Archive: 01/02/2018

Foster care helps neglected children be more resilient, healthy

Neglected children who are placed with foster care families earlier in life are more likely to be just as resilient and competent socially, academically and physically as their peers who have never been institutionalized ...

Feb 1, 2018

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Neurological disease in mice and humans linked to an unlikely gene

Screening for mutations influencing the migration of nerve cells in mice, scientists found a gene that plays a role in the transport of proteins within nerve cells. If less of the protein is present in the developing mouse, ...

Feb 1, 2018

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The importance of heterogeneity on the management of vector borne diseases

Researchers at LSTM have been working with colleagues in the NTD modelling consortium to look at the role that heterogeneity in mosquito biting plays within the transmission of disease and what impact vector control has on ...

Feb 1, 2018

Developing a urine test for various types of cancer

Detecting cancer of various types, in a very early stage and using a simple urine sample. That is the ambition of the new startup company NanoMed Diagnostics. Years of research, by scientists of the University of Twente and ...

Feb 1, 2018

Trying to give up a bad habit? The worst thing you can do is to attempt not to think about it

Let me set you a task. For the next minute, I want you to not think about Donald Trump. You must block all thoughts of Trump from your mind.

Feb 1, 2018

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How the Navy SEALs' 40% rule can help you do more than you thought possible

Do any of us ever really know what we're capable of?

Feb 1, 2018

Warmer climate can give Europe dengue fever

Large parts of Europe can suffer from the dreaded dengue fever unless climate change is attenuated. This is what Jing Helmersson shows in a new dissertation at Umeå University in Sweden. Mosquitoes transmit the disease, ...

Feb 1, 2018

Educating, empowering patients improves health

More than 133 million Americans are affected by chronic disease, a number that is expected to reach close to 160 million by 2020, according to the National Health Council.

Feb 1, 2018