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An innovative approach results in a groundbreaking mobile robot for the pharmaceutical industry

Meet Sterimove, the innovative mobile robot designed for Grade A/B/C/D cleanrooms, optimizing pharmaceutical production while minimizing contamination risks.

From Stäubli 12 Mar 2025

Transgender and gender diverse individuals face lower follow-up rates after psychiatric hospitalization

Transgender and gender diverse individuals who were hospitalized for psychiatric care were less likely to have a follow-up visit compared to the general population, suggesting they face transphobia in the hospital system.

12 Mar 2025

New device developed to non-invasively break up kidney stones

A team from the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), belonging to the Research Institute for Molecular Imaging Technologies (I3M), has developed, together with the NITIUV Group of the La Fe Health Research Institute (IIS La Fe) in Valencia and the Biomechanics Institute of Valencia, a new device - in the prototype phase - to break up kidney stones.

12 Mar 2025

Waist-to-height ratio more accurate than BMI for detecting childhood obesity

Body mass index (BMI) was almost three times more likely to classify children as overweight than waist circumference-to-height ratio, according to a new study.

12 Mar 2025

Making Complex Cell Culture Easy and Efficient with AI

Molecular Devices' CellXpress AI streamlines cell culture processes, reducing human error and improving efficiency in drug discovery with advanced automation.

From Molecular Devices UK Ltd 12 Mar 2025

Limiting TV time may reduce heart disease risk for people with genetic risk for diabetes

Watching no more than one hour of TV a day may lower the risk of heart attack, stroke and other blood vessel diseases among people with varying levels of genetic risk for Type 2 diabetes, including high genetic risk, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open access, peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association.

12 Mar 2025

Targeted alpha therapy offers new hope for treating metastatic melanoma

Metastatic melanoma, also known as stage IV melanoma, is a type of skin cancer that spreads to other parts of the body.

12 Mar 2025

Updates on influenza vaccine strain recommended by WHO (2025-2026 northern hemisphere)

To maintain vaccine efficacy, WHO regularly updates influenza vaccine strains based on global epidemiological, virological, and serological analyses.

From Sino Biological Inc. 12 Mar 2025

Gilead’s capsid revolution meets our capsid solutions: Sino Biological – Engineering the tools to outsmart HIV

Gilead Sciences announced a significant milestone: the U.S. FDA accepted their New Drug Applications (NDAs) for lenacapavir (LEN), a groundbreaking twice-yearly injectable HIV-1 capsid inhibitor for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP).

From Sino Biological Inc. 12 Mar 2025

New biodegradable adhesive offers safer alternative for knee meniscus repair

Prof. Jia-Lin Wu's research team from Taipei Medical University, Taiwan, has developed an advanced biodegradable tissue adhesive to repair torn knee menisci.

12 Mar 2025

Heavy menstrual bleeding may contribute to fatigue in midlife women

Multiple menopause symptoms can make women feel fatigued. Hot flashes, sleep problems, pain, and depression are just a few.

12 Mar 2025

Gaps in HPV cancer screening and prevention identified for people living with HIV

A new study published in The Lancet HIV reveals gaps in knowledge surrounding the prevention of HPV-related cancers in people living with HIV and outlines future research priorities.

12 Mar 2025

ADHD prescriptions in England surge by 18% since the pandemic

Prescriptions for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in England have risen 18% year on year since the pandemic.

12 Mar 2025

Breast cancer deaths expected to fall in the EU and UK by 2025 across most age groups

Death rates from breast cancer will fall in 2025 in every age group in the EU and the UK apart from in EU patients aged 80 years and older. In these older patients, overall mortality rates from the disease are predicted to rise by nearly 10% in 2025.

12 Mar 2025

Aqua aerobics proven to aid weight loss in obese adults

Water/aqua aerobics for 10 or more weeks at a time can trim waist size and aid weight loss, finds a pooled data analysis of the available evidence, published in the open access journal BMJ Open.

12 Mar 2025

Natural ingredient gluconolactone offers hope for targeted lupus therapy

Lupus is an autoimmune disease where the body’s immune system attacks its own tissues and organs, causing inflammation and damaging organs.

12 Mar 2025

Routine asthma test more reliable in the morning and has seasonal effects, say doctors

A lung function test used to help diagnose asthma works better in the morning, becoming less reliable throughout the day, Cambridge researchers have found.

12 Mar 2025

Would you know if something was wrong? This breakthrough device helps men detect silent health risks

Thursday, 13 March 2025 is World Kidney Health Day, with this year’s theme being "Are Your Kidneys OK? Detect Early, Protect Kidney Health".

12 Mar 2025

Some CT scans deliver too much radiation, researchers say. Regulators want to know more.

Rebecca Smith-Bindman, a professor at the University of California-San Francisco medical school, has spent well over a decade researching the disquieting risk that one of modern medicine's most valuable tools, computerized tomography scans, can sometimes cause cancer.

12 Mar 2025

Sent home to heal, patients avoid wait for rehab home beds

After a patch of ice sent Marc Durocher hurtling to the ground, and doctors at UMass Memorial Medical Center repaired the broken hip that resulted, the 75-year-old electrician found himself at a crossroads.

12 Mar 2025

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An innovative approach results in a groundbreaking mobile robot for the pharmaceutical industry

Transgender and gender diverse individuals face lower follow-up rates after psychiatric hospitalization

New device developed to non-invasively break up kidney stones

Waist-to-height ratio more accurate than BMI for detecting childhood obesity

Making Complex Cell Culture Easy and Efficient with AI

Limiting TV time may reduce heart disease risk for people with genetic risk for diabetes

Targeted alpha therapy offers new hope for treating metastatic melanoma

Updates on influenza vaccine strain recommended by WHO (2025-2026 northern hemisphere)

Gilead’s capsid revolution meets our capsid solutions: Sino Biological – Engineering the tools to outsmart HIV

New biodegradable adhesive offers safer alternative for knee meniscus repair

Heavy menstrual bleeding may contribute to fatigue in midlife women

Gaps in HPV cancer screening and prevention identified for people living with HIV

ADHD prescriptions in England surge by 18% since the pandemic

Breast cancer deaths expected to fall in the EU and UK by 2025 across most age groups

Aqua aerobics proven to aid weight loss in obese adults

Natural ingredient gluconolactone offers hope for targeted lupus therapy

Routine asthma test more reliable in the morning and has seasonal effects, say doctors

Would you know if something was wrong? This breakthrough device helps men detect silent health risks

Some CT scans deliver too much radiation, researchers say. Regulators want to know more.

Sent home to heal, patients avoid wait for rehab home beds

Unlocking live single-cell functional insights

Fluidics in Modern Healthcare & Medical Device Innovation

How microRNA is transforming science: From discovery to diagnostics

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