Medical News
This Organ Helps Sea Nomads Dive Deeper for Longer
Discover - 19 Apr 2018 23:05
When we think of the organs that help humans stay alive under the water, the heart and lungs top the list. But there's another organ that deserves recognition as well, though few of us would think to name it. It's the sp...
Man Forced To Undergo Second Face Transplant After Drugs Interfered With First Face Transplant
Tech Times - 19 Apr 2018 03:56
French man Jerome Hamon underwent a second face transplant due to drugs that interfered with his first face transplant. He took drugs that caused his facial tissue to die.
Research reveals stronger people have healthier brains
EurekAlert! - 19 Apr 2018 06:00
(NICM, Western Sydney University) A study of nearly half a million people has revealed that muscular strength, measured by handgrip, is an indication of how healthy our brains are. The study, published in Schizophrenia B...
Smallest 30 Watt Medical DC-DC Converter With Wide 2:1 Input Range
Medical Design Technology - 19 Apr 2018 20:41
Product Announcement TRACO POWER has announced the release of their THM 30 family of medical 30 Watt DC/DC converters with wide 2:1 input range in the industry standard 1 x 2" footprint... Contributed Author: TRACO Power
Tooth Sensors Help Detect Disease
Medical Design Technology - 19 Apr 2018 20:17
Videos A collaborative research team has developed a smart-tooth technology to someday help detect early signs of certain diseases in high-risk patients. The electronic tooth sensor analyzes saliva or gingival crevicular...
Detailed Images Of Tumor Vasculature
Medical Design Technology - 19 Apr 2018 19:55
News Thanks to a new method of analyzing ultrasound images, conventional scanners can be used for generating high-res images of blood vessels in tumors. This approach makes it easier to distinguish between different type...
Autism Pioneer Hans Asperger Worked With The Nazis During World War II
Tech Times - 19 Apr 2018 19:54
A new piece of research has cast autism pioneer Hans Asperger in a negative light. It was revealed that the doctor worked very carefully with the Nazi Party during World War II.
Report Says Blockchain Technology To Take Healthcare Market By Storm
Medical Design Technology - 19 Apr 2018 19:22
News A BIS Research report expects the value of blockchain in the health care information market to explode as the technology resolves many of the interoperability and security challenges arising from the silos of differ...
Top 5 Ways To Prevent A Stress-Induced Urinary Tract Infection
Tech Times - 19 Apr 2018 19:21
An individual can end up with a urinary tract infection in several different ways, one of which is stress. Here are 5 ways to prevent stress-induced urinary tract infection.
Abby Lee Miller Diagnosed With Cancer After Spinal Surgery, 'Dance Mom' Star's Health Deteriorated After Prison
Tech Times - 19 Apr 2018 17:57
Abby Lee Miller has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma following an emergency surgery on her spinal cord. Miller was first thought to have an infection but doctors have now determined she has cancer.
New Machine Keeps Organs Warm To Improve Transplants
Medical Design Technology - 19 Apr 2018 16:26
Article A new machine may better preserve donated organs and eliminate the method of packing organs on ice while rushing to the hospital. British researchers said keeping some livers at body temperature may be a better t...
Promising Gene Therapy Helps Reduce Transfusion In Patients With Blood Disorders
Tech Times - 19 Apr 2018 15:40
People with beta-thalassemia, a genetic blood disorder, could benefit from a promising gene therapy. The therapy, LentiGlobin, is reported to reduce or eliminate the need for blood transfusions in patients enrolled in Ph...
What Is COPD? Disease Afflicted Former First Lady Barbara Bush Before Her Death
Tech Times - 19 Apr 2018 13:00
Barbara Bush died of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and congestive heart on April 17. She passed away two days after opting for comfort care instead of continued medical treatment.
EPFL scientists become part of international effort to create Human Cell Atlas
EurekAlert! - 19 Apr 2018 06:00
(Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) In its first investment in EPFL, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) and DAF, an advised fund of Silicon Valley Community Foundation, have awarded a research grant to the lab...
Blowfly uses saliva to keep cool
EurekAlert! - 19 Apr 2018 06:00
(University of Sao Paulo Scientific Outreach Unit) On warm days the Oriental latrine blowfly (Chrysomya megacephala) keeps cool by moving a droplet of saliva repeatedly in and out of its buccal apparatus, or mouth, and t...
Drug combination targeting HSP90 and BRAF is safe and effective in advanced melanoma
EurekAlert! - 19 Apr 2018 06:00
(H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute) A team of researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center have been working to learn more about how melanoma becomes resistant to BRAF inhibitors in order to develop new treatment...
Depression during and after pregnancy may affect children's development
EurekAlert! - 19 Apr 2018 06:00
(Wiley) Maternal depressive symptoms during pregnancy, in the first year postpartum, and in early childhood were linked with poorer child neurodevelopment in a recent Depression & Anxiety study.
Biofeedback relaxation app may help kids during medical procedures
EurekAlert! - 19 Apr 2018 06:00
(Wiley) A new Pain Practice study indicates that biofeedback-assisted relaxation may help manage pain and anxiety in children undergoing medical procedures.
A complete cell atlas and lineage tree of the immortal flatworm
EurekAlert! - 19 Apr 2018 06:00
(Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association) From one stem cell to many differentiated body cells: Scientists from the MDC in Berlin, along with collaborating researchers in Munich, have pub...
How environmental pollutants and genetics work together in rheumatoid arthritis
EurekAlert! - 19 Apr 2018 06:00
(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) New research documents how chemicals and a certain gene activate an enzyme to increase the risk and severity of RA and bone destruction.
IU psychologist awarded $1.7 million to study early child language learning
EurekAlert! - 19 Apr 2018 06:00
(Indiana University) Indiana University Bloomington psychology professor Chen Yu has been awarded $1.7 million from the National Institutes of Health to better understand the earliest phases of language learning in child...
Low total testosterone in men widespread, linked to chronic disease
EurekAlert! - 19 Apr 2018 06:00
(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) New research finds that more men have suboptimal testosterone levels than previously known, and it may be putting these men at risk.