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(Wiley) In an Addiction Biology study, the estimated prevalence of very high risk drinking level (VHRDL, defined as drinking >100 g of ethanol per day) in 13 European Union countries was 0.74-0.85 percent, with a risk of...

Videos A new highly maneuverable search and rescue robot that can creep, crawl and climb over rough terrain and through tight spaces has been developed by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers... Contribut...

News A new study involving clinicians using electronic health records to perform certain common tasks provides compelling evidence that the design, development and implementation of these systems need to be improved to m...

Product Announcement Emerson is expanding its ASCO Series 045 solenoid pinch valves to include a new 3-way format. Previously, the series included only 2-way normally-closed (NC) and normally-open (NO) options... Contrib...

News A new way of harnessing the sun's rays to power synthetic skin could help to create advanced prosthetic limbs capable of returning the sense of touch to amputees... Contributed Author: University of Glasgow Topics: ...

Article With the increase of technology, patients can now receive health notifications at the click of their fingertip. CareThrough is joining the technology realm by implementing LifeLink's AI chatbot for their patients...

News Improving dementia care through timely diagnosis is a priority for the National Health Service. Now a new machine-learning model that scans routinely collected NHS data has shown promising signs of predicting undiag...

News To check for severe epilepsy, clinicians use a surgical procedure called electrocorticography (ECoG). ECoG requires taking a part of your skull out and putting electrodes directly on brain tissue, but now researcher...

Product Announcement AutomationDirect has added Integrated motors and drives to its SureStep line of stepper motion control products. Integrated stepper motor/drives save panel space, require less wiring and are less exp...

Videos One major problem with understanding Alzheimer's is not being able to clearly see why the disease starts. A super-resolution "nanoscope" developed by Purdue University researchers now provides a 3D view of brain m...

News Scientists from Google AI and the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology describe a method based on artificial neural networks that is able to reconstruct entire nerve cells with all their elements and connections alm...

(NYU Langone Health / NYU School of Medicine) Study shows that the risk of having a heart attack while pregnant, giving birth, or during the two months after delivery, continues to increase for American women.

(University of Edinburgh) People infected with HIV are twice as likely to suffer from heart disease, research has found. Analysis of global figures reveals that HIV-associated cardiovascular disease has more than tripled...

(Wiley) Consumption of fish and long-chain omega-3 fatty acids was associated with lower risks of early death in a Journal of Internal Medicine study.

(Humane Society International) New study calls for human-based tools to unravel the pathogenesis of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). The contribution of in silico, in vitro and pathways-based systems biology approac...

(Johns Hopkins Medicine) An analysis of more than 1,000 people with and without psychiatric disorders has shown that nitrates--chemicals used to cure meats such as beef jerky, salami, hot dogs and other processed meat sn...

(The North American Menopause Society (NAMS)) Heart disease is still the number one killer of US women, and hormone therapy remains a top treatment for menopause symptoms. A new study connects these two facts to demonstr...

(Duke University) New research from Duke University shows that neurons in the brain can carry two signals at once, using a strategy similar to multiplexing in telecommunications. The results may explain how the brain pro...

(Wiley) The question of whether alcohol intake affects male reproductive function is controversial. In a new Andrology study, moderate alcohol intake was linked with higher semen volume, sperm concentration, and total sp...

(Wiley) Omega 3 is a type of fat. Small amounts of omega 3 fats are essential for good health, and they can be found in the food that we eat.

(Jackson Laboratory) Single-cell sequencing technologies are filling in fine details in the catalog of life. Researchers at the University of Connecticut Health Center (UConn Health) and The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) have...

(American College of Cardiology) In a new study, researchers found discharge against medical advice as the strongest predictor of 30-day unplanned readmissions in heart attack patients. While only a small number of patie...