Medical News
Physicians Will Tell It Like It Is to Device Makers at 'A Doctor's Wish List' Panel Discussion - June 19
Medical Design Technology - 11 May 2018 15:30
News 'A Doctors' Wish List' panel discussion on June 19, in Michigan, will give medical device designers and MedTech professionals a chance to hear firsthand from physicians and those in the supply chain what type of inn...
Elderly Voice Opinion About Using Technology to Help Take Medicine
Medical Design Technology - 11 May 2018 15:00
Article Individuals 65 years old and over said having technology to help remind them to take medication would be helpful, but the technology needs to be easy to learn and familiar, according to a research study... Staff ...
Operating On Brain Gliomas By Detecting The 'Glow'
Medical Design Technology - 11 May 2018 15:00
News Researchers use novel imaging technology for finding malignant brain tumors. They used a Scanning Fiber Endoscope to detect the glow produced by adding the pro-drug 5-ALA to experimental models of malignant brain tu...
Cancer treatment developed at Ben-Gurion U. changes cancer cells into normal ones
EurekAlert! - 11 May 2018 06:00
(American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) "Using the siRNA treatment for several types of cancer in mouse models reprogramed cancer cell metabolism, reduced tumor growth and angiogenesis, reduced tumor in...
Chronic medical conditions are common in women with urinary incontinence
EurekAlert! - 11 May 2018 06:00
(Wiley) New research published in BJU International indicates that women with urinary incontinence often have other chronic conditions.
Dengue 'hot spots' provide map to chikungunya and Zika outbreaks
EurekAlert! - 11 May 2018 06:00
(Emory Health Sciences) Identifying dengue fever 'hot spots' can provide a predictive map for outbreaks of chikungunya and Zika -- two other viral diseases that, along with dengue, are spread by the Aedes aegypti mosquit...
Dental checklist of bad practice has patient care at its heart
EurekAlert! - 11 May 2018 06:00
(University of Edinburgh) Dental experts have drawn up a definitive list of never events -- scenarios that patients should never face -- in a bid to ensure excellent patient care worldwide.
Do we subconsciously judge face-likeness?
EurekAlert! - 11 May 2018 06:00
(Toyohashi University of Technology) The research team of the Visual Perception and Cognition Laboratory at the Toyohashi University of Technology has suggested that face-likeness is judged by early visual processing at ...
EuroPCR 2018, the world's leading course in interventional cardiovascular medicine
EurekAlert! - 11 May 2018 06:00
(PCR) The world's foremost course in interventional cardiovascular medicine and the official annual meeting of the European Association for Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI) of the European Society of Car...
Genome surgery for eye disease moves closer to reality
EurekAlert! - 11 May 2018 06:00
(American Academy of Ophthalmology) Researchers from Columbia University have developed a new technique for the powerful gene editing tool CRISPR to restore retinal function in mice afflicted by a degenerative retinal di...
Healthy diet may lower risk of hearing loss in women
EurekAlert! - 11 May 2018 06:00
(Brigham and Women's Hospital) In a new study, researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital examined the relation between three different diets and risk of developing hearing loss, and found that eating a healthy diet i...
How signals get inside cancer cells and spur aggressive growth
EurekAlert! - 11 May 2018 06:00
(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) A new study provides a surprising model of the process by which signals enter and influence a cancer cell. The finding could open up a potential new avenue to pursue new thera...
Increased overweight in children of mothers who drank coffee while pregnant
EurekAlert! - 11 May 2018 06:00
(University of Gothenburg) A study published in the BMJ Open journal shows that even moderate coffee consumption during pregnancy, one to two cups per day, is related to a risk of overweight or obesity in school age chil...
Key protein in sperm tail assembly identified
EurekAlert! - 11 May 2018 06:00
(Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona)) A study, published in the Journal of Cell Biology, focuses on the development of the sperm tail, the structure that enables sperm cells to swim and is therefore cri...
Many older adults discharged from the hospital receive inappropriate prescriptions
EurekAlert! - 11 May 2018 06:00
(Wiley) In a British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology study of 259 older adults discharged from a general medical hospital, more than 4 in 5 patients were issued a potentially inappropriate prescription containing at lea...
Many patients with rectal cancer may not need chemoradiotherapy
EurekAlert! - 11 May 2018 06:00
(Wiley) It's unclear whether all patients with advanced rectal cancer need chemoradiotherapy, or whether some can forego the treatment and therefore be spared its side effects.
Noninvasive brain stimulation leads to fine motor improvement after stroke
EurekAlert! - 11 May 2018 06:00
(Wiley) Stroke is common and accompanied by complex disabilities -- such as lower and upper limb disability, speech impairment, and chronic post-stroke pain.
Older Americans are rarely evaluated for obstructive sleep apnea, yet many are at risk
EurekAlert! - 11 May 2018 06:00
(Wiley) In a study of community-dwelling Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 and older who were asked about sleep disturbances, 56 percent were estimated to be at high risk of obstructive sleep apnea, but only 8 percent of th...
Opening a new door to immunity
EurekAlert! - 11 May 2018 06:00
(University of Missouri-Columbia) A new study could have major implications for our understanding of disease processes for conditions such as autoimmunity, atherosclerosis and heart failure, potentially leading to better...
Oral drug treatment helps protect cancer patients from potentially deadly blood clots
EurekAlert! - 11 May 2018 06:00
(University of Warwick) Research from the University of Warwick indicates that taking a tablet a day can help treat cancer patients of a potentially deadly condition.
Osteoporosis drug may benefit heart health
EurekAlert! - 11 May 2018 06:00
(Wiley) The osteoporosis drug alendronate was linked with a reduced risk of cardiovascular death, heart attack, and stroke in a Journal of Bone and Mineral Research study of patients with hip fractures.
Reducing tapeworm infection could improve academic performance, reduce poverty
EurekAlert! - 11 May 2018 06:00
(Stanford University) Tapeworm infection from eating contaminated pork can damage the brain, causing learning impairments and possibly enforcing cycles of poverty. A new study is the first to look at infection rates with...