Medical News
Looking for an alternative to I2C for sensors?
Medical Design Technology - 29 Jan 2020 13:09
If so, the MIPI Alliance's recently announced upgrade to its MIPI I3C specification, MIPI I3C v1.1, should be of interest. The interface eliminates the historical pain points of I2C development and provides a scalable, m...
Massive MIMO performance testing: Emulate the channel
Medical Design Technology - 29 Jan 2020 10:05
Today's 5G system capacity requirements created the need for massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. Massive MIMO represents a major addition to 5G. Massive MIMO enables dynamic user-focused transmission a...
NCRI welcomes Prostate Cancer Research Centre as new partner
EurekAlert! - 29 Jan 2020 07:00
(National Cancer Research Institute) The National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) is pleased to announce that Prostate Cancer Research Centre (PCRC) have recently joined as a partner. Prostate Cancer Research Centre aim...
Gut reaction: How immunity ramps up against incoming threats
EurekAlert! - 29 Jan 2020 07:00
(Walter and Eliza Hall Institute) A new study has revealed how the gut's protective mechanisms ramp up significantly with food intake, and at times of the day when mealtimes are anticipated based on regular eating habits...
Study finds black and Hispanic patients face more barriers when making doctor appointments
EurekAlert! - 29 Jan 2020 07:00
(Tulane University) Discrimination may cause black and Hispanic patients to wait longer for a scheduled primary care appointment, according to a new Tulane University study published in JAMA Network Open.
UB chemist awarded $2 million NIH grant for enzyme research
EurekAlert! - 29 Jan 2020 07:00
(University at Buffalo) A University at Buffalo-led research team is studying the details of how enzymes perform their job. The focus of the project is on understanding the molecular interactions that enable enzymes to a...
Highly active adults vary their workouts to meet exercise recommendations
EurekAlert! - 29 Jan 2020 07:00
(New York University) Highly active adults engage in a greater variety of physical activities than do less active adults, finds a new study led by researchers at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing. The study, published i...
How to head off a Red Bull habit -- study
EurekAlert! - 29 Jan 2020 07:00
(Flinders University) Regular consumers of popular caffeinated energy drinks may need help kicking the habit. New research at Flinders University in Australia, published in the international journal PLOS One, put a form ...
Research team investigates abnormal neuron activity in Rett syndrome
EurekAlert! - 29 Jan 2020 07:00
(University of Tennessee at Knoxville) Research by Billy Lau, a postdoctoral researcher working with Assistant Professor Keerthi Krishnan at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, examines the time during which an adult...
Infectious disease experts warn of outbreak risks in US border detention centers
EurekAlert! - 29 Jan 2020 07:00
(University of Maryland School of Medicine) Over the past year, at least seven children have died from diseases including influenza while being detained by the US Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Prot...
Living longer is important, but those years need to be healthy ones
EurekAlert! - 29 Jan 2020 07:00
(American Heart Association) In a new Presidential Advisory, the American Heart Association outlines 2030 Impact Goals for the United States and globally, to help all people live healthier for more years of their life.Th...
Long life, good health
EurekAlert! - 29 Jan 2020 07:00
(UT Southwestern Medical Center) The American Heart Association 2030 Impact Goals aim to help all people live healthier for more years of their life.
Low-calorie sweeteners do not mean low risk for infants
EurekAlert! - 29 Jan 2020 07:00
(University of Calgary) Researchers discovered consuming low-calorie sweeteners like aspartame and stevia while pregnant increased body fat in their offspring and disrupted their gut microbiota.
NEJM: transcatheter aortic valve replacement shows similar safety outcomes as open-heart surgery
EurekAlert! - 29 Jan 2020 07:00
(Cedars-Sinai Medical Center) A new study from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai and other centers nationwide shows that patients who underwent a minimally invasive transcatheter aortic-valve replacement (TAVR), ...
New guidelines will improve treatment for patients with hyperthyroidism
EurekAlert! - 29 Jan 2020 07:00
(University of Birmingham) Radioactive iodine is to be recommended as the frontline treatment for patients with thyroid gland overactivity caused by conditions such as Graves' disease, following an evidence review led by...
New injection technique may boost spinal cord injury repair efforts
EurekAlert! - 29 Jan 2020 07:00
(University of California - San Diego) Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine, with colleagues, describe a new method for delivering neural precursor cells to spinal cord injuries in rats, reducing the risk of fu...
New study discovers inflammatory molecules controlling capillary loss
EurekAlert! - 29 Jan 2020 07:00
(University of South Florida (USF Health)) A study led by researchers at the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine discovered that three major proinflammatory mediators -- interlukin-1 beta, tumor necro...
New study examines the accuracy of plastic surgery videos on social media
EurekAlert! - 29 Jan 2020 07:00
(Wolters Kluwer Health) In the era of 'Dr. Google,' social media is a tremendous influence on patients interested in cosmetic surgery, and with more than two billion users -- representing almost one-third of the internet...
A new treatment strategy against MERS
EurekAlert! - 29 Jan 2020 07:00
(Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin) First identified in 2012, the MERS-coronavirus is capable of causing severe pneumonia. There are no effective treatments for MERS. Researchers from the German Center for Infection...
Openly acknowledging social inequalities
EurekAlert! - 29 Jan 2020 07:00
(University of Zurich) Members of disadvantaged social groups who engage in contact with members of privileged groups are less likely to support social change toward equality, a multinational study by social psychologist...
Poverty associated with suicide risk in children and adolescents
EurekAlert! - 29 Jan 2020 07:00
(Boston Children's Hospital) Between 2007 to 2016, nearly 21,000 children ages 5-19 years old died by suicide. New research shows the rate of suicides in this age group is 37 percent higher in counties with the highest l...
Researchers seek to solve decades-long Baja California peninsula mystery
EurekAlert! - 29 Jan 2020 07:00
(University of Arizona) The University of Arizona is among a group of institutions who are using a $2.6 million grant to study how geologic activity, rainfall patterns and climate cycles might have shaped the evolution a...