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A molecular electronic device called a single-molecule break junction has been adapted to detect RNA from strains of E. coli known for causing illness.

High blood pressure, or hypertension, is suggested to be one of the leading risk factors for heart disease. The process in which high blood pressure causes heart disease is not completely understood. Now, researchers have found that high blood pressure caused by specific signalling from the brain promotes heart disease by altering stem cells with the bone marrow.

Over 400,000 people have enrolled in a study, conducted by Stanford and Apple, to determine whether a wearable technology can identify irregular heart rhythms suggestive of atrial fibrillation.

For someone with hydrocephalus – a potentially life-threatening condition in which excess fluid builds up in the brain – even something as benign as a headache can indicate a serious problem that can result in a hospital visit and sometimes surgery. A new wireless, Band-Aid-like sensor could revolutionize the way patients manage hydrocephalus and potentially save the U.S. health care system millions of dollars.

A stunning report concludes that researchers often ask statisticians to make "inappropriate requests." Not accidental requests for incorrect statistical analyses; but unscrupulous data manipulation or even fraud.

Endocrinologists are focusing on PAPPA2, a rare mutation, to support healthy growth and development in people with height disorders.

Largest study of its kind shows the appendix acts as a reservoir for disease-associated proteins and appendectomy lowers the risk of developing Parkinson’s.

If further validated, a marker of transverse tubule dysfunction may aide in the diagnosis of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.

Fresh insights on mutations linked to interval cancers, which are detected between mammography screenings.

Russian oncologists have created devices which guide clinicians in the diagnosis of skin cancer.