Medical News
Autoimmune response drives vision loss in glaucoma
EurekAlert! - 10 Aug 2018 06:00
(Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary) A research team from Massachusetts Eye and Ear and MIT has shown that immune cells in the eye that developed in response to early exposure to bacteria are a key contributor to progre...
3D-Printed Device Could Help Treat Spinal Cord Injuries
Medical Design Technology - 10 Aug 2018 15:00
News Engineers and medical researchers at the University of Minnesota have teamed up to create a groundbreaking 3D-printed device that could someday help patients with long-term spinal cord injuries regain some function....
Durable, Engineered Drive-In Rack Systems
Medical Design Technology - 10 Aug 2018 15:00
Product Announcement Steel King Industries announced the availability of its Drive-In Rack Systems. Drive-In and Drive-Through Racking delivers cost-effective storage in high-density storage applications... Contributed A...
Smart Homes Open Up New Approaches For Healthcare Delivery
Medical Design Technology - 10 Aug 2018 15:00
Article Healthtech vendors should aim to provide customized, intelligent services to all residents of a smart home in this billion-dollar market, according to Frost & Sullivan... Contributed Author: Frost & Sullivan Topi...
Experts highlight ebola vaccine progress and suggest next steps
EurekAlert! - 10 Aug 2018 06:00
(NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) Despite promising advances, important scientific questions remain unanswered in the effort to develop a safe and effective Ebola vaccine, according to members o...
Findings from Marshall University researcher reveal insights into brain circuitry
EurekAlert! - 10 Aug 2018 06:00
(Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine ) New research from a team led by Marshall University scientist W. Christopher Risher, Ph.D., reveals novel molecular insights into how multiple cell types drive th...
Francisella tularensis infections from foods unlikely
EurekAlert! - 10 Aug 2018 06:00
(BfR Federal Institute for Risk Assessment) Francisella (F.) tularensis is a highly virulent bacterial pathogen that is resistant to environmental stresses and causes tularemia. This disease affects wild animals, especia...
Global funding for adolescent health misses the target
EurekAlert! - 10 Aug 2018 06:00
(Harvard Medical School) Adolescents make up more than a quarter of the population in developing countries, but only 1.6 percent of global development assistance for health from 2003-2016 went to adolescent health.
Initiation of potentially inappropriate drugs linked to higher fracture, mortality risk
EurekAlert! - 10 Aug 2018 06:00
(University of Eastern Finland) A recent study published in The European Journal of Health Economics finds that the initiation of potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) is associated with a higher risk of fracture-sp...
Making weight: Ensuring that micro preemies gain pounds and inches
EurekAlert! - 10 Aug 2018 06:00
(Children's National Health System) A quality-improvement project to standardize feeding practices for micro preemies helped to boost their weight and nearly quadrupled the frequency of lactation consultations ordered in...
Mechanism of fibrosis development discovered
EurekAlert! - 10 Aug 2018 06:00
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is an incurable lung disease of unknown origin with limited treatment options. Research suggests that the...
Adolescent health undervalued and under-invested across the globe
EurekAlert! - 10 Aug 2018 06:00
(University of Melbourne) Adolescent health programs across the developing world receive only a tiny share of international aid, even though young people make up 30 percent of the population of low-income countries.
More than 40 percent of women with asthma may develop COPD, but risk may be reduced
EurekAlert! - 10 Aug 2018 06:00
(American Thoracic Society) More than four in 10 women with asthma may go on to develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a study conducted in Ontario, Canada, and published online in the Annals ...
New study provides next clue to prevent dangerous episodes of low blood sugar in diabetics
EurekAlert! - 10 Aug 2018 06:00
(Louisiana State University) A new LSU Pennington Biomedical Research Center study reveals that a novel biomarker might give us new answers necessary to creating a diagnostic tool for hypoglycemia-associated autonomic fa...
New type of bed net could help fight against malaria
EurekAlert! - 10 Aug 2018 06:00
(Durham University) A new type of bed net could prevent millions of cases of malaria, according to new research published in The Lancet today.
Novel blood test predicts kidney cancer risk and survival five years prior to diagnosis
EurekAlert! - 10 Aug 2018 06:00
(Brigham and Women's Hospital) In a new study published in Clinical Cancer Research, investigators explore whether a blood test can detect higher concentrations of KIM-1 in patients who will go on to develop kidney cance...
Over-the-counter drugs, dietary supplements and their effect on lab test results
EurekAlert! - 10 Aug 2018 06:00
(De Gruyter) The study reports on the results of a survey of patients in 18 European countries which shows that those taking OTC products and dietary supplements are not aware of the potential effects on laboratory test ...
Precision public health method identifies clusters of respiratory disease in Uganda
EurekAlert! - 10 Aug 2018 06:00
(Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health) A study led by researchers at Center for Infection and Immunity (CII) at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and the Department of Medicine at the...
Research may help rescue antibiotics' effectiveness in the face of drug-resistant bacteria
EurekAlert! - 10 Aug 2018 06:00
(Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) Bacteria -- especially Gram-negative strains -- are becoming increasingly resistant to current antibiotic drugs, and the development of new classes of antibiotics has slowed. Faced ...
Tough life in the savannah? Chimpanzee foods are mechanically more demanding than previously thought
EurekAlert! - 10 Aug 2018 06:00
(Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology) A study led by researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology has analysed the mechanical properties and the isotopic composition of plant foo...
Men take care of their spouses just as well as women (new research suggests)
EurekAlert! - 10 Aug 2018 06:00
(University of Oxford) Men respond to their spouse's illness just as much as women do and as a result are better caregivers in later life than previous research suggests, according to a new Oxford University collaboratio...
An ion channel differentiates newborn and mature neurons in the adult brain
EurekAlert! - 10 Aug 2018 06:00
(University of Alabama at Birmingham) Newborn granule cells show high excitability that disappears as the cells mature. Little has been known about the mechanisms that create low excitability in mature cells or how excit...