Engineers specializing in the design of physical devices to aid users, such as a smart wheelchair, have developed a mechanized…
How to train your robot (to feed you dinner)
Researchers have developed a robotic system that can feed people who need someone to help them eat.
Hospital cleaning trial cuts infections
Researchers have led a major trial of boosted hospital cleaning practices across 11 Australian hospitals that focused on ‘touch points’…
Winning the arms race: Analysis reveals key gene for bacterial infection
Researchers have applied molecular evolutionary analysis to quantify the severity of negative selection pressures on genes encoding the pneumococcal choline-binding…
Adoption assessment tool lags behind societal changes
A researcher says a tool to assess potential adoptive parents does not meet the needs of lesbian, gay or gender…
Female academic EM doctors less likely than male doctors to hold rank of full professor
As few as one-third of academic emergency medicine physicians are female and these physicians face significant disparities in representation and…
Could an eye doctor diagnose Alzheimer’s before you have symptoms?
A study of more than 200 people suggests the loss of blood vessels in the retina could signal Alzheimer’s disease.
Potential way to improve cancer surgery outcomes by managing nontraditional risk factors
In a study of 142 patients preparing for cancer surgery, researchers say they have evidence that psychological or social risk…
Smoking, high blood pressure, diabetes and obesity each linked to unhealthy brains
Factors that influence the health of our blood vessels, such as smoking, high blood and pulse pressures, obesity and diabetes,…
Study of young athletes suggests snoring and sleep apnea are linked to sudden cardiac death
A study of university rugby players has shown that they are more likely to suffer sleep disordered breathing than an…