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(University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus) Eczema is the most common and stubborn skin disease in the world, but a study led by Dr. Donald Leung of the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus is offering new...

Videos New imaging technique provides a promising and long-awaited diagnostic tool for spotting concussions and other brain injuries before they become life threatening... Contributed Author: Stevens Institute of Technol...

Videos "Imagine you have a bowl of Jell-O, and you insert a rigid plastic fork into the bowl and move it around. It's going to damage the Jell-O. That situation is analogous to inserting a rigid electronic probe into sof...

Article The MDR could drastically impact the way that medical devices are made in the EU, particularly those that are produced using additive manufacturing. Bryan Austin, General Manager of Renishaw's Medical and Dental ...

News Stanford and Seoul National University researchers have developed an artificial sensory nerve system that can activate the twitch reflex in a cockroach and identify letters in the Braille alphabet... Contributed Aut...

Product Announcement Baumer's sensor has a robust, IP69K-rated stainless steel housing which is designed to handle a variety of applications, and is equipped with a condensate-proof silicon measuring cell... Contributed ...

(American Academy of Sleep Medicine) Preliminary results from a study of childhood cancer survivors show that they are more likely to experience sleep problems and daytime sleepiness as adults, and those who report poor ...

(Centre for Ecology & Hydrology) Governments, industries and farmers across the world must join together to tackle the 'major unsolved challenge' of nitrogen pollution, experts told a World Environment Day summit in Indi...

(American Academy of Sleep Medicine) Pilot data from a recent study suggest that patients with short sleep have over two times the odds of readmission than those with sufficient sleep duration during the month following ...

(Ohio State University) An experimental drug that blocks abnormal neural communication after spinal cord injury could one day be the key to improving quality of life by improving bladder function, new research suggests.

(Infectious Diseases Data Observatory) A pioneering conference will bring leading professionals from all over the world to Oxford, UK to discuss strategies for tackling poor quality medical products on a global scale.

(University of Delaware) Researchers have gained new insights into the virus that causes hepatitis B -- a life-threatening and incurable infection that afflicts more than 250 million people worldwide. The discovery revea...

(University of Illinois at Chicago) A three-year, $750,000 grant from the National Institutes of Mental Health will help researchers determine whether the stabilization of ovarian hormones estradiol and progesterone can ...

(Georgia Institute of Technology) By instructing key immune system cells to accept transplanted insulin-producing islets, researchers have opened a potentially new pathway for treating type 1 diabetes. If the approach is...

(Canadian Medical Association Journal) A new study has identified important factors that can improve the transfer of patients from the intensive care unit (ICU) to a general hospital ward, a high-risk transition in which...

(University at Buffalo) For decades, clinicians treating multiple sclerosis (MS) have interpreted the appearance of new or expanding brain lesions on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans as a sign that a patient's dise...

(Oxford University Press USA) Inadequate sleep is a public health problem affecting more than one in three adults worldwide. A new study in the journal SLEEP, published by Oxford University Press, suggests that insuffici...

(Aarhus University) Logically, it would seem that more follow-up testing of cancer patients must be better than less - but this is not the case for patients who undergo surgery for colorectal cancer. This is an important...

(Baylor College of Medicine) Interfering with inflammatory signals produced by heart muscle cells might someday provide novel therapeutic strategies for atrial fibrillation, according to an international team of research...

(American Academy of Sleep Medicine) According to preliminary results from a new study, nighttime light exposure during sleep may affect metabolic function. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that light exp...

(American Heart Association) Limited health literacy is a major barrier to heart health and managing heart disease and stroke. Health literacy is essential to navigate the health care system, use medication effectively a...

(Indiana University) The first peer-reviewed comprehensive analysis of the effects of Medicaid expansion paints a picture of significant improvements in various health outcomes consistent with the original goals of the A...