Medical News
Advanced material delivers high-temperature performance in electronics applications
Medical Design Technology - 14 Apr 2020 15:07
Greene Tweed, a global manufacturer of high-performance seals, thermoplastics, composites, and engineered components, highlights its innovative Arlon 3000 XT thermoplastic for electronics applications in this brief, info...
Johns Hopkins experts publish 'guidebook' for blood plasma therapy
EurekAlert! - 14 Apr 2020 06:00
(Johns Hopkins Medicine) A team of Johns Hopkins experts has created a clinical guidebook to help hospitals and medical centers rapidly scale up their ability to deliver so-called convalescent plasma therapy, which lever...
BLE module reduces cost of adding Bluetooth low energy functionality to an IoT system
Medical Design Technology - 14 Apr 2020 23:24
Dialog Semiconductor plc announced the availability of the DA14531 SmartBond TINY module, empowering customers to build the next generation of connected devices. The SmartBond TINY module was specifically optimized to si...
Pricing and availability productivity tool designed to ease quoting and purchasing
Medical Design Technology - 14 Apr 2020 18:54
Mouser Electronics, Inc. announces its new Price and Availability Assistant, which allows customers to easily check prices and availability on millions of semiconductors and electronic components. Customers simply drag a...
Webinar: New Trends in the Design of Your Next Connected Health Device - April 22
Medical Design Technology - 14 Apr 2020 17:59
Tuesday April 22, 2020 2 PM ET / 11 AM PT Moving beyond past medical device strategies by leveraging innovative solutions from other markets. The demand continues to grow for advanced, on-body medical devices across the ...
Automotive-compliant CMOS clock buffers deliver low jitter, low skew, low-power operation
Medical Design Technology - 14 Apr 2020 17:07
Diodes Incorporated announced the introduction of its new family of automotive-compliant HYPERLINK designed for low power operation in ambient temperatures of up to 105°C, as found in advanced driver-assistance systems ...
Virtual Event Tomorrow! Want to Join the Fight Against COVID-19? Help Scientists With Their Coronavirus Research From Your Home
Discover - 14 Apr 2020 16:59
Discover and SciStarter are hosting a live, online Citizen Science Month event looking at three COVID-19 research projects that need your help.
AI-assisted screening for COVID-19 using CT images
Medical Design Technology - 14 Apr 2020 16:47
Although COVID-19 tests are one means to determine infection, the rapid spread of the disease has created a shortage of test kits and a tight supply of reagents that are used to create test kits. Symptoms are another ind...
Rugged rackmount chassis available for deeper OpenVPX and RF modules
Medical Design Technology - 14 Apr 2020 16:12
Pixus Technologies, a provider of embedded computing and enclosure solutions, now offers MIL-rugged rackmount enclosures that support deeper modules than the standard 160mm depth of OpenVPX. Many designers utilize OpenVP...
GaN Systems launches online showcase highlighting new power products for multiple applications
Medical Design Technology - 14 Apr 2020 15:19
GaN Systems launched its Virtual Experience site displaying the latest technology innovations that are using GaN transistors as a cornerstone technology for smaller, lighter, and more efficient power electronics systems....
Modular power supplies handle 600 and 1,200 W
Medical Design Technology - 14 Apr 2020 15:01
TT Electronics announced a new distribution agreement with Vox Power that will broaden TT's power supply portfolio to include user-configurable solutions and the most compact modular units in the world. "With these power...
Active-clamp flyback PWM controllers enable high-efficiency supply designs
Medical Design Technology - 14 Apr 2020 14:40
Silanna Semiconductor announced the launch of an expanded portfolio of Active Clamp Flyback Controllers (ACF). The SZ1110 and SZ1130 devices are active clamp flyback PWM controllers that integrate an adaptive digital PWM...
The Fresnel lens: An obsolete innovation finds a 21st-century role - Part 2
Medical Design Technology - 14 Apr 2020 14:34
Part 1 examined a major technical problem of the 19th century: improving the efficiency and reach of the lighthouse beam, and why simply going "bigger" would not be possible. A new way of seeing the problem New ideas wer...
LAMA combination therapy more effective for COPD patients with exercise intolerance
EurekAlert! - 14 Apr 2020 06:00
(American Thoracic Society) Clinicians grappling with the pharmacologic management of COPD in patients complaining of exercise intolerance or dyspnea now have new guidance. The American Thoracic Society has published an ...
LSU Health New Orleans research shows how stress remodels the brain
EurekAlert! - 14 Apr 2020 06:00
(Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center) Research led by Si-Qiong June Liu, MD, Ph.D., Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, has shown how stress changes the struc...
Miller School researchers alert otolaryngologists about high COVID-19 transmission risk
EurekAlert! - 14 Apr 2020 06:00
(University of Miami Miller School of Medicine) A harsh reality has emerged as COVID-19 has spread around the globe. Several thousand doctors, nurses and others caring for COVID-19 patients are dying from the virus. To a...
Mindful yoga reduces testosterone by 29% in women with polycystic ovary syndrome
EurekAlert! - 14 Apr 2020 06:00
(American Osteopathic Association) New research shows the regular practice of mindful yoga helps ease symptoms and improve androgen levels in women with PCOS.
Moffitt researchers identify molecular pathway that controls immunosuppression in tumors
EurekAlert! - 14 Apr 2020 06:00
(H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute) In a new article published in the journal Immunity, Moffitt Cancer Center researchers reveas how protein-signaling pathways associated with cellular stress processes tu...
More than a third of medical staff suffered insomnia during the COVID-19 epidemic in China
EurekAlert! - 14 Apr 2020 06:00
(Frontiers) A survey of more than 1,500 medical staff in China found that about 36 percent experienced trauma and other mental health problems like depression and anxiety. Researchers identified several higher-risk facto...
New CUNY partnership launches public health innovation accelerator
EurekAlert! - 14 Apr 2020 06:00
(CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy) The City University of New York's CUNY Startups program has joined forces with Firefly Innovations of the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy (C...
New study indicates exercise can help prevent liver cancer
EurekAlert! - 14 Apr 2020 06:00
(Elsevier) Liver cancer is the fourth most common cause of cancer death worldwide and is growing rapidly due to the 'diabesity pandemic.' A new study reported in the Journal of Hepatology, published by Elsevier, provides...
PTSD and moral injury linked to pregnancy complications
EurekAlert! - 14 Apr 2020 06:00
(Veterans Affairs Research Communications) Elevated symptoms of PTSD and moral injury can lead to pregnancy complications, found a Veterans Affairs study of women military veterans.