Archive: 10/09/2014
False alarm over suspected Italy Ebola case
A Nigerian woman suspected of being Italy's first Ebola case is in fact sick with malaria, regional health services said Wednesday.
Sep 10, 2014
Combining antibodies, iron nanoparticles and magnets steers stem cells to injured organs
Researchers at the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute infused antibody-studded iron nanoparticles into the bloodstream to treat heart attack damage. The combined nanoparticle enabled precise localization of the body's own stem ...
Sep 10, 2014
Living liver donors ambivalent with donation
Living donors are important to increasing the number of viable grafts for liver transplantation. A new study published in Liver Transplantation, a journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the ...
Sep 10, 2014
State healthcare under Scottish referendum spotlight
Scotland's independence referendum has thrown the spotlight on Britain's state-run National Health Service, as campaigners clash over the claim that it faces privatisation by stealth.
Sep 10, 2014
Parents' separation found to boost children's behavior problems, but only in high-income families
Before they reach young adulthood, most children in the United States will experience their parents separating, divorcing, finding another partner, or getting remarried.
Sep 10, 2014
Puerto Rico partners on US HIV vaccine project
Puerto Rico's governor says the island's largest public university is partnering with federal agencies to oversee a U.S.-funded project aimed at trying to develop a prophylactic vaccine for the HIV virus that causes AIDS.
Sep 10, 2014
Frequent cannabis use in adolescence linked with reduced educational attainment
Individuals who are daily users of cannabis before age 17 are over 60% less likely to complete high school or obtain a degree compared to those who have never used the drug, new research published in The Lancet Psychiatry ...
Sep 10, 2014
Study indicates that statins may protect against microvascular complications of diabetes
The development of common diabetes complications that can lead to blindness and amputations could be reduced by taking statins, indicates new research published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.
Sep 10, 2014