In a paper published in the September/December 2018 issue of TECHNOLOGY, a group of researchers from Rutgers University Department of Biomedicine Engineering have published a review paper on the transformative potential of precision and personalized medicine (PPM) for cancer treatment. IMAGE: TRADITIONAL VERSUS PPM MODEL FOR CANCER TREATMENT. A COMPARISON OF THE KEY DIFFERENCES IN THE...
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Middle-aged migraine sufferers who see flashing lights and blind spots during an attack are TWO times more likely to have a stroke
Over-50s who start having aura migraines have a doubled stroke risk But people who begin having migraines when younger do not have higher risk A study by the University of South Carolina tracked 11,600 people for 20 years Developing severe migraines in middle age is a major warning sign of stroke risk, experts have warned....
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Measles outbreak in Washington State
The latest update from the county’s health department said that 23 measles cases have been confirmed and two more suspected cases are under investigation, CBS News reported. Most cases involve children ages 1 to 10 years. Four cases are in youngsters ages 11 to 18, and one case is in a person between ages 19...
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New InMotion ARM/HAND for Post Stroke Rehab Unveiled
BIONIK Laboratories, a company based in Toronto, Canada, is releasing a new version of its InMotion ARM/HAND robotic system for stroke rehab training. The system is used for intensive motor therapy, consisting of two robots that work together to train reaching and grasp & release movements at the same time. The user is asked to...
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Aspiring Dermatology App Under The Microscope: The SkinVision Review
With 1.2 million downloads globally and having helped diagnose the condition in over 27,000 cases, SkinVision aims to fight against one of the most deadly diseases, skin cancer. It usually manifests as seemingly harmless skin spots, called nevi, whose early detection and removal can literally save your life. That’s the promise of the dermatology app,...
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Levodopa + carbidopa does not modify disease in early Parkinson
Constant V.M. Verschuur, M.D., from Amsterdam Neuroscience, and colleagues randomly assigned patients with early Parkinson disease to receive either levodopa (three times per day) in combination with carbidopa for 80 weeks (early-start group) or placebo for 40 weeks followed by levodopa in combination with carbidopa for 40 weeks (delayed-start group; 222 and 223 patients, respectively)....
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Study Says Brain Training App Can Help Improve Focus And Concentration
Decoder, a new brain training app, promises to improve user attention and concentration with only one month of use. A science-backed app has improved the focus of participants in a new study by the researchers from the University of Cambridge. Decoder, which has recently been released on the Apple App Store, promises to help users...
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Metabolomic Profiling for Disease Diagnosis
The Human Metabolome Database presently lists over 114,000 molecules. Each cell type, tissue or organ has a particular metabolomic fingerprint, unique due to the number and type of certain metabolites that are found there. Unexpected amounts or types of metabolites may imply a current or impending health issue. Christoph Burgstedt | Shutterstock While genomics and...
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New skin test detects prion infection before symptoms appear
Prions can infect both humans and animals, causing Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in humans, mad cow disease in cattle, and chronic wasting disease in elk and deer. The infectious, misfolded protein particles often go undetected as they destroy brain tissue, causing memory loss, mobility issues, and ultimately death. Preclinical detection of prions has proven difficult, but...
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Messages for increasing parental confidence in HPV vaccine ID’d
Parth D. Shah, Pharm.D., Ph.D., from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, and colleagues surveyed a national sample of 1,196 U.S. parents of children aged 9 to 17 years in 2017 to 2018. The researchers recorded brief videos of a pediatrician providing messagesthat addressed seven HPV vaccination topics that often elicit questions or...