Archive: 12/10/2015

Trailblazing trial for brittle-bone disease

Foetuses burdened with a crippling form of brittle-bone disease will receive stem-cell treatment early next year in a pioneering trial, the lead researcher told AFP on Monday.

Oct 12, 2015

Children born in the summer more likely to be healthy adults

Women who were born in the summer are more likely to be healthy adults, suggests new research published in the journal Heliyon. The authors of the study, which involved almost half a million people in the UK, say more sunlight ...

Oct 12, 2015

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Genes linked with malaria's virulence shared by apes, humans

The malaria parasite molecules associated with severe disease and death—those that allow the parasite to escape recognition by the immune system—have been shown to share key gene segments with chimp and gorilla malaria ...

Oct 12, 2015

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'Beeting' high altitude symptoms with beet juice

Ever since human beings first began climbing the world's tallest mountains, they have struggled with a basic problem: altitude sickness, caused by lower air pressures which affect the ability of our bodies to take up oxygen.

Oct 12, 2015

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Understanding Olfaction: An Interview with Elizabeth Hong

You walk by a bakery, smell the scent of fresh cookies, and are immediately reminded of baking with your grandmother as a child. The seemingly simple act of learning to associate a smell with a good or bad outcome is actually ...

Oct 12, 2015

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Report points the way in fight against antibiotic resistance

The aim of Uppsala Health Summit, this summer's international summit about antibiotic resistance, was to make real progress in combatting this threat to public health. The conclusions have now been presented in a report which ...

Oct 12, 2015

Drug cuts mortality rate after stroke, trial finds

An existing drug administered intravenously reduces the chances of dying from major stroke by 60%, according to results of a phase II trial announced Oct. 9 at the annual Neurocritical Care Society meeting in Scottsdale, ...

Oct 12, 2015

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Study says obesity doesn't protect patients with cardiovascular disease

Demographers Samuel Preston of the University of Pennsylvania and Andrew Stokes of Boston University set out to solve a puzzle: Why is it that study after study shows obese or overweight people with cardiovascular disease ...

Oct 12, 2015

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Many not aware of thrombosis, A deadly cardiovascular foe

Judy Kleinmann injured her hip after a motorcycle accident 12 years ago. She worked as a landscaper and later at a greenhouse before the pain made a more sedentary job in a physician's office much more attractive.

Oct 12, 2015

Organic produce means reduced pesticides in kids, study shows

New research out of the Center for Environmental Research and Children's Health at UC Berkeley shows that switching from conventional to organic fruits and vegetables, even for just a few days, significantly reduces pesticide ...

Oct 12, 2015

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Archive: 12/10/2015

Trailblazing trial for brittle-bone disease

Children born in the summer more likely to be healthy adults

Genes linked with malaria's virulence shared by apes, humans

'Beeting' high altitude symptoms with beet juice

Understanding Olfaction: An Interview with Elizabeth Hong

Report points the way in fight against antibiotic resistance

Drug cuts mortality rate after stroke, trial finds

Study says obesity doesn't protect patients with cardiovascular disease

Many not aware of thrombosis, A deadly cardiovascular foe

Organic produce means reduced pesticides in kids, study shows

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