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Synopsys announced general availability of the VC SpyGlass RTL Static Signoff platform, part of the Synopsys Verification Continuum platform, which builds on the proven SpyGlass technology. The VC SpyGlass platform with ...

Amphenol Industrial Operations announces that its SurLok Plus line is now certified to UL 1977 in all sizes, including 5.7mm, 8.0mm and 10.3mm. SurLok Plus is a high current connector designed to meet the needs of energy...

Bourns, Inc. announced the addition of four new model families to the Bourns Precision Sensor (BPS) line. Based on state-of-the-art Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) technology, the four new BPS310, BPS320, BPS330 ...

Released to the public in January 2020, Würth Elektronik has announced the publication of the newest Capabilities Catalog. This comprehensive catalog includes capabilities for the design of custom transformers, one of t...

(American Academy of Sleep Medicine) Artificial intelligence has the potential to improve efficiencies and precision in sleep medicine, resulting in more patient-centered care and better outcomes, according to a new posi...

(University of Pittsburgh) UPMC research shows that the Risk Analysis Index, which takes 30 seconds to complete, can be implemented at scale for health systems to identify frail patients and reduce surgical risk.

(National Research University Higher School of Economics) The scope of childhood malnutrition has decreased since 2000, although millions of children under five years of age are still undernourished and, as a result, hav...

(Mayo Clinic) Chronic pain affects a large proportion of older adults and most long-term care residents. Managing chronic pain effectively is essential but challenging, and it has been complicated by concerns about opioi...

(Mayo Clinic) The density of immune cells, called tumor infiltrating lymphocytes, when combined with analysis of tumor budding may serve as a method to more accurately predict survival in patients with stage III colon ca...

(American College of Surgeons) Surgeons in a large health-care system in central Texas implemented a pain management program that reduced longer-term opioid prescriptions by two-thirds.

(NIH/National Institute on Aging) Researchers report an advance in the development of a blood test that could help detect pathological Alzheimer's disease in people who are showing signs of dementia. This approach could ...

(University of Science and Technology of China) Researchers found CRF responsible for stress coping.

(Mayo Clinic) A study by researchers at Mayo Clinic published this week in the Journal of Clinical Oncology suggests that all women with a breast cancer diagnosis under the age of 66 be offered germline genetic testing t...

(Thomas Jefferson University) The advanced technology has the potential to change acute stroke treatment.

(Canadian Medical Association Journal) As Canada's population grows and ages, the cancer burden will remain high and even increase in 2020, according to a study on projected cancer rates published in CMAJ (Canadian Medic...

(Oregon Health & Science University) New direct-acting antiviral therapies are highly effective at eliminating the Hepatitis C virus infection, according to a systematic evidence review by researchers at Oregon Health & ...

(The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine) Plexin-B2, an axon guidance protein in the central nervous system (CNS), plays an important role in wound healing and neural repair following spinal cord injury...

(University of Texas at San Antonio) Scientists think that a person's values may shape views on "socially appropriate sickness." This has implications for how individuals may take more action in dealing with illness rath...

(St. Petersburg State University) The generation of amyloids, a special form of fibrillar proteins, is believed to result in Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases. However, it has been found that in healthy ...

(University of Southampton) A study led by the University of Southampton, funded by Cancer Research UK, has shown a new drug -- originally developed to tackle the scarring of organ tissue -- could help to significantly i...

(JAMA Network) Researchers investigated pay differences by sex at the highest ranks of academic medicine among clinical department chairs at 29 state medical schools in 12 states.

(Washington State University) The average age at which teens and young adults start using drugs has been rising, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics. The study examined changes in the average age of first d...