Neuroscience
How talking to toddlers boosts early brain development
Talking to toddlers helps shape their developing brain, according to new research from the University of East Anglia.
May 15, 2023
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News tagged with tape
Health
Shin splints: An expert explains how to avoid them
So you're out for a leisurely jog and everything is going great—until you start to feel pain. That distinctive, shooting pain, up your shin. Even when you stop running, every time you put weight on your foot soreness shoots ...
Feb 1, 2023
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Pediatrics
Skin injuries to babies in neonatal care could be avoided with new splint, trial shows
A new device to prevent skin injuries to babies in neonatal intensive care units has been successfully trialed in a study led by Dr. Deborah Harris, a neonatal nurse practitioner at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of ...
May 26, 2022
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Surgery
Engineers develop surgical 'duct tape' as an alternative to sutures
A staple on any engineer's workbench, duct tape is a quick and dependable fix for cracks and tears in many structural materials. MIT engineers have now developed a kind of surgical duct tape—a strong, flexible, and biocompatible ...
Feb 2, 2022
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Medical research
Sports stars' kinesiology tape injury treatment makes 'no difference'
It has been adopted by the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Tiger Woods and Andy Murray as a colorful way to help them play through pain, but research from the University of Dundee has found kinesiology tape to be ineffective ...
Apr 23, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Can I celebrate Halloween during the pandemic?
Can I celebrate Halloween during the pandemic?
Oct 27, 2020
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Immunology
Mount Sinai researcher identifies single gene biomarker to differentiate between atopic dermatitis
Mount Sinai researchers have pinpointed a single gene biomarker, nitride oxide synthase 2 (NOS2) that can distinguish atopic dermatitis (AD) and psoriasis with 100 percent accuracy using adhesive tape strips, a non-invasive ...
Jul 21, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Technology better than tape measure for identifying lymphedema risk
Bioimpedance spectroscopy (BIS) is better than a tape measure for assessing a woman's risk for developing lymphedema after breast cancer surgery, according to interim results of a study led by Sheila Ridner, Ph.D., RN, Martha ...
May 7, 2019
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Health
Trial shows paper tape can help prevent foot blisters
Ten years ago, Grant Lipman, MD, an emergency medicine physician, was working as a doctor for endurance athletes who were running 25 to 50 miles a day in various parts of the world, from China to Antarctica to Chile.
Apr 11, 2016
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Medical research
Body location plays part in scratching pleasure
An itch is just an itch. Or is it? New research from Gil Yosipovitch, M.D., Ph.D., professor of dermatology at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and a world-renowned itch expert, shows that how good scratching an itch feels ...
Jan 27, 2012
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