Medical News

(American Academy of Sleep Medicine) Facial features analyzed from 3D photographs could predict the likelihood of having obstructive sleep apnea, according to a study published in the April issue of the Journal of Clinic...

Wi-Fi gets a needed shot in the arm to handle increased internet traffic and to offload traffic from 5G. This morning, 5G Technology World reported on new ICs that will take advantage of an expected boost in Wi-Fi that a...

The QCS-AX2 series from ON Semiconductor brings 6 GHz Wi-Fi 6E to routers and access points. Just as LTE cellular is running out of capacity (hence 5G), so is Wi-Fi. Originally operating at 2.4 GHz (70 MHz band), IEEE 80...

(University of Southern California) By determining the structure of a key receptor in obesity, scientists have unlocked an opportunity for the development of new drugs.

(Flinders University) Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in patients with COVID-19 can lead to death but more than 50% of these cases are associated with co-infection with bacterial pathogens.A new investigation at Flin...

(UT Southwestern Medical Center) A combination of immunotherapy agents that encourages some immune cells to eat cancer cells and alert others to attack tumors put mice with a deadly type of brain cancer called glioblasto...

(University of Turku) The Special Turku Coronary Risk Factor Intervention Project investigated the long-term effects of dietary counselling on cardiovascular health. The individuals, who had participated in the trial bet...

(Oregon State University) Supplements containing vitamins C and D and other micronutrients, sometimes in amounts exceeding the federally recommended levels, are a safe, effective and low-cost means of helping your immune...

(Flinders University) Telehealth delivery of dementia care in the home can be as effective as face-to-face home visit services if carers and recipients take advantage of the technologies available, Australian researchers...

(Radiological Society of North America) A new expert panel consensus statement published simultaneously today in the journals Radiology: Imaging Cancer, Chest and the Journal of the American College of Radiology provides...

(Edith Cowan University) A joint project between Edith Cowan University (ECU) in Australia and CSIRO has revealed key insights about the proteins causing two of the most common types of wheat sensitivity - non-coeliac wh...

(University of Helsinki) A new study from the University of Helsinki presents the current state of knowledge on the exposure and vulnerability of Indigenous Peoples to environmental pollution, reviewing the innumerable i...

(Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute) Two specific nose cell types have been identified as likely initial infection points for COVID-19 coronavirus. Scientists discovered that goblet and ciliated cells in the nose have high ...

(The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine) The highly targeted antibody may block the coronaviruses' ability to enter human lung cells.

(Radiological Society of North America) A special report published today in the journal Radiology outlines prevention, diagnosis and treatment of complications stemming from blood clots in patients with COVID-19. The jou...

(University of California - San Francisco) UC San Francisco virologist Raul Andino, PhD and Andrew Macadam, PhD, of the UK's National Institute for Biological Standards and Control (NIBSC) report promising Phase 1 clinic...

(ARC Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis) Plant scientists are working on improving photosynthesis on different fronts, from finding crop varieties that need less water, to tweaking parts of the process...

(Arizona State University) A new approach to monitoring the novel coronavirus, (as well as other dangerous pathogens and chemical agents), is being developed and refined. Known as wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE), the...

(Flinders University) Recognition of the needs of wives and intimate partners in supporting the recovery of veterans and front-line emergency workers affected by post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been highlighted...

(German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ)) A receptor in the cell layer that lines the blood vessels from the inside stimulates both the formation of new blood vessels in tumors and metastas...

(Temple University Health System) Temple scientists show that when a molecule known as c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) becomes active in sepsis, it increases the production of a protein called B-type natriuretic peptide (B...

(American Society of Agronomy) Development of Climate-Resilient, Nutritionally Improved Wheat