Category: Health News

It may be increasingly legal but doesn’t mean cannabis is safe

Arecent CBS News/YouGov survey found that two-thirds of Americans want recreational marijuana use to be legal. Nearly 70 percent of states allow the medical use of cannabis products and a growing number have legalized recreational use. But neuroscientist Yasmin Hurd says that doesn’t mean cannabis gets a clean bill of health. What we consume as

Brain circuit that focuses attention brings in wide array of inputs

In a new brain-wide circuit tracing study, scientists at MIT’s Picower Institute for Learning and Memory focused selective attention on a circuit that governs, fittingly enough, selective attention. The comprehensive maps they produced illustrate how broadly the mammalian brain incorporates and integrates information to focus its sensory resources on its goals. Working in mice, the

Portwell launches first full-size PICMG 1.3 single board computer with 12th gen Intel® Core™ desktop processors (alder lake S platform)

American Portwell Technology, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Portwell, Inc., a world-leading innovator in the Industrial PC (IPC) market, a Titanium Partner of Intel Partner Alliance, and an Elite level of Solution Integration Partner in the NVIDIA Partner Network (NPN), has launched its first full-size PICMG 1.3 single-board computer powered by the latest 12th gen

FDA warns 12 companies about skin lightening products

Twelve companies have been issued warning letters about selling over-the-counter skin lightening products containing hydroquinone, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday. The products are unapproved drugs that are not recognized as safe and effective, according to the FDA, which has received reports of serious side effects including rashes, facial swelling and skin discoloration

GermGuardian AC4825E review

When you’re on the hunt for an air purifier, the options and features can be a lot to wade through. With this review, we’ll tell you everything you need to know to decide if the GermGuardian AC4825E is the right air purifier for you.  The GermGuardian is an affordable option in comparison to the many

Acquiring real-time, accurate and reproducible 4D bioinformatics data with PaSER

 insights from industryChris Adams Ph.D.Business Development Director, Global Bioinformatics, Bruker Daltonics In this interview, Chris Adams Ph.D., Business Development Director, Global Bioinformatics, Life Science Mass Spectrometry at Bruker Daltonics, Billerica, MA, USA talks to News-Medical Life Sciences about  acquiring real-time, accurate and reproducible 4D-proteomics data with PaSER. Could you start by giving our readers a brief introduction to

Designing a soft robot to improve lung examinations

Seniors in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder are designing a new soft robot to improve physicians’ ability to examine the deepest part of a patient’s lung. Currently, there is only one system that can get down to the bottom of the lungs—a rigid catheter that could potentially cause inflammation.

Use of extrapolation common in FDA new drug approvals

Extrapolation from pivotal trial data to broader U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved indications is common, according to a study published online April 19 in JAMA Network Open. Daniel Feldman, M.P.H., from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, and colleagues examined the frequency of extrapolation of clinical characteristics beyond pivotal trial data to the final

New therapeutic option for head and neck carcinomas

The various manifestations of head and neck carcinomas rank sixth in frequency worldwide and are fatal for about half a million people every year. In a quarter of cases, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is caused by human papillomavirus (HPV) and is currently not always treatable. A research team led by Lorenz Kadletz-Wanke

Naturopath Admits to Fake COVID Cards, Offering Protective Pills

A California-based naturopath recently pleaded guilty to falsifying COVID-19 vaccination cards and offering patients lifelong protection from COVID-19. According to court documents, Juli A. Mazi, 41, ND, of Napa, California, offered homeoprophylaxis immunization pellets to patients, telling them that these unproven therapies would provide protection against the pandemic. She provided fake vaccination cards as well,

Poland says it won't take or pay for more COVID-19 vaccines for now

FILE PHOTO: Syringes are prepared for the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at the University Hospital in Bialystok, Poland January 4, 2021. Agnieszka Sadowska/Agencja Gazeta via REUTERS WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland won’t take or pay for more doses of COVID-19 vaccine under the European Union’s supply contract, its health minister said on Tuesday, setting the