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News A new biosensor allows researchers to track oxygen levels in real time in "organ-on-a-chip" systems, making it possible to ensure that such systems more closely mimic the function of real organs... Contributed Autho...

Article NYU is combining their tools with Facebook's Artificial Intelligence Research group on a project that uses AI to speed up the process it takes to complete a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan... Staff Author: ...

News Scientists report they have successfully developed and tested the world's first ultra-thin artificial retina that could vastly improve on existing implantable visualization technology for the blind... Contributed Au...

Videos Three institutions working together have applied DeepMind's neural network learning system to the task of discovering and diagnosing eye diseases... Contributed Author: Medical Xpress Topics: Medical Diagnostics

News Zanthion is making both in-home and facility-based senior care drastically easier, all while maintaining the dignity of aging patients that is so often lost in the end-of-life care process... Contributed Author: Zan...

(Wiley) Results from a Movement Disorders study suggest that occupational stress is associated with Parkinson's Disease risk, such that having a high-demand occupation is a risk factor and low control is protective.

(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) A universal flu vaccine that protects people against most influenza strains is one step closer to reality, with a study from the Perelman School of Medicine at the Universi...

(University College London) Turning up the thermostat may help manage hypertension, finds a new UCL study into the link between indoor temperatures and high blood pressure.Comparing blood pressure readings of people in t...

(University of California - Riverside) Like mammals, parasitic worms have an endocannabinoid system that may help the worm and the hosts it infects survive by reducing pain and inflammation in the host, according to a di...

(Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) A multidisciplinary group of leaders from the Healing After Harm Conference Group, led by Sigall Bell, MD, Researcher at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center has established consens...

(Ruhr-University Bochum) Researchers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum have analysed why certain people tend to put tasks off rather than tackling them directly. Using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), they identified two brai...

(Washington University in St. Louis) Community outreach and educational support for navigating health insurance options available in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace are crucial for helping people choose the bes...

(Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center) A study led by Christopher Marrero, M.D., Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, reports that despite Medicaid expansi...

(Wiley) New research suggests that depression in women may affect their children's stress and physical well-being throughout life.

(Indiana University) Results of a new behavioral study into what influences the decision to recall a defective product found that medical device firm managers may rely on their physician-customers to screen out detectabl...

(DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) Indoor air researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) recently tested seven consumer-grade air quality monitors to see if they could detect fine partic...

(University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences) Magnetic stimulation of the lower spinal cord through the skin enabled five men with spinal-cord injuries to recover significant urination control for up to two we...

(Lund University) Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a faster method to generate functional brain cells, called astrocytes, from embryonic stem cells. Astrocytes play a significant role in neurodegen...

(Wright On Marketing & Communications) New research published in the August edition of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology's Heart Failure issue found significant correlations between blood levels of EPA pl...

(Garvan Institute of Medical Research) For the first time in decades, researchers have identified a new 'micro-organ' within the immune system -- and they say it's an important step towards understanding how to make bett...

(Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute) The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Board of Governors today approved $85 million to fund 16 new studies comparing two or more approaches to improve car...

(Wiley) Pain was the main driver of seeking medical care in an Arthritis Care & Research study of patients with osteoarthritis. In addition to pain, insomnia and depression increased health care use.