Archive: 01/06/2018

A warning and an opportunity: The WHO Independent High-Level Commission on non-communicable disease

It poses a stark warning that the Sustainable Development Goal for NCDs—to reduce premature deaths from NCDs by a third by 2030 and promote mental health—will not be met at the current rate of progress.

Jun 1, 2018

How to increase childhood vaccination rates

Childhood vaccination has long been a hot topic among parents, educators and health-care providers.

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Preventive treatment for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease

A diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease is devastating for those affected, as there is still no cure for this type of dementia. One hundred years after Alois Alzheimer first described it, we neither have a drug for it, nor do ...

Jun 1, 2018

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Cryopreservation—the field of possibilities

Cryonics have long been a staple of fiction, including everything from Philip K. Dick's classic 1969 sci-fi novel Ubik to the cheesy 1992 Mel Gibson film Forever Young. More recent examples include French author Marc Levy's ...

Jun 1, 2018

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Researchers create new programmed shape-morphing scaffolds enabling facile 3-D endothelialization

Recently, a research team led by Dr. DU Xuemin at the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences created a new shape-morphing scaffold, enabling programmed deformation from a 2-D ...

Jun 1, 2018

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Structure of protein pair provides blueprint for future drugs

Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers have visualised for the first time how the protein SOCS1 'switches off' cell signalling to dampen immune responses and block cancer growth.

Jun 1, 2018

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Why Puerto Rico's death toll from Hurricane Maria is so much higher than officials thought

"If you don't get away from those areas, you are going to die." That statement concluded Puerto Rico Secretary of Public Safety Héctor Pesquera's press conference before Hurricane Maria.

Jun 1, 2018

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Researchers develop revolutionary new way of detecting heart disorders

Researchers at the Medway School of Pharmacy have been working with health agencies in the county to develop a revolutionary new way of detecting heart disorders and potential strokes in those most at risk.

Jun 1, 2018

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Children with severe trauma can be fostered and recover with the right treatment and care

Being a foster carer for children who have experienced early life trauma – such as emotional and physical violence – can be challenging, complex and confusing. For children, experiencing severe early trauma can manifest ...

Jun 1, 2018

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Ticks on migratory birds found to carry newly discovered hemorrhagic fever virus

In a new study, researchers at Uppsala University and other institutions have identified genetic material from the recently identified Alkhurma hemorrhagic fever virus in the tick species Hyalomma rufipes. The discovery was ...

Jun 1, 2018

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