Medical News
Stepper motor driver IC simplifies low cost, power efficient designs with noiseless operation
Medical Design Technology - 15 May 2020 23:51
TRINAMIC Motion Control GmbH & Co. KG announced today the TMC2226, a highly dynamic stepper motor driver designed for 2-phase bipolar stepper motors providing up to 2.8A (peak) and supply voltages ranging from 4.75 to 29...
End-to-end automation is the next leap forward for DFT
Medical Design Technology - 15 May 2020 18:40
by Jay Jahangiri, Product Manager for Mentor, a Siemens Business, Tessent product family The increase in IC design size and complexity adds a number of new challenges to the design flow, including design-for-test (DFT). ...
New regulations for unlicensed 6 GHz operation - explained
Medical Design Technology - 15 May 2020 17:48
The FCC has made a swath of 1200 MHz available for Wi-Fi. Unlike an invasive species, Wi-Fi must respect the rights of services that already use the frequency band. Here's why and how. The post New regulations for unlice...
Electronics enclosure cases have Stackable feature
Medical Design Technology - 15 May 2020 23:42
Pixus Technologies offers a configuration of its RiCase enclosures that are ideal for stacking. The instrumentation cases have interlacing tabs that provide a secure connection ensuring that stacked units do not fall. Th...
Some Types of Coronavirus Only Cause Colds -- What Makes This New Virus Different?
Discover - 15 May 2020 21:54
Odds are, you'll get a normal cold from at least one of four kinds of coronavirus varieties in your life.
Terminal blocks with Push-in Cage Clamp connection technology
Medical Design Technology - 15 May 2020 19:13
WAGO is adding to its existing product line for its 2600 series PCB terminal blocks for power electronics range. Featuring Push-In Cage Clamp connection technology, these new versions allow for increased pin spacing and ...
New bone-graft biomaterial gives patients a nicer smile and less pain
EurekAlert! - 15 May 2020 06:00
(Tohoku University) A new recipe for a bone-graft biomaterial that is supercooled before application should make it easier to meet dental patients' expectation of a good-looking smile while eliminating the pain associate...
The Lancet Infectious Diseases: Sociodemographic factors associated with a positive test for COVID-19 in primary care
EurekAlert! - 15 May 2020 06:00
(The Lancet) Older age, being male, deprivation, living in a densely populated area, ethnicity, obesity, and chronic kidney disease are associated with a positive test for COVID-19, according to results from 3,802 people...
Worldwide IOF-ISCD survey of bone densitometry units published
EurekAlert! - 15 May 2020 06:00
(International Osteoporosis Foundation) A landmark global study of fracture liaison services carried out at the Medical Research Council Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit at University of Southampton in collaboration with the...
Heart attacks, heart failure, stroke: COVID-19's dangerous cardiovascular complications
EurekAlert! - 15 May 2020 06:00
(University of Virginia Health System) A new guide from emergency medicine doctors details the potentially deadly cardiovascular complications COVID-19 can cause.
NIH begins clinical trial of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin to treat COVID-19
EurekAlert! - 15 May 2020 06:00
(University of California - San Diego) The NIH has launched a major clinical trial to assess the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine and antibiotic azithromycin as a treatment for COVID-19. The trial will recruit 2,000 parti...
Blood clotting abnormalities reveal COVID-19 patients at risk for thrombotic events
EurekAlert! - 15 May 2020 06:00
(American College of Surgeons) When researchers from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, used a combination of two specific blood-clotting tests, they found critically ill patients infected with C...
One in ten patients with major vascular event, infection, or cancer will be misdiagnosed
EurekAlert! - 15 May 2020 06:00
(De Gruyter) According to a new study published in De Gruyter's open access journal Diagnosis, approximately one in 10 people (9.6%) in the United States with symptoms caused by major vascular events, infections, or canc...
Pine martens like to have neighbors -- but not too near
EurekAlert! - 15 May 2020 06:00
(University of Exeter) Pine martens need neighbors but like to keep their distance, according to new research.
The dreaming brain tunes out the outside world
EurekAlert! - 15 May 2020 06:00
(CNRS) Scientists from the CNRS and the ENS-PSL in France and Monash University in Australia have shown that the brain suppresses information from the outside world, such as the sound of a conversation, during the sleep ...
Treatment guidance for lung cancer patients during the COVID-19 pandemic
EurekAlert! - 15 May 2020 06:00
(International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer) To help oncologists address the many challenges COVID-19-positive lung cancer patients present, a team of global lung cancer specialists this week published a revi...
UCI and County of Orange partner on large-scale COVID-19 infection survey
EurekAlert! - 15 May 2020 06:00
(University of California - Irvine) The University of California, Irvine is partnering with the Orange County Health Care Agency to participate in a rigorous, large-scale, population-based study that will generate a more...
UCLA launches clinical trial to help reduce severity of COVID-19 illness in men
EurekAlert! - 15 May 2020 06:00
(University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences) UCLA researchers have launched a new clinical trial that uses a hormone suppresser commonly used to treat men with prostate cancer to help improve clinical outcome...
UHN-U of T-led study shows antiviral drug can speed up recovery of COVID-19 patient
EurekAlert! - 15 May 2020 06:00
(University Health Network) An international team of researchers led by Dr. Eleanor Fish, emerita scientist at the Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, and professor in the University o...
University of Tartu study shows a low prevalence of the coronavirus in Estonia
EurekAlert! - 15 May 2020 06:00
(Estonian Research Council) The results of a study conducted by the University of Tartu on the prevalence of the coronavirus were presented to the Government Committee responsible for the emergency situation on Tuesday. ...
Viral infection: Early indicators of vaccine efficacy
EurekAlert! - 15 May 2020 06:00
(Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) in Munich researchers have shown that a specific class of immune cells in the blood induced by vaccination is an earlier indicator of vacci...
Voluntary collective isolation is best response to COVID-19 for indigenous populations
EurekAlert! - 15 May 2020 06:00
(Chapman University) A team of anthropologists, physicians, tribal leaders and local government authorities developed and implemented a multi-phase COVID-19 prevention and containment plan among the Tsimane, an indigenou...