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Videos For firefighters, the combination of augmented reality (AR), smart wearables and drones are all becoming life-saving additions to rescue teams. Firefighters are able to utilize AR smart glasses in order to avoid o...

News Vasodilating stents, "labs-on-chips" for analysis on smallest areas, 3-D cell culturing systems for tissue reconstruction: microtechnology is gaining importance in the medical sector. It also opens up new potentials...

News A magnetic wire used to snag scarce and hard-to-capture tumor cells could prove to be a swift and effective tactic for early cancer detection. The wire, which is threaded into a vein, attracts special magnetic nanop...

Industry Brief The wide adoption of electronic medical record solutions in hospitals is making a strong case for interoperability among medical devices, and could well take the $232.5 million global medical device connec...

News A team of researchers at the University of Iowa has one potential solution: Turn everyday exercise into a game. To that end, UI faculty and students designed a web-based game that can be played by anyone with a smar...

News Strand by strand, and layer by layer, Daniel Chen's research team is inching closer to repairing and rebuilding bones with the use of 3-D printing technology... Contributed Author: University of Saskatchewan Topics:...

News The common but dangerous heart rhythm disorder known as atrial fibrillation--or a-fib--can go undetected for years. Now, research suggests a high-tech, wearable patch might spot the condition early... Contributed Au...

Article Digital health was key at this year's American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions, specifically diabetes. Novo Nordisk presented their findings about people who used Novo Nordisk's Cornerstones4Care powered...

News An examination of how the adoption of EHRs affected the quality of hospital care between 2008 and 2013 found that mortality rates were initially higher among hospitals with more digital capabilities, but fell over t...

(SingHealth) A fatal neurodegenerative condition known as Gaucher disease can be prevented in mice following fetal gene therapy, finds a new study led by UCL, the KK Women's and Children's Hospital and National Universit...

(Wiley) Androgen deprivation therapy for the treatment of prostate cancer can lead to loss of muscle and bone mass. In a recent Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sport study of elderly patients undergoing the...

(Tufts University, Health Sciences Campus) A pilot study led by researchers from Tufts University and conducted at the Somerville Council on Aging in Somerville, Mass., translated for the first time the physical activity...

(NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) According to a new National Institutes of Health-funded study, it is not destiny that brings two fruit flies together, but an evolutionary matchmaker of sorts...

(Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal)) The estimates for global tuberculosis deaths by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) differ considerably for a ...

(Regenstrief Institute) In 'The Unmet Promise of a Miracle Drug for Alzheimer's Disease: Implications for Practice, Policy, and Research,' the authors lament the unmet promise of a miracle drug for Alzheimer disease but ...

(University of Minnesota Medical School) More than a million patients are transferred between hospitals each year in the U.S. This process is challenging both for hospitals and patients and breakdowns in communication ar...

(University of Waterloo) Researchers at the University of Waterloo have found that sentiments in the nursing notes of health care providers are good indicators of whether intensive care unit (ICU) patients will survive.

(Ruhr-University Bochum) Numerous studies to date have shown that olfactory receptors are relevant not only for smell perception, but that they also play a significant physiological and pathophysiological role in all org...

(JAMA Network) Obesity is among the long-term adult health consequences associated with poor self-regulation during childhood. This study of a nationally representative group of U.S. children suggests the pattern of an a...

(JAMA Network) A screening test used in a cognitive evaluation of President Donald Trump received considerable public attention after it was announced earlier this year. A new study identified online news articles discus...

(Lund University) Ever since the blood type was discovered in 1962, no one has been able to explain why some people become Xga positive while others are Xga negative. But now, researchers at Lund University in Sweden hav...

(American Osteopathic Association) The study also analyzed participants' overall willingness to initiate and sustain responsible drinking habits or abstinence. Compared to men, women were 38 percent more willing to initi...