Medical News
Open-Source Bionic Leg: First-Of-Its-Kind Platform Aims to Rapidly Advance Prosthetics
Medical Design Technology - 9 Jun 2019 22:20
Videos A new open-source, artificially intelligent prosthetic leg designed by University of Michigan and Shirley Ryan AbilityLab researchers is now available to the scientific community... Contributed Author: University ...
Cancer Research Using Mini-Organs from Tumors and Healthy Tissue
Medical Design Technology - 9 Jun 2019 21:17
Videos Two experts in the field of stem cells and organoids, have written a review that summarizes the use of organoids in cancer research and shines a light on prospects for the future... Contributed Author: Hubrecht In...
Millions of Cardiovascular Deaths Attributed to Not Eating Enough Fruits and Vegetables
Medical Design Technology - 9 Jun 2019 20:54
News Preliminary findings from a new study reveal that inadequate fruit and vegetable consumption may account for millions of deaths from heart disease and strokes each year... Contributed Author: American Society for Nu...
Combination medication helps patients with type 2 diabetes maintain blood sugar goals
EurekAlert! - 9 Jun 2019 06:00
(Brigham and Women's Hospital) Through a randomized, multicenter clinical trial, investigators studied blood glucose results for patients assigned to either take insulin (insulin glargine, IGlar U100) or insulin degludec...
The Lancet journals: Papers at American Diabetes Association (ADA) 2019
EurekAlert! - 9 Jun 2019 06:00
(The Lancet) The following papers will be presented at the ADA conference in San Francisco and published simultaneously in either The Lancet or The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology journals. All papers are under embargo u...
Night owls can 'retrain' their body clocks to improve mental well-being and performance
EurekAlert! - 9 Jun 2019 06:00
(University of Birmingham) A simple tweak to the sleeping patterns of 'night owls' -- people with extreme late sleeping and waking habits -- could lead to significant improvements in sleep/wake timings, improved performa...
Drug delays type 1 diabetes in people at high risk
EurekAlert! - 9 Jun 2019 06:00
(NIH/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases) A treatment affecting the immune system effectively slowed the progression to clinical type 1 diabetes in high risk individuals, according to finding...
Improvements in insulin release wane after treatment stops in adults with type 2 diabetes
EurekAlert! - 9 Jun 2019 06:00
(NIH/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases) A set of clinical trials examining youth and adults with type 2 diabetes or impaired glucose tolerance has found that disease progression in adults s...