Medications
Medtronic warns of battery problem with drug pumps
(AP) -- Medical device maker Medtronic is warning patients about a rare problem with its SynchroMed drug pumps that can cause them to lose battery power and fail.
Jul 8, 2011
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News tagged with battery
Pediatrics
Ingesting honey after swallowing button battery reduces injury and improves outcomes
A team of ear, nose, and throat (ENT) specialists has demonstrated that eating honey after swallowing a button battery has the potential to reduce serious injuries in small children. Based on findings in laboratory animals, ...
Jun 11, 2018
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Pediatrics
Stopping progression of tissue injury after button battery ingestion
Button battery injuries in children have been increasingly severe—resulting in devastating injuries and even death. Button batteries damage esophageal tissue through isothermic hydrolysis reactions, resulting in alkaline ...
Sep 5, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Implantable oxygen-eating batteries help kill cancer
Despite decades of research and tens of billions of dollars for research and treatments worldwide, the battle against cancer continues.
Neuroscience
Lithium in the brain: Neutrons show accumulation of antidepressant in brain
Experiments with neutrons at the Technische Universität München show that the antidepressant lithium accumulates more strongly in white matter of the brain than in grey matter. This leads to the conclusion that it works ...
Sep 26, 2013
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Neuroscience
Wireless pain management for drug-resistant conditions offers promising alternative to surgery, study finds
Using a 1-millimeter-sized wireless implant to stimulate peripheral nerves from within blood vessels has the potential to treat neuropathic pain resistant to medical therapy, according to a team of multi-institutional researchers ...
Mar 31, 2022
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Pediatrics
Button batteries kill—here's how we can prevent needless child deaths from battery ingestion
In 2013, four-year-old Summer Steer died from acute blood loss several days after swallowing a button battery. She hadn't told her family she'd swallowed anything, so they didn't know what was wrong. At least not until the ...
Aug 9, 2018
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Health
Researchers reveal formula for success in increasing smoke alarm use
(PhysOrg.com) -- The most effective strategy to encourage more people to have a working smoke alarm in their homes has been revealed by a team of healthcare researchers.
Dec 16, 2011
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Health
Surgeon discusses rise in vape pen injuries
A quick search of "vape pen injuries" turns up a slew of hits: CBS News, Denver Post, Reddit, AOL. There is no shortage of stories of electronic cigarettes or vaporizer devices that exploded or caught on fire.
Jun 15, 2016
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Medical research
Battery-free pacemaker reduces equipment to size of a dime
Researchers have developed and tested for the first time in vivo a miniaturized, battery-free pacemaker that supports optical and electrical multisite stimulation. The new device is powered wirelessly, omitting the weight ...
Dec 18, 2019
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Battery (electricity)
In electronics, a battery or voltaic cell is a combination of many electrochemical Galvanic cells of identical type to store chemical energy and to deliver higher voltage or higher current than with single cells.
The battery cells create a voltage difference between the terminals of each cell and hence to its combination in battery. When an external electrical circuit is connected to the battery, then the battery drives electrons through the circuit and electrical work is done. Since the invention of the first Voltaic pile in 1800 by Alessandro Volta, the battery has become a common power source for many household and industrial applications, and is now a multi-billion dollar industry.
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