https://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Even though electronic cigarettes do not contain any illicit substances, the liquid can cause serious health problems. Often, the nicotine concentration in these products is several times higher than in conventional cigarettes, promoting rapid addiction. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10-portable-sensor-synthetic-cannabinoids-cigarettes.html Thu, 09 Oct 2025 14:32:05 EDT news679239121 What do cycling, showering and making love have in common? https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-06-sex-skin-patches.html Thu, 06 Jun 2024 12:23:05 EDT news636895381 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning patients who use a particular insulin pump system that unauthorized people could access it and change how much insulin a patient receives. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-09-fda-cybersecurity-medtronic-insulin.html Tue, 20 Sep 2022 17:00:01 EDT news582911582 Researchers are developing a novel, implantable device that can sense the effects of a potentially fatal level of ingested opioids and then automatically and immediately deliver a life-saving dose of naloxone. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-10-bioelectronic-implant-opioid-deaths.html Tue, 15 Oct 2019 07:24:01 EDT news490343035 The review, published in Nature, outlines how healthcare workers in low-income countries, like those in sub-Saharan Africa, could use existing smartphones to diagnose, track and control infectious diseases in low-income countries. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-02-infectious-diseases-smartphones-sub-saharan-africa.html Wed, 27 Feb 2019 13:00:07 EST news470473166 (HealthDay)—Exercising on a budget can be as simple as buying a good pair of walking shoes. But when you want to make an investment in fitness equipment, new options can make your workouts interactive as well as high-energy. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-09-bells-home-equipment.html Mon, 24 Sep 2018 09:50:02 EDT news457001223 Half of European adults are either overweight or obese. Many turn to self-help apps as a means to burn excess fat, but despite hundreds of digital tools available very few help maintain a slimmer waistline and few are based on tried and tested science. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-06-weight-loss-apps-scientific-merit.html Thu, 08 Jun 2017 05:37:49 EDT news416119061 Is health care going the way of Uber? Though it may sound far-fetched, seeing a doctor could move in that direction if telemedicine gains more acceptance, according to health technology experts. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-03-consumers-ready-telemedicine.html Thu, 31 Mar 2016 15:10:01 EDT news378650614 A research team led by engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, has developed a new mobile phone microscope that uses video to automatically detect and quantify infection by parasitic worms in a drop of blood. This next generation of UC Berkeley's CellScope technology could help revive efforts to eradicate debilitating diseases in Africa by providing critical information for health providers in the field. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-05-mobile-video-microscope-automates-parasites.html Wed, 06 May 2015 14:00:08 EDT news350134707 (AP) -- Even the human bloodstream isn't safe from computer hackers. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-insulin-vulnerable-hacking.html Thu, 04 Aug 2011 06:46:34 EDT news231659168 (Medical Xpress) -- In a major step forward in optogenetics, MIT researcher Christian Wentz has developed a sort of wireless hat that can be used to transmit light to photo sensitized cells in the brain, thus stimulating them to fire when struck by light, or to cease firing, whichever has been programmed for. Previously such optical therapies were done by connecting a light source to a cable or tether to deliver the power for the light sources (lasers or LEDs); now as described in a paper he and his colleagues have published in the Journal of Neural Engineering, a transmitter can be used to create a magnetic field, which in turn is converted to electricity in a tiny hat placed atop a mouse’s head, that is then used to power the implanted light sources. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-optogenetics-wireless-brain.html Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:11:10 EDT news228474638