Medical News
New policy reduces anti-psychotic medications in foster children
EurekAlert! - 21 Jan 2020 07:00
(Rutgers University) Rutgers researchers have found that a Texas strategy to reduce anti-psychotic medication for children can serve as a model for other state Medicaid programs.
Scientists study zebrafish in search of melanoma-fighting drugs
EurekAlert! - 21 Jan 2020 07:00
(Northern Arizona University) Northern Arizona University biologist Matt Salanga leads an 18-month project to find a combination of drugs to fight melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer
Vitamin D supplementation linked to potential improvements in blood pressure in children
EurekAlert! - 21 Jan 2020 07:00
(University of Pittsburgh) Overweight and obese vitamin D-deficient children who took a relatively high dose of vitamin D every day for six months had lower blood pressure and improved insulin sensitivity than their peer...
New glaucoma test to help prevent blindness
EurekAlert! - 21 Jan 2020 07:00
(Flinders University) Researchers have identified 107 genes that increase a person's risk of developing the eye disease glaucoma, and now developed a genetic test to detect those at risk of going blind from it. The resea...
Mosquitoes are drawn to flowers as much as people -- and now scientists know why
EurekAlert! - 21 Jan 2020 07:00
(University of Washington) Despite their reputation as blood-suckers, mosquitoes actually spent most of their time drinking nectar from flowers. Scientists have identified the chemical cues in flowers that stimulate mosq...
Cyberbullying Linked to Increased Depression and PTSD
EurekAlert! - 21 Jan 2020 07:00
(University of Miami Miller School of Medicine) Cyberbullying had the impact of amplifying symptoms of depression and post-traumatic stress disorder in young people who were inpatients at an adolescent psychiatric hospit...
What image sensor kits are available for miniature cameras?
Medical Design Technology - 21 Jan 2020 22:07
If including a miniature vision sensor in an upcoming design is on your New Year's list, there are two new choices. Based on its NanEyeC miniature image sensor, ams has developed the NanoVision and NanoBerry evaluation k...
TVS components provide circuit protection for remote transmission lines
Medical Design Technology - 21 Jan 2020 21:32
Protek Devices has introduced a family of high-powered transient voltage suppressor components for circuit protection in DC, AC and remote transmission line applications. The family of TVS components consists of eight de...
Power design software includes thermal modeling, efficiency calculations
Medical Design Technology - 21 Jan 2020 21:26
Flex Power Modules has added new features to make its Flex Power Designer software even easier to use for digital power system design, as well as broadening the products it supports. The new version 3.2 will save enginee...
PCB measures embedded application energy efficiency
Medical Design Technology - 21 Jan 2020 21:06
Sundance Multiprocessor Technology Ltd has launched Lynsyn Lite, a low-cost power measurement tool for the development of embedded and customized low-energy computing (CLEC) systems that require a high degree of energy e...
PSMA Energy Management Committee to host APEC 2020 industry session: "Not knowing the rules can ruin your power converter design."
Medical Design Technology - 21 Jan 2020 19:13
The Power Sources Manufacturers Association (PSMA) Energy Management Committee is sponsoring Industry Session IS29 at APEC2020 on Thursday, March 19th, at 1:45 pm in the Ernest N. Morial New Orleans Convention Center. Fo...
Balluff Wafer Mapping sensor for extremely thin end effectors
Medical Design Technology - 21 Jan 2020 18:11
Balluff's new wafer mapping sensor, BOH00EZ, uses a precise photoelectric sensor for quick and reliable detection of semiconductor wafers and slotting errors in FOUPS - front opening unified pods. Especially designed for...
'Ancient' cellular discovery key to new cancer therapies
EurekAlert! - 21 Jan 2020 07:00
(Flinders University) Australian researchers have uncovered a metabolic system which could lead to new strategies for therapeutic cancer treatment. A team at Flinders University and the St Vincent's Institute of Medical ...
Coral 'helper' stays robust under ocean acidification
EurekAlert! - 21 Jan 2020 07:00
(ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies) A type of algae crucial to the survival of coral reefs may be able to resist the impacts of ocean acidification caused by climate change. In a world-first, scientists dis...
Engagement and education key to changing attitudes towards virginity testing
EurekAlert! - 21 Jan 2020 07:00
(Boston University School of Medicine) Virginity testing is a complex, culturally mediated practice that is poorly understood by Western clinicians. Although there is published literature on the ethics of 'virginity' tes...
UMMS scientist shows gene therapy protection of eyesight in models of multiple sclerosis
EurekAlert! - 21 Jan 2020 07:00
(University of Massachusetts Medical School) Research from the University of Massachusetts Medical School, reveals the molecular process in which synaptic connections in the brain are damaged in multiple sclerosis and ho...
Influenza vaccination of children cuts hospitalization in half: Ben-Gurion U. researchers
EurekAlert! - 21 Jan 2020 07:00
(American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) The findings reveal that the flu vaccine reduced hospitalizations associated with the flu by more than half. They also validate guidelines in the United States an...
New method to enable the production of cheaper, longer-lasting vaccines
EurekAlert! - 21 Jan 2020 07:00
(BMC (BioMed Central)) A new method to produce vaccines that have a longer shelf-life, are cheaper and can be stored without the need for cooling is being presented in the open-access journal BMC Biotechnology.
In the local fight against opioid addiction, you matter
EurekAlert! - 21 Jan 2020 07:00
(University of Arizona) More treatment and fewer arrests for those with drug addictions is the goal of a new program created by the Tucson Police Department, the University of Arizona, CODAC Health, Recovery & Wellness, ...
New roles found for Huntington's disease protein
EurekAlert! - 21 Jan 2020 07:00
(Duke University) A Duke University research team has identified a new function of a gene called huntingtin, a mutation of which underlies the progressive neurodegenerative disorder known as Huntington's Disease. Using g...
New study debunks notion that salt consumption contributes to weight loss
EurekAlert! - 21 Jan 2020 07:00
(Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) Researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center found that reducing sodium intake in adults with elevated blood pressure or hypertension decreased thirst, urine volume and blood...
New study examines mortality costs of air pollution in US
EurekAlert! - 21 Jan 2020 07:00
(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau) Scholars from the Gies College of Business at Illinois studied the effects of acute fine particulate matter exposure on mortality, health care use and medical cos...