Sensing robot healthcare helpers being developed at SFU
The current pandemic highlights how remote healthcare robots currently being developed at SFU could be beneficial in the futureCredit: Simon ...
Tag: Public Health
Unburdening China of cancer: Trend analysis to assist prevention measures
By collating trends on incidence, mortality, and risk factors for cancer, researchers hope to inform policies, create awareness, and stop ...
Fujitsu and University of Toronto develop technology to optimize radiation treatment plans
The technology dramatically streamlines the creation of radiation treatment plans for Gamma Knife radiosurgery for brain tumors and other diseasesCredit: ...
Lethal house lures reduce incidence of malaria in children
Credit: Daniel Lesher, Penn State UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- A new type of housing modification can reduce malaria incidence among ...
Openly available toolkit to help lab-based coronavirus research
Credit: Image by RAEng_Publications from Pixabay, CC0 The rapid onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, which is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 ...
UTEP survey reveals hidden health and wellness benefits of COVID-19 pandemic
Credit: UTEP Communications. EL PASO, Texas - A study by physiology researchers at The University of Texas at El Paso ...
New ONC, NLM funding supports data exchange and response to COVID-19 pandemic
Credit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS -- LOINC® at Regenstrief, an international health data standard critical to health information exchange, has received ...
Chip simplifies COVID-19 testing, delivers results on a phone
Programmed magnetic nanobeads enable diagnostic device designed at Rice UniversityCredit: Lillehoj Research Group/Rice University HOUSTON - (Feb. 25, 2021) - ...
NIH awards UC San Diego $33 million for five COVID-19 diagnostic projects
Efforts range from managing a large data center to expanding testing in disadvantaged communitiesCredit: Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego University of ...
Study estimates two-thirds of COVID-19 hospitalizations due to four conditions
Model suggests higher risk based on race and age, offers insights to reduce disease impactCredit: Gerald J. and Dorothy R. ...
Allergy season starts earlier each year due to climate change and pollen transport
Scientists in Munich study how pollen from far distances -- sometimes hundreds of kilometers away -- affects the length of ...
Daily emails about chemicals in tobacco lead some smokers to consider quitting
Credit: Goldstein, AO, et al., JAMA Network Open CHAPEL HILL, N.C.--For the last decade, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...
Transplant patients may not need steroid treatment in the long run
University of Cincinnati transplant researcher says trial confirms a regimen used at UC for yearsCredit: Colleen Kelley/University of Cincinnati Long-term ...
New $40-million investment to address diabetes and chronic-disease prevention
The transformative partnership reunites University of Toronto and Novo Nordisk to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the discovery of insulin ...