“Our pilot study indicates that the new implant works as well in patients as it does in the lab” In a small study, researchers reported increased healthy tissue growth after surgical r... Read more
The device, which provides deep brain stimulation and has been used in thousands of people with Parkinson’s disease, is seen as a possible means of boosting memory and reversing cogni... Read more
“It’s a huge unmet medical problem and is only increasing in this country and throughout the world.” Respiratory conditions that restrict breathing such as asthma and chronic obstructive pul... Read more
A discovery that can fundamentally change how drugs for arthritis, and potentially many other diseases, are made In a discovery that can fundamentally change how drugs for arthritis, and pot... Read more
In other words, it should stop an acute reaction in its tracks. While many of us may have irritating allergic reactions to things like wool or cats, it can be a much different story for othe... Read more
“Could significantly enhance the surgical performance of doctors and minimize surgical accidents.” Even the most skilled and steady surgeons experience minute, almost imperceptib... Read more
Results came within 5 percent of commercial devices, meaning it already meets the medical community’s standards for accuracy People suffering from asthma or other chronic lung problems are t... Read more
“Among the older mice, the ones fed with a diet including rapamycin actually showed an improvement, negating the normal decline that you see in these functions with age.” Cogniti... Read more
A breakthrough research has managed to develop a drug that may be effective to beat a lethal parasite. It was done by a team of researchers from the University of California San Franc... Read more
“Such a treatment approach will fundamentally improve our understanding of autism and its treatment.” Preliminary results from an ongoing, large-scale study by Yale School... Read more
A new type of retinal prosthesis Using tiny solar-panel-like cells surgically placed underneath the retina, scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine have devised a sys... Read more
“Memory and other mental abilities declined faster in patients with the highest levels of VILIP-1,” A new marker of Alzheimer’s disease can predict how rapidly a patient... Read more
Orthopaedic Researchers Take the Road Less Travelled A person has a tumor removed from her femur. A soldier is struck by an improved explosive device and loses a portion of his tibia.... Read more