Medical News
Power of older people could save villages
EurekAlert! - 10 Feb 2020 07:00
(University of Exeter) Older people could hold the key to revitalising rural communities, researchers say.
DesignCon video: Oscilloscopes and DDR5
Medical Design Technology - 10 Feb 2020 22:45
At DesignCon 2020, Keysight Technologies demonstrated hardware and software products for signal integrity design and test. Keysight manufactures many oscilloscopes. While most are real-time oscilloscopes, the company als...
Economical RF signal sources support R&D, test & services apps
Medical Design Technology - 10 Feb 2020 21:20
The AIM-TTi TGR2051 and TGR2053 RF Signal Generators are a major revision of the successful TGR 2000 series, which both offer exceptional performance, low phase noise, and offer output signals from 150 kHz to 1.5 and 3 G...
8 µm pitch, dual-band infrared imaging IC optimizes infrared imaging systems
Medical Design Technology - 10 Feb 2020 12:35
Senseeker Engineering has announced the availability of the Oxygen RD0092, the world's first 8 µm pitch dual-band digital readout IC (DROIC). The Oxygen RD0092 supports a 1280 x 720 frame size at over 500 fps and dual-p...
DesignCon video: Jitter analysis with an oscilloscope
Medical Design Technology - 10 Feb 2020 07:08
All serial data streams have some jitter where the timing of bit edges differs from the ideal. With serval types of jitter composing a signal's total jitter, you need to know which forms of jitter reduce bit-error-ratio....
Five things to know about egg freezing
EurekAlert! - 10 Feb 2020 07:00
(Canadian Medical Association Journal) Egg freezing for age-related fertility is becoming more common, and a short article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) provides quick reference points on the topic for p...
New repair mechanism for DNA breaks
EurekAlert! - 10 Feb 2020 07:00
(University of Seville) Researchers from the University of Seville and the Andalusian Centre of Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine (CABIMER) have identified new factors that are necessary for the repair of these...
Youth with HIV less likely than adults to achieve viral suppression
EurekAlert! - 10 Feb 2020 07:00
(NIH/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) Despite similar rates of enrollment into medical care, youth with HIV have much lower rates of viral suppression --reducing HIV to und...
Sensory perception is not superficial brain work
EurekAlert! - 10 Feb 2020 07:00
(Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences) How does the brain decide which of the senses it will focus attention on when two interact? For the first time, scientists measured the sensory signals at dif...
Human gut-in-a-dish model helps define 'leaky gut,' and outline a pathway to treatment
EurekAlert! - 10 Feb 2020 07:00
(University of California - San Diego) UC San Diego researchers use 3D human gut organoids to reveal the molecular system that keeps intestinal linings sealed, demonstrate how the system breaks down and how it can be str...
Increases in minimum wage may not have anticipated positive health effects, study shows
EurekAlert! - 10 Feb 2020 07:00
(University of Washington) A new study by researchers at the University of Washington found that increases in minimum wages primarily had no effect on health overall. However, they did find a mix of negative and positive...
Initial protective role of nervous system's 'star-shaped cells' in sporadic motor neuron disease uncovered
EurekAlert! - 10 Feb 2020 07:00
(The Francis Crick Institute) Support cells in the nervous system help protect motor neurons in the early-stages of sporadic motor neuron disease, according to new research from the Crick and UCL.
Interactive map shows worldwide spread of coronavirus
EurekAlert! - 10 Feb 2020 07:00
(University of Washington) University of Washington geographer Bo Zhao has created an interactive map, updated every few hours, of coronavirus cases around the world.
More teens coming out as LGBQ, but suicide attempts still high: BU study
EurekAlert! - 10 Feb 2020 07:00
(Boston University School of Medicine) A new Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) study finds that the proportion of high school students identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or questioning (LGBQ) doubled ...
Most men do not regret their choices for prostate cancer surgery
EurekAlert! - 10 Feb 2020 07:00
(Wolters Kluwer Health) Men with localized prostate cancer are faced with deciding among a range of options for treatment - including a choice between robot-assisted versus conventional prostatectomy. A new follow-up stu...
NCCN 2020 Annual Conference: Celebrating 25 years of NCCN
EurekAlert! - 10 Feb 2020 07:00
(National Comprehensive Cancer Network) The NCCN 2020 Annual Conference: Celebrating 25 Years of NCCN is a three-day, in-person conference featuring more than 30 educational sessions on state-of-the-art practices in canc...
NIH scientists link higher maternal blood pressure to placental gene changes
EurekAlert! - 10 Feb 2020 07:00
(NIH/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) Higher maternal blood pressure in pregnancy is associated with chemical modifications to placental genes, according to a study by rese...
NIH-funded clinical trial to test PrEP, dapivirine ring for safety in pregnant women
EurekAlert! - 10 Feb 2020 07:00
(NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) The first clinical trial specifically designed to test the safety of the monthly dapivirine vaginal ring in pregnant women has begun in southern and eastern Afr...
New study examines ways to improve cancer literacy in young students
EurekAlert! - 10 Feb 2020 07:00
(University of Kentucky) A new study led by University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center researchers suggests that implementing cancer education curricula in middle and high schools may improve cancer literacy in Kentucki...
New study will ask why poor children fare worse after heart surgery
EurekAlert! - 10 Feb 2020 07:00
(Columbia University Irving Medical Center) A 2018 study found that children from poor neighborhoods fare worse after heart surgery compared with kids from wealthier areas. With a new grant, Columbia researchers will wor...
Nicholas Jakubovics named Journal of Dental Research Editor-in-Chief
EurekAlert! - 10 Feb 2020 07:00
(International & American Associations for Dental Research) The International Association for Dental Research (IADR) and American Association for Dental Research (AADR) are pleased to announce that Nicholas Jakubovics, N...
Penn State receives five-year $3.7 million grant to study virus evolution
EurekAlert! - 10 Feb 2020 07:00
(Penn State) The evolution of viruses will be the focus of a five-year $3.7 million dollar grant from the National Science Foundation's new program on convergence research, to an interdisciplinary team led by Penn State....