Archive: 11/07/2014
Do women perceive other women in red as more sexually receptive?
Previous research has shown that men perceive the color red on a woman to be a signal of sexual receptivity. Women are more likely to wear a red shirt when they are expecting to meet an attractive man, relative to an unattractive ...
Jul 11, 2014
ACL reconstructions may last longer with autografts
Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) reconstructions occur more than 200,000 times a year, but the type of material used to create a new ligament may determine how long you stay in the game, say researchers presenting their work ...
Jul 11, 2014
Regional Ebola response centre to be set up in Guinea
A regional centre is being set up in Guinea to coordinate the response to the worst-ever outbreak of Ebola that has killed hundreds of people in west Africa, the World Health Organisation said Friday.
Jul 11, 2014
Inadequate support in schools for diabetic children
The project entitled 'Young people with diabetes and their peers' led by Dr Brooks β who is a psychologist with the University of Huddersfield's Centre for Applied Psychological and Health Research β set out to examine ...
Jul 11, 2014
New stem cell therapy for ischaemic heart disease
An EU-funded project is looking into 'Cardiac stem cells' (CSCs) to tackle the problem of chronic heart failure in Europe. Whilst previous research has concentrated on cells from the patients themselves, the CARE-MI team ...
Jul 11, 2014
UK 'should offer surgery to 800,000 obese diabetics'
Some 800,000 people in Britain with type 2 diabetes could be offered weight-loss surgery by the state-run National Health Service (NHS) under new draft guidance published on Friday.
Jul 11, 2014
Cholera threatens thousands in South Sudan: agency
(AP)βAn outbreak of cholera is putting thousands of lives at risk in parts of South Sudan, worsening the country's humanitarian crisis amid ongoing violence, the aid group Save the Children said Friday.
Jul 11, 2014