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News An electrically conductive hydrogel that takes stretchability, self-healing and strain sensitivity to new limits has been developed at KAUST... Contributed Author: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

(European League Against Rheumatism) The results of two studies presented today at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR 2018) investigate joint replacement procedures in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients....

Article Thomas Lotz of SKF Motion Technologies discusses the parameters for specifying actuators and pillars for precise positioning of surgical tables, chairs, and other apparatus in medical applications. Contributed Au...

Videos Using X-ray laser technology, a team led by researchers of the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI has recorded one of the fastest processes in biology. In doing so, they produced a molecular movie that reveals how the li...

News Researchers have developed a new ultra-high-frequency RFID tag-sensor configuration that senses spikes in glucose and wirelessly transmits this information. Eventually, the team plans to tailor the tag to sense chem...

Videos An autonomous exoskeleton is in the works to help those confined to a wheelchair and for paraplegics. The exoskeleton, known as Atalante, is being designed by Wandercraft, a French start-up company... Staff Author...

News While the use of virtual reality (VR) for gaming and entertainment continues to grow, the technology also shows promise for changing the landscape of industries such as medicine, education and workforce training... ...

News Patients today may be asked to check their blood pressure at home and will be interested to know what is being proposed in an Apple patent regarding the same... Contributed Author: Tech Xplore Topics: Home Healthcar...

Product Announcement 3M announced the addition of 3M Single Coated Medical Extended Wear Adhesive Nonwoven Tape on Liner, a pressure sensitive adhesive that offers omni-directional stretch for superior conformability and...

(University of California - San Diego) Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine suggest higher levels of vitamin D are associated with decreasing risk of breast cancer. Their epidemiological s...

(European League Against Rheumatism) The results of a study presented at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR 2018) demonstrates increased levels of gum disease, and disease-causing bacteria, in individual...

(American Heart Association) The American Heart Association (AHA) and the American Diabetes Association (ADA) today announced the start of a new multi-year collaborative initiative supported by founding sponsors Boehring...

(Max-Planck-Gesellschaft) Foods rich in fats and carbohydrates stimulate the reward system in the brain particularly strongly.

(European League Against Rheumatism) The results of a study presented today at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR 2018) suggest that over two thirds of the increased cardiovascular risk associated with o...

(European League Against Rheumatism) The results of an open label extension of a phase II study presented today at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR 2018) demonstrate that lenabasum continues to have ac...

(European League Against Rheumatism) The results of a study presented at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR 2018) examined rates of malignancy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), excluding non-me...

(European League Against Rheumatism) The results of a study to be presented at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR 2018) suggest childhood and adult obesity increase the risk of developing hip osteoarthri...

(European League Against Rheumatism) The results of a study presented today at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR 2018) report that obesity in women and current smoking in men were the strongest predicto...

(Ohio University) More than 500,000 years of life expectancy were lost in Ohio during a seven-year period, according to a study conducted by The Ohio Alliance for Innovation in Population Health (OAIPH) -- a collaborativ...

(Wiley) Researchers have used lab technology called mass spectrometry to study the proteins expressed by human cancer cells.

(Queensland University of Technology) Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane, Australia, and Swiss medtech company Abionic SA are collaborating to develop rapid, targeted tests for allergies to subtropical...

(European League Against Rheumatism) The results of a study to be presented at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR 2018) suggest that rates of anxiety and depression in patients with rheumatoid arthritis ...