Health
Menopause treatments can help with hot flashes and other symptoms—but many people aren't aware of the latest advances
Menopause used to be a taboo topic in many quarters. Now, it's frequently in the news.
Jun 9, 2024
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News tagged with skin patches
Oncology & Cancer
Researchers develop microneedle patch that can detect skin cancer early
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have developed a new method for detecting malignant melanoma. A new type of patch equipped with microneedles can identify the biomarker tyrosinase directly in the skin, according to a ...
May 29, 2024
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Why is there a shortage of estrogen patches in Australia again?
Since 2020 or so, there have been recurring national shortages of estrogen transdermal patches in Australia.
Mar 6, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
A skin patch that can monitor tumor size and send it to a smartphone
A team of medical researchers and chemical engineers at National Tsing Hua University, working with a colleague from Taipei Medical University, has developed a skin patch that can monitor the size of a tumor lying just under ...
Biomedical technology
Scientists develop a skin patch that painlessly delivers drugs into the body
An affordable microneedle skin patch that delivers a controlled dosage of medicine directly into the body, eliminating the need for injections or oral medication, has been developed by a team led by scientists at the University ...
Oct 18, 2023
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Biomedical technology
Battery-free sensor analyzes five wound biomarkers in a single patch
Most wearable wound sensors measure only one or a small number of parameters, and they require bulky printed circuit boards and batteries. The PETAL sensor patch, on the other hand, currently measures five biomarkers and ...
Jun 26, 2023
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Health
Managing your health during Ramadan fasting
Fasting during Ramadan involves abstaining from food and drink from dawn to sunset. Depending on geography and the time of year when Ramadan occurs, daily fasting can range from as little as 10 hours in the winter months ...
Mar 24, 2023
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Vaccination
Push to develop mRNA vaccine patches
The global epidemic innovations fund said Tuesday it was working with a vaccine manufacturer to create a patch using mRNA technology, which would be easier to use against COVID.
Jan 17, 2023
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Biomedical technology
Research team develops a surface-lighting microLED patch with significant melanogenesis inhibition effect
A KAIST research team led by Ph.D. candidate Jae Hee Lee and Professor Keon Jae Lee from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering has developed a surface-lighting microLED patch for UV-induced melanogenesis inhibition. ...
Nov 23, 2022
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Medical research
Researchers develop painless tattoos that can be self-administered
Instead of sitting in a tattoo chair for hours enduring painful punctures, imagine getting tattooed by a skin patch containing microscopic needles. Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed low-cost, ...
Sep 14, 2022
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