9 Emerging Devices That Will Disrupt Healthcare
Abigail Klein Leichman via Israel21c – Heart failure, kidney disease, sleep apnea, diabetes, back pain – disruptive medical devices emerging from Israel could transform treatment for these conditions. Medical devices…
Thioredoxin Antioxidant Could Soon Be Used to Improve Cancer Treatment
Dr. Ananya Mandal, MD via News Medical Life Sciences – Researchers from Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) have discovered the use of thioredoxin a naturally occurring antioxidant to modulate…
Beyond Games – Using Virtual Reality to Improve Health
News In Health – Virtual reality—often referred to as “VR”—used to be science fiction. Today, it’s everywhere. All you need is a smartphone and a headset to immerse yourself in…
Discovery Reveals Prolific Ability of Schwann Cells to Generate Myelin
Oregon Health & Science University via EurekAlert – OHSU research could lead to new therapies to heal nervous system disorders. Scientists have discovered that a special type of cell is…
New Clue to Beat Chronic Pain
Al Sears, MD, CNS – You would think that when it comes to the human body, scientists know all there is to know. But they don’t. Pain is caused when…
Scientists Replicate the Blood-Brain Barrier on a Chip
News Staff via Israel21c – Using stem cells and microfluidic chips, they fashion a functioning copy of a patient’s brain structure to tailor treatment. Scientists cannot yet make a living…
Israeli Study: Gut Biome Responds to Social Stress
Naama Barak via Israel21c – Findings could lead to tailored microbial interventions that reduce autoimmunity and additional stress-inducible illness. We all know that stress is bad for us – to…
Eating Up to Ten Portions of Fruit & Vegetables a Day May Reduce Disease, Early Death Risk
Medical News – A fruit and vegetable intake above five-a-day shows major benefit in reducing the chance of heart attack, stroke, cancer and early death. This is the finding of…
Keto Diet Has Potential in the Military
Ohio State University – COLUMBUS, Ohio – A new study has researchers hopeful that a ketogenic diet could prove useful in the military, where obesity is an ongoing challenge, both…
Irregular Sleep Patterns Linked to Metabolic Disorders
National Institutes of Health – A new study has found that not sticking to a regular bedtime and wakeup schedule — and getting different amounts of sleep each night —…
3D-Printed ‘Hyperelastic Bone’ May Help Generate New Bone for Skull Reconstruction
Wolters Kluwer Health via Science Daily – Defects of the skull and facial bones can pose difficult challenges for plastic and reconstructive surgeons. A synthetic material called hyperelastic bone–readily produced…
