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Emergence of diabetes could be monitored using our Google searches

The emergence of Type 2 Diabetes could be more effectively monitored using our Google searches - helping public health officials keep track of the disease and halt its spread - according to research by the University of Warwick.

26 Jul 2017

Siemens Healthineers enters into definitive agreement to acquire Epocal from Alere

Siemens Healthineers has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Epocal Inc., a subsidiary of Alere Inc. Epocal Inc. develops and provides point-of-care blood diagnostic systems for healthcare enterprises, including the epoc Blood Analysis System, a handheld, wireless testing solution.

From Siemens Healthineers Point of Care Diagnostics 26 Jul 2017

Researchers find uncertainty in accuracy of blood pressure measurements

A comprehensive analysis of blood pressure data from the 1950s to the present day has highlighted the need for improvement in the accuracy of blood pressure measuring.

26 Jul 2017

Effects of declining sperm counts on fertility, mortality and disease patterns in geographical areas: Study

There is a lack of definitive data on the actual trends of decline in sperm counts according to researchers despite it being a known fact. Researchers in a new study looked at a large population to find the exact data regarding this scenario and its effects on the society. They looked at the effects of fertility and geographical distribution on the sperm concentration as well as total sperm counts.

25 Jul 2017

Researchers discover new virus in migratory bird species

Researchers at the University of São Paulo's Biomedical Science Institute (ICB-USP) in Brazil have discovered a new virus in a migratory bird species.

25 Jul 2017

Bio-Rad receives FDA clearance for IH-1000 blood typing instrument for the U.S. market

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., a global provider of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, today announced that it has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its IH-1000 blood typing instrument along with approvals for a wide range of associated gel cards and reagents for the U.S. blood typing market.

25 Jul 2017

Men with hepatitis B more likely to develop severe liver disease despite lifestyle choices

Why men with hepatitis B remain more than twice as likely to develop severe liver disease than women remains a mystery, even after a study led by a recent Drexel University graduate took lifestyle choices and environments into account.

25 Jul 2017

Aim Lab to unveil latest PathFinder automation platform at AACC Expo 2017

At the AACC Expo 2017, the Australian designer and manufacturer of lab automation systems, Aim Lab Automation Technologies Pty Ltd, will unveil its latest PathFinder automation platform – the PathFinder 350D - for automating the de-capping and sorting of incoming blood collection tubes directly into various analyzer racks ready for analysis.

25 Jul 2017

Penn Medicine professor receives Outstanding Early Career Investigator Award from AHA

Benjamin L. Prosser, PhD, an assistant professor of Physiology, in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, has received the Outstanding Early Career Investigator Award from the American Heart Association's Council on Basic Cardiovascular Sciences, one of its scientific divisions.

25 Jul 2017

New report identifies lack of knowledge about heart disease in prison populations

The incarcerated population -- both those currently in prison and those who have been released -- are more susceptible to heart disease than the rest of the country's population. And what we know about the factors that play into this is extremely limited, according to researchers.

25 Jul 2017

Preclinical study demonstrates efficacy of gene therapy in treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Researchers from Genethon, the AFM-Telethon laboratory, Inserm (UMR 1089, Nantes) and the University of London (Royal Holloway) demonstrated the efficacy of an innovative gene therapy in the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

25 Jul 2017

Study may have important implications for treatment of heart attacks and cancer

A new discovery by University of Bristol scientists helps to explain how cells which surround blood vessels, called pericytes, stimulate new blood vessels to grow with the hormone 'leptin' playing a key role.

25 Jul 2017

Black neighborhoods, segregated cities found to have high levels of noise pollution

As the number of white residents in a neighborhood declines, noise rises. But noise pollution is inescapable in segregated cities, where noise pollution is worse for everyone, according to the first breakdown of noise exposure along racial, ethnic and socioeconomic lines in the United States.

25 Jul 2017

Living in rural households lowers person's risk of developing IBD, study finds

Living in rural households decreases a person's risk of developing inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), particularly for young children and adolescents, according to a new study by researchers at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, and the Canadian Gastro-Intestinal Epidemiology Consortium.

25 Jul 2017

Study determines safest temperature and duration for body-cooling of newborns

After more than 20 years of research on the best treatment for full-term infants affected by oxygen deprivation during the birthing process, Seetha Shankaran, M.D., neonatologist at DMC's Children's Hospital of Michigan and Hutzel Women's Hospital, served as the lead investigator in a definitive Journal of the American Medical Association study that documented the safest depth and duration of body-cooling to minimize injury from hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) in newborns.

25 Jul 2017

Joint research initiative aims to employ novel lifestyle intervention to treat NAFLD

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is one of the most frequent liver diseases worldwide and an estimated 20 million people in Germany are affected.

25 Jul 2017

Researchers understand how to prevent severe weight loss in cancer patients

Many cancer patients are susceptible to potentially lethal weight loss. Now researchers understand better why this happens, and perhaps how to prevent the condition.

25 Jul 2017

Patient navigator programs at barbershops could improve colorectal cancer screening among black men

Aging black men are at much greater risk of dying prematurely of colorectal cancer than any other group in the United States, and are less likely than their white counterparts to be diagnosed at an early stage of the disease.

25 Jul 2017

Researchers present novel gene-editing technique to prevent retinal angiogenesis

A research team from the Schepens Eye Research Institute of Massachusetts Eye and Ear has successfully prevented mice from developing angiogenesis of the retina--the sensory tissue at the back of the eye--using gene-editing techniques with CRISPR-Cas9.

25 Jul 2017

UC scientists take different approach to investigating how influenza spreads through the lungs

Influenza is a recurring global health threat that, according to the World Health Organization, is responsible for as many as 500,000 deaths every year, most due to influenza pneumonia, or viral pneumonia.

25 Jul 2017

Blood News and Research

Emergence of diabetes could be monitored using our Google searches

Siemens Healthineers enters into definitive agreement to acquire Epocal from Alere

Researchers find uncertainty in accuracy of blood pressure measurements

Effects of declining sperm counts on fertility, mortality and disease patterns in geographical areas: Study

Researchers discover new virus in migratory bird species

Bio-Rad receives FDA clearance for IH-1000 blood typing instrument for the U.S. market

Men with hepatitis B more likely to develop severe liver disease despite lifestyle choices

Aim Lab to unveil latest PathFinder automation platform at AACC Expo 2017

Penn Medicine professor receives Outstanding Early Career Investigator Award from AHA

New report identifies lack of knowledge about heart disease in prison populations

Preclinical study demonstrates efficacy of gene therapy in treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Study may have important implications for treatment of heart attacks and cancer

Black neighborhoods, segregated cities found to have high levels of noise pollution

Living in rural households lowers person's risk of developing IBD, study finds

Study determines safest temperature and duration for body-cooling of newborns

Joint research initiative aims to employ novel lifestyle intervention to treat NAFLD

Researchers understand how to prevent severe weight loss in cancer patients

Patient navigator programs at barbershops could improve colorectal cancer screening among black men

Researchers present novel gene-editing technique to prevent retinal angiogenesis

UC scientists take different approach to investigating how influenza spreads through the lungs

Improving healthcare sustainability through carbon data

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

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