study conducted by The Lancet found that poor diet and health prior to conceiving can lead to detrimental effects in the child's health. One of the common diseases that can affect children is obesity in either pare...
New York City Mice Problem: 1 in 4 Mice Carry Drug-Resistant Bacteria
Tech Times - 17 Apr 2018 22:50
There is no five-second rule in New York City if anything comes in contact with mice droppings it can be contaminated. A new study finds that one in four mice carry drug-resistant bacteria.
Cardiology, U.S. Driving Growth in 3D Medical Imaging
Medical Design Technology - 17 Apr 2018 19:08
News 3D medical imaging is enabling healthcare professionals to more accurately diagnose ailments and disorders, and this technology continues to steadily grow, according to a new report by Allied Market Research... Staf...
First Sensor's Offers Piezoresistive Manifold Low Pressure Sensors
Medical Design Technology - 17 Apr 2018 17:58
Product Announcement First Sensor presents its new piezoresistive low differential pressure sensors of the HTD series with measuring ranges from 1 mbar to 7 bar... Contributed Author: First Sensor
Researchers Apply Machine Learning To Create Method For Measuring Changes Linked To Cardiovascular Disease
Medical Design Technology - 17 Apr 2018 17:48
News By coupling a machine learning model with a patient's pulse data, researchers are able to measure a key risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and arterial stiffness, using just a smart phone... Contributed Author:...
A Lot Of Needles May Help Restart A Heart
Medical Design Technology - 17 Apr 2018 16:26
News The Zfib team of Rice senior bioengineering students created an add-on for automated external defibrillators - aka AEDs - that literally punches through the skin to help deliver a jolt to a person in cardiac arrest....
Medical DIY-ers Develop Innovative "Therapy Car" to Help Get Recovering Patients Home
Medical Design Technology - 17 Apr 2018 16:11
Article That's when the lightbulb went on, and my peers and I identified an opportunity to improve safety and quality of patient care. We started the process of creating a therapy "car" that would better prepare patients...
Millions Will Have Elevated Blood Pressure As Guidelines Lower Hypertension Reading
Tech Times - 17 Apr 2018 14:22
The updated guideline has categorized more people as hypertensive even if there were no prior diagnosis. Those with a blood pressure of at least 130/80 are classified as stage 1 hypertensive.
Pregnant And Married Female Surgeons Tend To Drop Practice
Tech Times - 17 Apr 2018 14:18
A national survey found lingering signs that gender gap and stigma on pregnancy still exist in the medical field. These factors had even resulted in female surgeons being underrepresented despite constituting significant...
Lung Cancer Patients Will Gain Extra Years Of Life Through Immunotherapy
Tech Times - 17 Apr 2018 13:06
Immunotherapy, a form of treatment that boosts the body's immune system, was proven to give lung cancer patients extra years of life. The immunotherapy drug Keytruda, when administered alongside chemotherapy, cut the ris...
Flipping the classroom approach in public health -- does student performance improve?
EurekAlert! - 17 Apr 2018 06:00
(Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health) A study analyzed the traditional model of education versus the flipped classroom model -- where pre-recorded lectures are viewed outside of the classroom and in-per...
For aggressive breast cancer in the brain, researchers clarify immune response
EurekAlert! - 17 Apr 2018 06:00
(UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center) In a preliminary study presented at the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2018 in Chicago, researchers from the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Cente...
Gene affects how some women store fat -- and ups their diabetes risk
EurekAlert! - 17 Apr 2018 06:00
(University of Virginia Health System) Cruelly, the gene is sex specific: men with the same variation of the gene have a much less heightened diabetes risk.
Model can predict success of treatments that manipulate the gut microbiota
EurekAlert! - 17 Apr 2018 06:00
(eLife ) A new mathematical model can predict the effectiveness of microbiome therapies that manipulate the immune system through live bacteria and could help doctors choose the most appropriate treatment for people with...
Mother's depression might do the same to her child's IQ
EurekAlert! - 17 Apr 2018 06:00
(University of California - San Diego) Roughly one in 10 women in the United States will experience depression, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The consequences, however, may extend to their ...
New highly selective antitumor photodynamic therapy agents synthesized
EurekAlert! - 17 Apr 2018 06:00
(Lobachevsky University) A team of researchers from Lobachevsky University (Nizhny Novgorod, Russia) headed by Professor Alexei Fedorov, Chair of the Organic Chemistry Department, is working to create a new generation of...
OncoDNA announces publication of peer-reviewed study in Oncotarget assessing the utility of its uniq
EurekAlert! - 17 Apr 2018 06:00
(Rapamycin Press) OncoDNA treatment recommendation followed in 60% of cases. 93% of treatment decisions were made based on a holistic approach combining next generation sequencing (NGS) and multiple biomarker analysis pr...
Opioid-related hospitalizations rising in Medicare patients without opioid prescriptions
EurekAlert! - 17 Apr 2018 06:00
(University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston) A 2014 federal change that limited the dispensing of hydrocodone products may be indirectly contributing to the illegal use of some of those drugs, a study by University ...
Penn researcher co-directs National Lung Cancer Screening Center
EurekAlert! - 17 Apr 2018 06:00
(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, along with the Institute for Health Research at Kaiser Permanente Colorado, Kaiser Perma...
People who use medical marijuana more likely to use and misuse prescription drugs
EurekAlert! - 17 Apr 2018 06:00
(Wolters Kluwer Health) Can medical marijuana help to fight the opioid epidemic? Many believe that it can. But a new study finds that people who use medical marijuana actually have higher rates of medical and non-medical...
Personalized Medicine accepted for coverage by MEDLINE
EurekAlert! - 17 Apr 2018 06:00
(Future Science Group) Future Science Group today announced that its journal Personalized Medicine has been selected for coverage by MEDLINE, allowing enhanced discoverability of articles in this important area of resear...
Scientists identify potential targets for new autoimmune disease treatments
EurekAlert! - 17 Apr 2018 06:00
(eLife ) Researchers have provided new insight into how a gene associated with autoimmunity contributes to disease in humans.