Archive: 13/09/2017

Cholera cases in Yemen could hit 850,000 this year: Red Cross

The cholera epidemic tearing through Yemen, exacerbating the already dire humanitarian situation in the war-ravaged country, could impact 850,000 people by the end of the year, the Red Cross warned Wednesday.

Sep 13, 2017

Novel way to present pancreatic proteins increases the sensitivity of type 1 diabetes tests

Researchers from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Stanford University and the University of Florida report the development of a novel antibody detection technology that holds promise for improving the accuracy ...

Sep 13, 2017

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Want to rebound from failure? Feel the pain

Feeling the pain of failure leads to more effort to correct your mistake than simply thinking about what went wrong, according to a new study.

Sep 13, 2017

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Unhealthy cravings curbed by smartphone treatment

What if an app could recognise when you are craving unhealthy food and give you a notification to warn you not to eat it? Researchers in the EU are working to make this a reality for those with eating disorders.

Sep 13, 2017

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Differences in aggression among people with dementia

Physical aggression among people with dementia is not unusual. A study from Lund University in Sweden showed that one-third of patients with the diagnosis Alzheimer's disease or frontotemporal dementia were physically aggressive ...

Sep 13, 2017

Magnetic fields to alleviate anxiety

It is possible to unlearn fears. And this works even better when a specific region of the brain has previously been stimulated magnetically. This has been shown by researchers from the Würzburg University Hospital in a new ...

Sep 13, 2017

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Interpreting brainwaves to give amputees a hand

Biomedical engineers at Wits are researching how brainwaves can be used to control a robotic prosthetic hand.

Sep 13, 2017

3-D protein structure offers insight into rapid communication by brain cells

New HHMI research reveals how three proteins help brain cells synchronize the release of chemical signals. A similar interaction may play a role in how cells secrete insulin and airway mucus, too.

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How healthy is your diet? Online study on nutrition evaluation

Free personalized online nutritional guidance is being offered by nutritionists as part of a new trial run by the University of Reading.

Sep 13, 2017

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Why I became the first person to donate my entire genome sequence to the public

I had my complete genome sequenced a few years ago – all six billion base pairs of it. And rather than keeping it to myself, I became the first person in the world to make it publicly available by donating it to the Personal ...

Sep 13, 2017

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