Health

October 13, 2025

The human body as an electrical conductor, a new method of wireless power transfer

Published by Marc Tudela, Laura Becerra-Fajardo, Aracelys García-Moreno, Jesus Minguillon and Antoni Ivorra, in Access, the journal of the Institute...

Cranfield University helps create new low-cost, simple ventilators for COVID-19 patients

Credit: Georgia Tech A simple, low-cost Bag Valve Mask (BVM) ventilator to help critically-ill COVID-19 patients has been rapidly designed...

Shorter radiotherapy treatment for bowel cancer patients during COVID-19

Credit: University of Leeds An international panel of cancer experts has recommended a one-week course of radiotherapy and delaying surgery...

New algorithm aims to protect surgical team members against infection with COVID-19 virus

Journal of American College of Surgeons releases new best practice guideline based on potential viral spread patterns, risks facing health...

Climate change to affect fish sizes and complex food webs

Credit: Antonia Cooper Global climate change will affect fish sizes in unpredictable ways and, consequently, impact complex food webs in...

Turning colon cancer cells around

UCI study finds supplement inhibits cell growthCredit: UCI School of Biological Sciences Using a modified natural substance along with current...

A new way to deliver drugs in MOFs

Credit: Grzegorz Krzyzewski, IPC PAS Scientists from the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IPC PAS)...

Simple, low-cost ventilator builds on available resuscitation bags

Credit: Steven Norris, Georgia Tech A simple, low-cost ventilator based on the resuscitation bags carried in ambulances - and widely...

Houston Methodist ramps up plasma therapy as FDA approves clinical trial

Credit: Houston Methodist The FDA's announcement Friday to approve convalescent serum therapy as a large-scale clinical trial opened the door...

Evaluating grip strength to identify early diabetes

Healthcare practitioners can use assessment of normalized grip strength to routinely screen for type 2 diabetes in apparently healthy adults,...

Suffering from skin damage from face masks?

Award-winning skin infection expert offers remedies to healCredit: Andrea Piacquadio via Pexels.com DOCTORS and nurses on the COVID-19 frontline are...

UMass Amherst engineers, nurses design low-cost face shield PPE for health care

Protective plastic face shields can be mass-produced quickly by existing manufacturersCredit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - In just under two...

A direct protein-to-protein binding couples cell survival to cell proliferation

This discovery has implications in cancer, stem cell growth, and blood or neuron progenitor cell speciationCredit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -...

New study identifies characteristics of patients with fatal COVID-19

Credit: ATS April 03, 2020-- In a new study, researchers identified the most common characteristics of 85 COVID-19 patients who...

Wearing surgical masks in public could help slow COVID-19 pandemic’s advance

University of Maryland and Hong Kong University study shows masks may limit the spread diseases including influenza, rhinoviruses and coronavirusesCredit:...

nTIDE Mar 2020: COVID-19 effects not yet seen in jobs data for Americans with disabilities

National Trends in Disability Employment -- Monthly Update (nTIDE), issued by Kessler Foundation & University of New Hampshire IOD -...

Tissue dynamics provide clues to human disease

EMBL scientists examine the molecular causes of a rare hereditary disease of the spine and ribsCredit: Ebisuya group/EMBL Segmentation clock...

Researchers map mechanism to explain role of gene mutations in kidney disease

Study could pave the way for future targeted treatments for kidney diseaseCredit: University of Maryland School of Medicine Researchers from...

Rice University emergency ventilator plans now online

ApolloBVM, an open-source bag valve mask automation device, could help patients in treatment for COVID-19Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON -...

Coronavirus: Virological findings from patients treated in a Munich hospital