Despite the many advances in cancer treatments, oncologists often encounter cancer cells that are resistant to therapy. Researchers at the MD Anderson Cancer Center at the University of Texas tackled this phenomenon in tumors with different types of gynocological cancers and discovered a successful method of tricking these cells….
There have been few studies linking obesity to cognitive skills;
however, at the University of Illinois, a study was undertaken to
compare certain executive cognitive abilities of healthy weight
pre-adolescent children with obese pre-adolescent children requiring
them to respond to images of swimming fish.
Suffering from hayfever? A new treatment that doesn’t involve taking
antihistamines every day for the rest of your life is in the works. It’s
called Allergia, and it’s a phototherapeutic medical device that
suppresses the sneezing, runny nose and nasal congestion of seasonal allergenic rhinitis (SAR).
Perhaps you’ve read that the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and
the American Heart Association (AHA) issued new guidelines on which
persons should take statin drugs for the prevention of heart disease
and stroke. On March 19, 2014, in the New England Journal of Medicine,
the AHA presented these guidelines, including age, gender, and race, as
well as various pre-existing health conditions that might call for
statin intervention. But what do the new guidelines mean for you?
The Glowfaster smart jacket is the latest contender in ‘health
conscious’ wearable technologies. This innovative idea utilizes health-tech features (heart rate sensor, GPS tracking) and presents them in a new,
motivational, way. With other wearable technologies on the horizon, how will the Glowfaster stack up?
Who wouldn’t love to see in the dark? An idea best remembered
from the rainy Tyrannosaurus Rex scene in the original Jurassic Park
movie in 1987, night vision, without clunky technology, is finally getting closer to reality. Researchers at University of Michigan have developed a prototype using graphene to embed into a contact lens or smart
phone camera lens.
With all the controversy of Zohydro
(a painkiller that is about to receive FDA approval despite an 11-2
vote against it by independent experts), the field of electroceuticals
has been launched back into the news: the field of bioelectronics to develop alternatives to
drugs to manipulate the nervous system.
Today the FDA gave approval to the Nucleus Hybrid L24 Cochlear Implant System, the first implantable hearing device for adults
with the most common type of hearing loss: profound sensorineural hearing loss, that happens as a result of aging, hereditary, or just from attending too many heavy metal concerts.
When you read the word Soylent, it may conjure up images of Charlton Heston and a dystopian future. However, Rob Rhinehart hopes to change that. Soylent is actually a food substitute, crafted with several ingredients that intend to give its consumers all
of the necessary nutrients and calories required for a single day. Thus, a few cups of Soylent a day is all you need to sustain yourself.
Diagnosing illness just got easier and, well, breezier thanks to an innovative medical breathalyzer from Japan’s Toshiba Corporation. The dishwasher-sized device, currently in the testing stage, is able to detect a wide range of illnesses within 30 seconds after a user blows into the machine.
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