Medical News

The microbiome, it's so hot right now. A newly published paper in Cell Host & Microbe is adding to the hotness, looking at how people's idiosyncratic collection of gut flora can influence the way our bodies respond to va...

News USC researchers have invented a device that could significantly improve care for people with hydrocephalus, a chronic condition that causes excessive fluid in the brain... Contributed Author: Breanne Grady, USC News...

Videos To improve communication about pain between patients and physicians, researchers have developed a mobile application called "Painimation" that has the potential to assess and monitor pain better than any previousl...

Article Most medical device developers are well aware of the importance of a Quality Management System, (QMS) but determining the best solution can be a challenge. A QMS can be very useful for providing the framework for...

Product Announcement Fujifilm Medical Systems U.S.A., a provider of endoscopic imaging solutions, announced the launch of its 700 Series Endoscopes. This newest product line features several enhancements in comfort, effi...

News Chromatic Technologies has invented BlindSpotz, a patent-pending freeze-warning technology that can be printed directly on a package. If the temperature of the package drops at or below 32° F, a permanent colored s...

(University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus) University of Colorado Cancer Center researcher uses drug delivery properties of mother's milk to naturally shepherd chemotherapy molecules into the bloodstream.

(Wiley) Preoperative oral care by a dentist may help reduce postoperative complications in patients who undergo cancer surgery, according to a new BJS (British Journal of Surgery) study.

(University at Buffalo) Exercise can help prevent relapses into cocaine addiction, according to new research led by the University at Buffalo.

(Virginia Tech) Brennan Delattre, a lab manager and research assistant at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, was awarded a Fulbright fellowship for the 2018-2019 academic year. The prestigious fellowship will...

(University of California - San Diego) To understand why some patients with appendix cancer respond to standard treatment while others do not, University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Cente...

(University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center) The Harrington Discovery Institute at University Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio -- part of The Harrington Project for Discovery & Development -- has announced three new schol...

(University of Konstanz) International collaboration between researchers from the University of Konstanz, the University of Graz, Graz University of Technology and Florida State University sheds new light on animal speci...

(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) Four Penn Medicine postdoctoral trainees have been awarded three-year fellowships through a newly established program, the Michael Brown Penn-GSK Postdoctoral Fellowship Aw...

(University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston) A new national study has found that inducing labor in first-time mothers at 39 weeks can help prevent cesarean births and high blood pressure. The University of Texas Med...

(University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus) CU Cancer Center study shows that three common laboratory tests used to determine ROS1 status may return false-negative results, meaning that some patients who could benef...

(Johns Hopkins Medicine) In the age of Big Data, cancer researchers are discovering new ways to monitor the effectiveness of immunotherapy treatments.

(Penn State) Healthcare providers and researchers rely on screening questions to detect patients who may be at risk for developing Alzheimer's disease and other aging-related problems, but how these questions are worded ...

(Wiley) In a Journal of Traumatic Stress study of military veterans, lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) veterans were twice as likely to have experienced sexual assault while in the military compared with non-LGB veterans....

(The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine) A comprehensive RNA and DNA sequencing platform benefits late-stage and drug-resistant multiple myeloma patients by determining which drugs would work best for ...

(Scripps Research Institute) "We can now watch antibody responses evolve almost in real time," says Lars Hangartner, Ph.D., a Scripps Research associate professor.

(Columbia University Irving Medical Center) Researchers at Columbia University Irving Medical Center have found new evidence of how certain transport proteins are working at the molecular level, paving the way for new, i...