http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (Medical Xpress)—Professor Mark Kendall of the University of Queensland, Australia, has announced at this year's TEDGLobal Conference that a skin patch he and colleagues have developed will soon begin field testing in New Guinea. The Nanopatch, as it's been named, is used as a replacement for the traditional method of administering vaccines—injection with needle and syringe. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-nanopatch-syringe-needle-unveiled-tedglobal.html Medications Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:33:47 EST news290419528 Urologists at Henry Ford Hospital have developed a new technique that could make minimally invasive robotic partial nephrectomy procedures the norm, rather than the exception for kidney cancer patients. The technique spares the kidney, eliminates long hospital stays and provides better outcomes by giving the surgeon more time to perform the procedure. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-technique-minimally-invasive-robotic-kidney.html Surgery Thu, 13 Dec 2012 13:43:09 EST news274628582 A University of Queensland invention that will deliver vaccines without the need for needles has struck a significant partnership with US-based pharmaceutical giant Merck, announced today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-merck-partnership-needle-free-vaccine-delivery.html Medications Tue, 09 Oct 2012 09:08:50 EST news268992521 For treating prolonged seizures outside a hospital setting, a quick intramuscular shot of anti-convulsant medication with an auto-injector, a kind of spring-loaded syringe, is as effective — if not more effective — than starting an intravenous line to administer medicine directly to the bloodstream. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-quick-shot-seizures.html Other Mon, 27 Feb 2012 05:39:19 EST news249543552 (Medical Xpress) -- Researchers at McMaster have developed a new system for delivering drugs to the back of the eye - one that could offer more effective treatment while sparing patients with vision-related diseases the excruciating routine of having drugs injected into their eyes by syringe every six to eight weeks. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-needle-eye-medical-device-relief.html Ophthalmology Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:38:25 EST news247394100 Johns Hopkins University graduate students have invented a device to reduce the risk of infection, clotting and narrowing of the blood vessels in patients who need blood-cleansing dialysis because of kidney failure. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-student-team-device-dialysis.html Other Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:18:23 EST news228478676