Oncology & Cancer
Biopsy alternative: 'Wearable' device captures cancer cells from blood
A prototype wearable device, tested in animal models, can continuously collect live cancer cells directly from a patient's blood.
Apr 1, 2019
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Medical research
New method to assess platelet health could help ER doctors
Emergency room doctors often have only a few minutes to determine which patients are in need of a blood transfusion.
Mar 13, 2019
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Medical research
Why a blow to the chest can kill or save you
A blow to the chest can have highly contrasting effects. For instance, some baseball players have died after being hit in the chest by a baseball, while patients undergoing fatal cardiac tachyarrhythmias have been saved by ...
Feb 22, 2019
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Pediatrics
In the age of smart devices, young children spending more time in front of TV screens
A new study by Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work researchers about screen time shows that children are spending more time watching television than ever before. Comparing pre-mobile device usage in 1997 ...
Feb 19, 2019
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Medical research
New microfluidics platform separates cell types for RNA profiling
A team led by scientists at the Broad Institute, MIT, and Massachusetts General Hospital has developed a prototype device that uses microfluidics to sort cell types extracted from clinical samples for RNA sequencing.
Feb 4, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Technology use explains at most 0.4 percent of adolescent wellbeing, new study finds
Researchers at the University of Oxford have performed the most definitive study to date on the relationship between technology use and adolescent mental health, examining data from over 300,000 teenagers and parents in the ...
Jan 14, 2019
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Cardiology
Engineers create delicate sensor to monitor heart cells with minimal disruption
For the first time, engineers have demonstrated an electronic device to monitor beating heart cells without affecting their behavior. A collaboration between the University of Tokyo, Tokyo Women's Medical University and RIKEN ...
Jan 2, 2019
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Neuroscience
Ultrasound releases drug to alter activity in targeted brain areas in rats
Stanford University School of Medicine scientists have developed a noninvasive way of delivering drugs to within a few millimeters of a desired point in the brain.
Nov 7, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Your teen is underestimating the health risks of vaping
Teens today are more reluctant to smoke cigarettes than their counterparts nearly three decades ago, according to a study released this summer. But parents should hold their collective sigh of relief. The study, carried out ...
Sep 17, 2018
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Medical research
Device to corral viable sperm may speed IVF process
For couples hoping for a baby via in vitro fertilization, chances have improved. A process that once took hours now takes minutes: Cornell University scientists have created a microfluidic device that quickly corrals strong ...
Sep 10, 2018
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