Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
2nd wave of virus cases? Experts say we're still in the 1st
What's all this talk about a "second wave" of U.S. coronavirus cases?
Jun 21, 2020
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Doctors devise method of testing blood pressure using ultrasound
(PhysOrg.com) -- In what can only be described as insightful, two doctors from The Netherlands, working with Italian imaging companies, have devised a means to use ultrasound to measure blood pressure. The technology, more ...
Cardiology
Study suggests how high blood pressure might contribute to Alzheimer's
The brain's system for removing waste is driven primarily by the pulsations of adjoining arteries, University of Rochester neuroscientists and mechanical engineers report in a new study. They also show that changes in the ...
Jan 28, 2019
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Mug-size hair mass snipped from Czech with rare syndrome
A Czech hospital said Tuesday its surgeons removed a mass of hair the size of a beer mug from the stomach of a girl who suffers from an extremely rare hair eating disorder.
Mar 7, 2023
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Medical research
Researcher develops device to secure chest tubes without sutures
Medical practitioners may be able to secure chest tubes to their patients more quickly and with greater reliability by using a device developed by Dr. Samer Abu-Sultaneh, assistant professor of clinical pediatrics at the ...
Oct 6, 2017
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Medications
Johnson & Johnson told to pay $2.1 billion over cancer-causing talc powder
A US court has upheld a verdict that talcum powder sold by Johnson & Johnson caused ovarian cancer and ordered the pharmaceutical giant to pay $2.1 billion in damages.
Jun 24, 2020
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Cardiology
Preliminary research shows noninvasive therapy may reverse atherosclerosis
An injection may one day be able to reverse atherosclerosis, according to emerging research presented at the American Heart Association's Vascular Discovery: From Genes to Medicine Scientific Sessions 2018, a premier global ...
May 11, 2018
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New capsule can orally deliver drugs that usually have to be injected
Many drugs, especially those made of proteins, cannot be taken orally because they are broken down in the gastrointestinal tract before they can take effect. One example is insulin, which patients with diabetes have to inject ...
Oct 7, 2019
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New study cautions use of drugs to block 'niacin flush'
Niacin, or vitamin B3, is the one approved drug that elevates "good" cholesterol (high density lipoprotein, HDL) while depressing "bad" cholesterol (low density lipoprotein , LDL), and has thereby attracted much attention ...
Apr 9, 2012
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Gastroenterology
An ingestible device for treating stomach ailments
An international team of researchers has created an ingestible device that affixes itself to the stomach wall and treats ailments by delivering electrical pulses. In their paper published in the journal Science Advances, ...
