Archive: 17/09/2014

Emotions in the brain

This year has been a busy one for biologist David Anderson, Caltech's Seymour Benzer Professor of Biology. In 2014 alone, Anderson's lab has reported finding neurons in the male fly brain that promote fighting and, in the ...

Sep 17, 2014

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Experts discuss communications gap on vaccines

The number of parents who refuse to vaccinate their children is on the rise, and with it the incidence of preventable diseases such as measles. The health community could reverse the trend by doing a better job of initiating ...

Sep 17, 2014

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World first prison-based hepatitis C treatment – just one tablet a day

UNSW will lead a world-first study to evaluate the effectiveness of a one tablet per day hepatitis C treatment as a means of preventing the spread of the virus in prisons.

Sep 17, 2014

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Celebrity baby bumps found to affect pre-natal attachment

Obsessing over celebrity baby bumps can have a negative impact on women's attachment to their babies during pregnancy and after birth, Victoria University of Wellington research has found.

Sep 17, 2014

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Study offers clues to how breast implants may cause lymphoma

(Medical Xpress)—There have been 71 known cases worldwide of a type of blood cancer called anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) that the researchers suggest were associated with the patient's breast implants. This means ...

Sep 17, 2014

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Identification of mutations causing lung cancer resistance leads to new treatment strategies

Two mutations that cause lung cancer resistance to the investigational ALK inhibitor alectinib were identified, and this information may help design new treatment regimens for patients with ALK-positive lung cancer, according ...

Sep 17, 2014

Deaths from narcotic painkillers quadrupled in past decade, CDC reports

(HealthDay)—The number of Americans dying from accidental overdoses of narcotic painkillers jumped significantly from 1999 to 2011, federal health officials reported Tuesday.

Sep 17, 2014

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Targeted drugs among successes against cancer, says new report

(HealthDay)—About 14.5 million U.S. cancer survivors are alive today, compared to just 3 million in 1971, the American Association for Cancer Research reported Tuesday.

Sep 17, 2014

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Obama's Ebola response: Is it enough and in time?

President Barack Obama declared Tuesday that the Ebola epidemic in West Africa could threaten security around the world, and he ordered 3,000 U.S. military personnel to the region in emergency aid muscle for a crisis spiraling ...

Sep 17, 2014

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First domestic case of chikungunya in Brazil

Brazil's authorities on Tuesday reported the first domestically contracted cases of the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus, prompting the government to announce it was stepping up attempts to control the disease.

Sep 17, 2014

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