Radiology & Imaging
Patient-friendly brain imager gets green light toward first prototype
It might not start a fashion trend, but Sandia National Laboratories is designing a wearable brain imager.
Mar 10, 2020
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Medications
New treatments for migraines show promise
Many people think migraines are just bad headaches. But they're so much more. In some people, they cause nausea or vomiting. In others, they enhance sensitivity to light, sounds and smell. Sometimes they cause vision distortion, ...
Mar 5, 2020
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Medications
US reports first drug shortage tied to virus outbreak
Health officials reported the first U.S. drug shortage tied to the viral outbreak that is disrupting production in China, but they declined to identify the manufacturer or the product.
Feb 28, 2020
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Health
Social determinant screening not enough to capture patients at risk of utility shut-off
Researchers at Boston Medical Center have found that only a fraction of patients at risk of having their utilities shut off were identified through social determinants of health (SDOH) screening. Published in The Journal ...
Feb 24, 2020
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Cardiology
Heart valve invented in Minnesota allows new kind of heart treatment
Inaugurating a potential blockbuster medical device category, a wire-and-mesh medical device invented in Roseville, Minn., has become the first catheter-delivered implant to get European approval to replace the heart's mitral ...
Feb 3, 2020
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Medical research
Developing sensors for tumors and dengue fever
Researchers from the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) have developed a tumor biosensing chip that can help determine the optimum dosage of chemotherapy required for a cancer patient.
Jan 27, 2020
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Medical research
Measuring blood chemistry levels through the skin of newborns
Scientists at the University of Strathclyde are researching a system to measure and monitor blood chemistry levels in premature and sick babies through their skin, which if successful, could eventually replace the need for ...
Jan 21, 2020
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Health
Why fitness trackers may not give you all the 'credit' you hoped for
January is a time when many people make resolutions—and then break them. Almost 60% of Americans will resolve to exercise more, but fewer than 10% will stick with their resolution. A key to keeping resolutions is ensuring ...
Jan 15, 2020
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Genetics
Worm study shows how a common chemical disrupts reproductive biology
Researchers at Harvard Medical School and the New York State Department of Health have discovered how a common plasticizer associated with human reproductive abnormalities likely does its damage at the molecular level.
Jan 9, 2020
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Machine learning system makes more alerts for med errors
(HealthDay)—A machine learning system can generate clinically valid alerts for medication errors that might be missed with existing clinical decision support (CDS) systems, according to a study published in the January ...
Jan 2, 2020
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