January 19, 2015
(Nanotechnology Now) – If in the future electrodes are inserted into the human brain – either for research purposes or to treat diseases – it may be appropriate to give them a ‘coat’ of nanowires that could make them less … Read More
January 19, 2015
(New York Times) – How your immune system does its job seems to depend more on your environment and the germs you encounter than on your genes, says new research that put twins to the test to find out. After … Read More
January 19, 2015
(Medscape) – Few medical societies still recommend healthy adults undergo annual physicals, and some groups actively recommend against them, yet many physicians continue to offer the visits to their patients. This week, oncologist and health policy expert Ezekiel Emanuel, MD, … Read More
January 19, 2015
(Medscape) – It’s the health care holy grail: higher quality care at lower cost, and there are a growing number of accountable care organizations (ACOs) in the United States aiming to achieve it, in part by influencing where patients receive … Read More
January 19, 2015
(The Conversation) – Today the Netherlands has been joined by Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland; the US states of Oregon, Washington, Montana and Vermont; and most recently the Canadian state of Quebec as jurisdictions which have enacted legal provision to permit … Read More
January 16, 2015
(New York Times) – How could hundreds of bags of intravenous saline solution meant for training health care workers have been given to real patients? That is the question health authorities were scrambling to answer this week after Wallcur, a … Read More
January 16, 2015
(Medical Xpress) – A woman treated with a revolutionary embryonic stem-cell therapy for severe heart failure is doing well three months after the operation, her cardiologist reported Friday. The patient, 68 at the time of the procedure last October, was … Read More
January 16, 2015
(Scientific American) – The death toll from flooding in Malawi has risen to 176 and others are still missing, Vice President Saulos Chilima said on Friday after touring the worst-hit parts of the southern African country, one of the world’s … Read More
January 16, 2015
(Phys.org) – Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have discovered the stem cell in mice that gives rise to bone, cartilage and a key part of bone marrow called the stroma. In addition, the researchers have charted the … Read More
January 16, 2015
(Harvard Gazette) – A see-through zebrafish and enhanced imaging provide the first direct glimpse of how blood stem cells take root in the body to generate blood. Reporting online today in the journal Cell, researchers in Boston Children’s Hospital’s Stem … Read More
January 16, 2015
(ABC News) – On her 50th birthday, Sandy Oltz sat on the film set of “Still Alice” and listened to actress Julianne Moore speak a line that Oltz, an early onset Alzheimer’s patient, had struggled to write. “Please do not … Read More
January 16, 2015
(Science Daily) – HIV researchers hope a new compound, known as cabotegravir, could make dosing easier for some because the drug would be administered by injection once every three months. A clinical trial testing long-acting cabotegravir’s safety and acceptability has … Read More
January 16, 2015
(Medical Xpress) – The World Health Organization expressed optimism Thursday after fresh figures showed the three west African countries ravaged by Ebola had all seen a clear drop in new cases of the deadly virus. The latest numbers show that … Read More
January 16, 2015
(Medical Xpress) – A new device that can rapidly concentrate and extract young cells from irrigation fluid used during orthopaedic surgery holds promise for improving the delivery of stem cell therapy in cases of non-healing fractures. UC Davis surgeons plan … Read More
January 16, 2015
(Science) – In the latest example of budget stretching at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the agency’s basic science institute is imposing a strict one-grant limit on scientists who already have plentiful no-strings support. The move could free up … Read More
January 16, 2015
(Nanotechnology Now) – Nanoengineers at the University of California, San Diego have tested a temporary tattoo that both extracts and measures the level of glucose in the fluid in between skin cells. This first-ever example of the flexible, easy-to-wear device … Read More
January 16, 2015
(Medical Xpress) – In Hyderabad, India, Sayan Basu is using stem cells in a pilot project to restore the eyesight of patients with damaged corneas. If proven successful, the procedure could mean that Indian citizens can avoid long waiting lists … Read More
January 16, 2015
(National Post) – The rise of stem-cell tourism by celebrities such as Howe, as well as by the not-so-famous who are desperate for a cure, can put people in danger from unsafe treatments, say some Canadian researchers. It can also … Read More
January 16, 2015
(The Scotsman) – DOCTORS in Scotland have demanded a “conscience clause” be inserted into new laws on assisted suicide, allowing them to opt out of the controversial change. The “great majority” of doctors were against the proposals, which would allow … Read More
January 16, 2015
(Nanotechnology Now) – Nanoparticle drugs–tiny containers packed with medicine and with the potential to be shipped straight to tumors–were thought to be a possible silver bullet against cancer. However new cancer drugs based on nanoparticles have not improved overall survival … Read More
January 16, 2015
(Medical Xpress) – Parents and physicians still aren’t doing enough to address the rise of “pharming,” or recreational use and abuse of prescription drugs, among teenagers, according to public health researchers at Drexel University. “The medicine chest is a drug … Read More
January 16, 2015
(Medical Xpress) – About 400,000 patients had appointments with doctors via webcam in 2014 and experts expect that number to double this year. Large employers also have started offering the virtual doctor visits, via phone or web, as a benefit … Read More
January 16, 2015
(Medical News Today) – In a new study, researchers from Duke University in Durham, NC, reveal they have grown the first ever human skeletal muscle that contracts in response to external stimuli, such as electrical impulses and pharmaceuticals. The team … Read More
January 16, 2015
(BBC) – Pregnant women are even more at risk of contracting Ebola than others. The charity Medicines Sans Frontier says almost all the pregnant women it [has] treated have not survived. The health-workers treating them also face greater risks so … Read More
January 16, 2015
(Nature) – After years of debate, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is poised to allow the sale of biosimilars, cheaper versions of complex and expensive biological drugs used to treat conditions such as cancer and autoimmune diseases. On … Read More
