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Those who are emotionally stable when young may remain the most stable as they age

How much do you change between high school and retirement? The answer depends on whether you're comparing yourself to others or to your younger self.

17 Aug 2018

Study shows electronic health records leave doctors and patients unsatisfied

Electronic Health Records are intended to streamline and improve access to information - and have been shown to improve quality of care - but a new study shows they also leave both doctors and patients unsatisfied, even after full implementation.

17 Aug 2018

Sunscreen from bathers releases significant quantities of polluting titanium dioxide into the sea

Scientists have found that sunscreen from bathers releases significant quantities of polluting TiO2 (titanium dioxide) into the sea.

17 Aug 2018

Innovative platform developed to destroy cancer cells

The new treatment will serve as both diagnosis and treatment of malignant tumors. This breakthrough in the technologies of cancer diagnosis and treatment was made by an interdisciplinary Russian-German collaboration of chemists, physicists, and biologists from NUST MISIS, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University (RNRMU), and the University of Duisburg-Essen (Germany).

17 Aug 2018

Making robots as valuable and trustworthy assistants for medical therapies

In future decades the need for effective strategies for medical rehabilitation will increase significantly, because patients' rate of survival after diseases with severe functional deficits, such as a stroke, will increase.

17 Aug 2018

NEDBELS project examines impact of neurodiversity concept on legal systems

Advances in science are deepening the understanding of neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism, Asperger’s and dyslexia.

17 Aug 2018

Researchers discuss techniques to help combat growing epidemic of obesity

More than 60 percent of American adults weigh more than is healthy, which results in increased health issues for the patient and high health care costs.

17 Aug 2018

Ology Bioservices wins $8.4 million worth agreement to manufacture anti-Ebola monoclonal antibody

Ology Bioservices, Inc., a biologics contract development and manufacturing organization, announced today that it was awarded an Other Transaction Agreement to support the Joint Project Manager Medical Countermeasure Systems, a component of the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense for advanced biologics manufacturing services—specifically, to manufacture an anti-Ebola monoclonal antibody.

17 Aug 2018

OHSU professor conducts clinical trial with artificial pancreas using Xeris' liquid glucagon

Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company leveraging its novel technology platforms to develop and commercialize ready-to-use injectable and infusible drug formulations, announced today that Jessica Castle, M.D., an associate professor of medicine in the OHSU School of Medicine and OHSU Harold Schnitzer Diabetes Health Center in Portland, Oregon, is conducting a clinical trial with a dual-hormone artificial pancreas using Xeris' ready-to-use liquid glucagon to evaluate a new closed-loop algorithm.

17 Aug 2018

Why some patients with brain markers for Alzheimer's never develop the condition

Scientists have discovered the reason why patients who show brain markers for Alzheimer's never develop the condition.

17 Aug 2018

Biomarker predicts kidney cancer risk years before diagnosis

Scientists have identified a blood biomarker that could be used to predict the onset of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) years before the disease is diagnosed.

17 Aug 2018

Survey highlights variations in practice of airway management in pediatric intensive care units

A new survey published today, Thursday 16 August 2018, in the journal Anesthesia, highlights that variations in the practice of airway management in intensive care units across the UK are putting children and particularly newborn babies at risk.

17 Aug 2018

UK’s leading sight loss charity invites applications from brightest minds in ophthalmic research

Fight for Sight, the UK’s leading sight loss charity, has announced that the Project Grants Awards and the recently established Primer Fellowship call is now open for applications.

17 Aug 2018

PolyU researchers design new self-fitting scaffold to induce bone regeneration

Researchers from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University have designed and fabricated a high performing self-fitting bone scaffold by combining a shape memory foam and hydroxyapatite (the principal mineral component of bone tissue).

17 Aug 2018

New medical diagnostic kit being developed for use in remote communities

A scientist at The Australian National University is developing a new just-add-water diagnostic kit for use in remote communities to detect malaria and other diseases.

17 Aug 2018

3D-printed human body parts to be used as teaching aids for surgical training

3D-printed human body parts with lifelike bone, skin and muscle densities are being developed in South Australia as teaching aids for surgical training.

17 Aug 2018

Medicine on the front line to be presented at Medical Innovation 2018

This year, Medical Innovation will focus on healthcare on the front line. One of the highlights will be the British Army's Ice Maidens.

From Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) 17 Aug 2018

Hospitals battle for control over fast-growing heart-valve procedure

When Medicare in 2011 agreed to pay for a revolutionary procedure to replace leaky heart valves by snaking a synthetic replacement up through blood vessels, the goal was to offer relief to the tens of thousands of patients too frail to endure open-heart surgery, the gold standard.

17 Aug 2018

Researchers develop new approach to study how tuberculosis infects people

Tuberculosis is one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide. Nearly 2 million people die every year from this infectious disease, and an estimated 2 billion people are chronically infected.

17 Aug 2018

New tool fills gap in Small Molecules market

This news story covers the launch of SmallMolecules.com, an online tool for scientists looking to buy and compare molecules for their experiments.

From SmallMolecules.com 17 Aug 2018

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Those who are emotionally stable when young may remain the most stable as they age

Study shows electronic health records leave doctors and patients unsatisfied

Sunscreen from bathers releases significant quantities of polluting titanium dioxide into the sea

Innovative platform developed to destroy cancer cells

Making robots as valuable and trustworthy assistants for medical therapies

NEDBELS project examines impact of neurodiversity concept on legal systems

Researchers discuss techniques to help combat growing epidemic of obesity

Ology Bioservices wins $8.4 million worth agreement to manufacture anti-Ebola monoclonal antibody

OHSU professor conducts clinical trial with artificial pancreas using Xeris' liquid glucagon

Why some patients with brain markers for Alzheimer's never develop the condition

Biomarker predicts kidney cancer risk years before diagnosis

Survey highlights variations in practice of airway management in pediatric intensive care units

UK’s leading sight loss charity invites applications from brightest minds in ophthalmic research

PolyU researchers design new self-fitting scaffold to induce bone regeneration

New medical diagnostic kit being developed for use in remote communities

3D-printed human body parts to be used as teaching aids for surgical training

Medicine on the front line to be presented at Medical Innovation 2018

Hospitals battle for control over fast-growing heart-valve procedure

Researchers develop new approach to study how tuberculosis infects people

New tool fills gap in Small Molecules market

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