Medical News
Restoring blood flow may be best option to save your life and limb
EurekAlert! - 15 Aug 2018 06:00
(American Heart Association) Amputation for severe blockages in the lower limbs has a lower survival rate than other treatment options that restore blood flow. Treatment options to restore blood flow to the lower limbs a...
A "Zombie Gene" in Elephants Could Protect Them From Cancer
Discover - 15 Aug 2018 19:08
Millions of years ago, a gene in mammals became useless. Now scientists have discovered the gene has come back to life in elephants, where it's exceptionally good at killing damaged cells. The "zombie" gene may explain w...
Study: Patients Do Better When Physicians Follow Computerized Alerts
Medical Design Technology - 15 Aug 2018 18:34
Article When physicians follow computer alerts embedded in electronic health records, their hospitalized patients experience fewer complications and lower costs, leave the hospital sooner and are less likely to be readmi...
CF-Rated Medical Power Supply
Medical Design Technology - 15 Aug 2018 15:00
Product Announcement Bear Power Supplies has designed and is shipping a CF-rated medical power supply for surgical instruments and other medical applications. The rugged 9-Watt AC/DC converter is sealed and encapsulated ...
Can Radar Replace Stethoscopes?
Medical Design Technology - 15 Aug 2018 15:00
News Researchers have developed a procedure for diagnosing heart sounds using radar. In future, mobile radar devices could replace conventional stethoscopes and permanent touch-free monitoring of patients' vital function...
Handheld Fluorescence Imaging Device Receives FDA Clearance
Medical Design Technology - 15 Aug 2018 15:00
Videos FDA has granted clearance for a wound fluorescence imaging device from MolecuLight. The device digitally captures and documents fluorescence information from wounds and surrounding tissue using still images and vi...
3D-Printed Biomaterials For Bone Tissue Engineering
Medical Design Technology - 15 Aug 2018 15:00
Article When skeletal defects are unable to heal on their own, bone tissue engineering (BTE), a developing field in orthopedics can combine materials science, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine to facilitate bo...
AI Platform Screens For Acute Neurological Illnesses
Medical Design Technology - 15 Aug 2018 15:00
News An artificial intelligence platform designed to identify a broad range of acute neurological illnesses, such as stroke, hemorrhage, and hydrocephalus, was shown to identify disease in CT scans in 1.2 seconds, faster...
Evening preference, lack of sleep associated with higher BMI in people with prediabetes
EurekAlert! - 15 Aug 2018 06:00
(University of Illinois at Chicago) People with prediabetes who go to bed later, eat meals later and are more active and alert later in the day -- those who have an 'evening preference' -- have higher body mass indices c...
How ugly marital spats might open the door to disease
EurekAlert! - 15 Aug 2018 06:00
(Ohio State University) Married people who fight nastily are more likely to suffer from leaky guts -- a problem that unleashes bacteria into the blood and can drive up disease-causing inflammation, new research suggests.
It's okay when you're not okay: A re-evaluation of resilience in adults
EurekAlert! - 15 Aug 2018 06:00
(Arizona State University) Researchers in the Arizona State University Department of Psychology closely examined a series of research studies on resilience in adults that report most people are unaffected by adversity. P...
Key factor may be missing from models that predict disease outbreaks from climate change
EurekAlert! - 15 Aug 2018 06:00
(Indiana University) A study led by Indiana University suggests that computer models used to predict the spread of epidemics from climate change -- such as crop blights or disease outbreaks -- may not take into account a...
Long-term efficacy of AAV5-based gene therapy to treat day blind sheep with achromatopsia
EurekAlert! - 15 Aug 2018 06:00
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) A study of a large animal model of achromatopsia caused by a mutation in the CNGA3 gene that was treated with a single injection of CNGA3 gene therapy delivered using an ...
Mechanism that affects multiplication of dengue virus lineage is discovered
EurekAlert! - 15 Aug 2018 06:00
(Fundação de Amparo Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo) A study aiming at the development of a dengue vaccine shows that the prevalence of a virus lineage upon the other does not rely on the highest replication rate: it ...
Mizzou program significantly reduces delay in autism diagnosis
EurekAlert! - 15 Aug 2018 06:00
(University of Missouri-Columbia) A new study on the effectiveness of ECHO Autism shows that the program significantly reduces diagnostic wait times for young children at highest risk for autism and saved families an ave...
Neonatal pig hearts can heal from heart attack
EurekAlert! - 15 Aug 2018 06:00
(University of Alabama at Birmingham) Researchers have discovered that the hearts of newborn piglets have one remarkable ability. They can almost completely heal themselves after experimental heart attacks. This regenera...
New HIV therapy reduces virus, boosts immunity in drug-resistant patients
EurekAlert! - 15 Aug 2018 06:00
(Yale University) In a study, a new HIV drug reduced viral replication and increased immune cells in individuals with advanced, drug-resistant HIV infection. Used in combination with existing HIV medications, the drug is...
Optimizing airport flight patterns take a toll on human health
EurekAlert! - 15 Aug 2018 06:00
(Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health) Health costs associated with noise from changing flight patterns over populated urban landscapes far outweigh the benefits of reduced flight times, according to a n...
Our perceived birth status can affect our adult relationships
EurekAlert! - 15 Aug 2018 06:00
(University of Kansas) Birth status and knowledge about it play a role not only in parents' but also children's lives -- affecting their attachment and mental representation into adulthood.
PARP inhibitor improves progression-free survival in patients with advanced breast cancers
EurekAlert! - 15 Aug 2018 06:00
(University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) In a randomized, Phase III trial led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, the PARP inhibitor talazoparib extended progression-free surviv...
Parental life span predicts daughters living to 90 without chronic disease or disability
EurekAlert! - 15 Aug 2018 06:00
(University of California - San Diego) Researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine report that women whose mothers lived to at least age 90 were more likely to also live to 90, free of seriou...
Penn Medicine's Carl June Receives 2018 Albany Prize
EurekAlert! - 15 Aug 2018 06:00
(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) Carl June, M.D., a gene therapy pioneer at the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania, will receive the 2018 Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and B...