January 07, 2021 Usually, toxins like alcohol are largely broken down by the liver. The liver can take a lot of punishment; however, the rate that it metabolizes alcohol is constant, meaning you cannot speed up the process in times when the amount of alcohol in your body is enough to be fatal or seriously … Read more
January 05, 2021 The opioids offered for sale include products such as tramadol and oxycodone. These are prescription drugs that have significant risks of addiction, abuse and misuse, which can lead to overdose and death, and should only be used under the supervision of a licensed health care provider. These Warning Letters are a continuation … Read more
December 31, 2020 “Our study indicates that the effects of acoustic noise reduction in routine clinical MRI can be translated into reduced patient discomfort from acoustic noise and improved audibility of music,” Sartoretti, a candidate of medicine in the Winterthur, Switzerland-based hospital’s Department of Radiology, and colleagues wrote Nov. 3. “Acoustic noise reduction, thus, significantly … Read more
December 29, 2020 This could open the door to better ways of diagnosing psychiatric conditions including depression, according to lead author Dr Andres Herane-Vives. He has also developed a new type of swab which won’t damage the eardrum. Cortisol is known as your “fight or flight” hormone. When it sends out alarm signals to the … Read more
December 24, 2020 The new system was developed by the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI). “Conventional test machines are very bulky and sometimes need a whole floor, but our system can be housed in a microwave oven-sized machine. It can be carried to anywhere,” ETRI’s PR Manager Baek ji-heon told Aju News on November … Read more
December 23, 2020 According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in New Mexico. Officials at UNM said the new blood test, also known as a liquid biopsy, may help catch the disease early, and give women the best chance of beating the disease. “In other … Read more
December 17, 2020 Canan Dagdeviren, the Lead Researcher on the project, and who has been previously interviewed by Medgadget, became inspired to develop technology to assist those with ALS to communicate after meeting Professor Stephen Hawking in 2016, and noting that the technology he used to communicate was not optimal. Hawking, who passed away in … Read more
December 15, 2020 “It is important to note that no BioNTech or Pfizer systems have been breached in connection with this incident and we are unaware that any study participants have been identified through the data being accessed. At this time, we await further information about EMA’s investigation and will respond appropriately and in accordance … Read more
December 10, 2020 A group of six (6) third-year undergraduate students at Johns Hopkins University (JHU; Baltimore, MD, USA) has designed the leak-proof mask that could be used with common CPAP machines to support the treatment of COVID-19 patients. In order to combat the shortage of ventilators to treat COVID-19 patients, the students began researching … Read more
December 08, 2020 According to the researchers, the results can be obtained in hours from small samples of saliva. The saliva-based test serves as a potential substitute to blood-sample antibody tests for research and clinical use. Based on antigens from SARS-CoV-2, mostly from its outer spike and nucleocapsid proteins, the test analyses saliva sample collected … Read more