Archive: 15/08/2013

A cost-effective solution to monitoring and diagnosing sleeping disorders

The development of cost-effective 'smartwatch' software could have dramatic implications for patients with sleeping disorders. By enabling medical staff to more accurately monitor sleeping patterns - and therefore diagnose ...

Aug 15, 2013

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Understanding the health benefits of flavanols

It is no secret that if you eat right you feel better and last longer. Nutrition - our daily diet - is a major lifestyle factor, greatly influencing human health and disease. For example, medical evidence has long shown that ...

Aug 15, 2013

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Making the brain take notice of faces in autism

Difficulty in registering and responding to the facial expressions of other people is a hallmark of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Relatedly, functional imaging studies have shown that individuals with ASD display altered ...

Aug 15, 2013

Hip protectors with a sporty look

Norwegian researchers have developed a hip protector in a sporty design. Its looks are intended to appeal to the older people of today – who are quite particular about what they will wear.

Aug 15, 2013

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Researchers debunk myth of 'right-brain' and 'left-brain' personality traits

(Medical Xpress)—Newly released research findings from University of Utah neuroscientists assert that there is no evidence within brain imaging that indicates some people are right-brained or left-brained.

Aug 15, 2013

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Improved effectiveness of chemotherapy for cancer

Cancer cells often develop defence mechanisms which enable them to survive chemotherapy. A group of researchers from the Institutes of Pharmacology and Pathology in Bern present new solutions for preventing the development ...

Aug 15, 2013

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Britain lifts ban on health workers with HIV

The British government said Thursday it would lift a ban on staff with HIV working in the state-run National Health Service from carrying out certain procedures on patients.

Aug 15, 2013

When vaccinations fail to cause response: Causes vary with vaccine and person

Most people react very well to vaccinations and have an adequate immune response against the pathogens. The lack of response to vaccines, so-called vaccine failure, affects between one and ten percent of people. The reasons ...

Aug 15, 2013

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Study identifies dermatitis risk for cleaners

New Zealand's first ever study of occupational dermatitis in cleaners has found rates of eczema among them nearly twice that of people not exposed to cleaning agents.

Aug 15, 2013

Many psoriasis patients going without treatment, study finds

(HealthDay)—The autoimmune skin disorder known as psoriasis affects millions of Americans, but a new study suggests it remains woefully undertreated.

Aug 15, 2013

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Archive: 15/08/2013

A cost-effective solution to monitoring and diagnosing sleeping disorders

Understanding the health benefits of flavanols

Making the brain take notice of faces in autism

Hip protectors with a sporty look

Researchers debunk myth of 'right-brain' and 'left-brain' personality traits

Improved effectiveness of chemotherapy for cancer

Britain lifts ban on health workers with HIV

When vaccinations fail to cause response: Causes vary with vaccine and person

Study identifies dermatitis risk for cleaners

Many psoriasis patients going without treatment, study finds

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