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Mobile phone radiation can cause severe headaches and migraines

Mobile phone radiation keeps our phones working but it also has some pretty serious side effects. More and more people are looking at the effects mobile phones are having on their health. Can phone radiation cause headaches? Is this something to be worried about?

6 Feb 2018

Asynt’s DrySyn MAXI heating system used for reproducible scale-up of medicinal chemistry reactions

Asynt reports that medicinal chemistry specialists Charnwood Molecular (Loughborough UK) have been using the DrySyn MAXI heating system to successfully and reproducibly scale up syntheses within their contract research laboratories.

6 Feb 2018

Corning and CytoSMART collaborate to simplify cell counting in laboratories

Corning Incorporated and CytoSMART Technologies BV today announced an agreement that will simplify mammalian cell counting in laboratories around the world. Cell counting is a critical step in subcultivation in the cell culture workflow.

6 Feb 2018

Researchers pave way toward new therapeutic approach for gonorrhea

Researchers are paving the way toward a new therapeutic approach for gonorrhea by shedding light on the mechanism behind important proteins on the Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacteria's outer membrane.

6 Feb 2018

Australian research looks at hospital acquired medical complications

A new study has shown that one in nine Australian patients who were hospitalized between 2012 and 2015, suffered from one or the other hospital acquired complication. These complications are usually of a preventable nature and occur when there is a deficiency in patient care.

6 Feb 2018

Anxious people more likely to be bitten by a dog

A new study has shown that anxious people get bitten by dogs more than calm individuals. The researchers also found that the actual number of dog bites is much more than estimated before. The study looked at 694 individuals from 385 households and noted that one fourth of them had been bitten by a dog at least once during their lifetime.

6 Feb 2018

Cell phone radiation bad for rats but OK for humans: study

Much has been said and studied regarding the ill effects of mobile phone radiation on human health. A new study has found that high levels of radiation from cell phones is capable of causing cancers in the heart of laboratory animals. However the levels of radiation emitted by cell phones is much less than this threshold level.

6 Feb 2018

Discovery opens new doors to developing vaccines for preventing staph skin infections

After years of investigation, researchers at Johns Hopkins, the University of California, Davis, and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases have discovered how the immune system might protect a person from recurrent bacterial skin infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus (staph).

6 Feb 2018

New Braden QD Scale can now better predict pediatric patients at risk for pressure injuries

Pressure-related skin injuries, a nurse-sensitive quality indicator in hospitals, are associated with increased morbidity and higher costs of care. There's been much attention focused on hospital-acquired pressure injuries (HAPI) in the adult population.

5 Feb 2018

Babies born to mothers who were prescribed antibiotics tend to get more infections

A new study shows that babies who are born to mothers who were prescribed antibiotics while they were pregnant are at a 20 percent higher risk of getting infections and being hospitalized from them. The study was published in the latest issue of the International Journal of Epidemiology.

5 Feb 2018

Low dose alcohol everyday might actually "clean" the brain

A new study in mice has suggests that a couple of glasses of wine may actually “clean” the brain and not only clear the mind at the end of a long day. The study was published in the latest issue of the journal Scientific Reports.

5 Feb 2018

Community health centers caught in ‘Washington’s political dysfunction’

As lawmakers face another deadline this week for passing legislation to keep the federal government open, one of the outstanding issues is long-term funding for a key health care safety-net program.

5 Feb 2018

Researchers find new way to accelerate wound healing

Researchers at Uppsala University and SLU have found a new way of accelerating wound healing. The technology and the mode of action method published in the highly ranked journal PNAS involves using lactic acid bacteria as vectors to produce and deliver a human chemokine on site in the wounds.

5 Feb 2018

$Long-term ICS exposure linked to increased risk of bone fractures in COPD patients$

Long-term ICS exposure linked to increased risk of bone fractures in COPD patients

A study published in the February journal CHEST suggests long-term inhaled corticosteroids in patients with COPD may increase risk of bone fractures in both men and women.

5 Feb 2018

CHLA participates in clinical trial using stem cells to treat rare congenital heart defect

Children's Hospital Los Angeles is announcing participation in the first-ever clinical trial using stem cells from umbilical cord blood to delay or even prevent heart failure in children born with a rare congenital heart defect that leaves them with half a heart.

5 Feb 2018

VUMC reaches new record in performing heart transplants

Vanderbilt University Medical Center performed a record number of heart transplants in 2017, surpassing the 2016 milestone and securing its place as the second-busiest heart transplant program in the country.

5 Feb 2018

Depression treatment helps non-cancer pain patients to stop taking opioids

Opioid cessation in non-cancer pain may be more successful when depression is treated to remission, a Saint Louis University study shows.

5 Feb 2018

Parental enrollment in Medicaid may have health benefits for children

Enrolling in Medicaid may have health benefits not only for low-income parents but also for their children, according to a Johns Hopkins analysis of over 50,000 parent-child pairs.

5 Feb 2018

Researchers devise strategies to target glioma stem cells that could improve patient survival

Glioblastoma multiforme is the most common and aggressive primary brain tumor and has one of the worst survival rates of all cancers.

5 Feb 2018

Scientists discover rare hypertension disease gene

More than a billion people worldwide suffer from high blood pressure (hypertension). Prolonged hypertension damages blood vessels, which can result in damage to the heart, the kidneys, and the brain. Possible consequences include heart attack, kidney failure, and stroke.

5 Feb 2018

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Mobile phone radiation can cause severe headaches and migraines

Asynt’s DrySyn MAXI heating system used for reproducible scale-up of medicinal chemistry reactions

Corning and CytoSMART collaborate to simplify cell counting in laboratories

Researchers pave way toward new therapeutic approach for gonorrhea

Australian research looks at hospital acquired medical complications

Anxious people more likely to be bitten by a dog

Cell phone radiation bad for rats but OK for humans: study

Discovery opens new doors to developing vaccines for preventing staph skin infections

New Braden QD Scale can now better predict pediatric patients at risk for pressure injuries

Babies born to mothers who were prescribed antibiotics tend to get more infections

Low dose alcohol everyday might actually "clean" the brain

Community health centers caught in ‘Washington’s political dysfunction’

Researchers find new way to accelerate wound healing

Long-term ICS exposure linked to increased risk of bone fractures in COPD patients

CHLA participates in clinical trial using stem cells to treat rare congenital heart defect

VUMC reaches new record in performing heart transplants

Depression treatment helps non-cancer pain patients to stop taking opioids

Parental enrollment in Medicaid may have health benefits for children

Researchers devise strategies to target glioma stem cells that could improve patient survival

Scientists discover rare hypertension disease gene

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