Archive: 19/11/2012

Brain displays an intrinsic mechanism for fighting infection

(Medical Xpress)—White blood cells have long reigned as the heroes of the immune system. When an infection strikes, the cells, produced in bone marrow, race through the blood to fight off the pathogen. But new research ...

Nov 19, 2012

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Web info on 'designer vagina' procedures poor and often inaccurate

(Medical Xpress)—The quality of internet information available for women opting for "designer vagina" procedures is "poor," and in some cases, inaccurate, reveals a small study led by academics at the UCL Institute of Women's ...

Nov 19, 2012

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Smoking in pregnancy tied to lower reading scores, study finds

(Medical Xpress)—Yale School of Medicine researchers have found that children born to mothers who smoked more than one pack per day during pregnancy struggled on tests designed to measure how accurately a child reads aloud ...

Nov 19, 2012

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Washing turkey, not using thermometer can be recipe for food poisoning

(Medical Xpress)—When it comes to your Thanksgiving turkey, a Kansas State University food safety expert has two tips that could help keep your holiday meal safer.

Nov 19, 2012

Looking at art with a neurobiologist's eye

Her enigmatic expression has been the topic of artistic debate for hundreds of years. But the reason the Mona Lisa's mouth—part smile, part pursed lip—is so confounding has to do with the eyes, according to one Harvard ...

Nov 19, 2012

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Internal tobacco company documents reveal multinational effort to block strong warnings to smokers

(Medical Xpress)—Health warning labels have adorned cigarette packages since 1966, when they first appeared in the United States. And in the decades since, they have spread steadily around the world – in many instances, ...

Nov 19, 2012

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Local shops vital for age-friendly communities, researchers find

(Medical Xpress)—Local shops play an important role in older people's daily lives and, for many, are an integral part of their social network, new research shows.

Nov 19, 2012

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The best way to avoid overeating for the holidays? Stop dieting

Thanksgiving ushers in the long season of holiday treats. While many look forward to gobs of stuffing and plates piled high with cookies, others view the smorgasbords with dread. For them, holiday eating means blown diets, ...

Nov 19, 2012

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Dengue vaccine to be tested in India

French health care giant Sanofi Pasteur will soon test a vaccine against dengue fever in India amid concerns about the increasingly global spread of the disease, reports said Monday.

Nov 19, 2012

Does your job increase your breast cancer risk?

Is there a link between the risk of breast cancer and the working environment? A study published in BioMed Central's open access journal Environmental Health provides further evidence on this previously neglected research ...

Nov 19, 2012

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Archive: 19/11/2012

Brain displays an intrinsic mechanism for fighting infection

Web info on 'designer vagina' procedures poor and often inaccurate

Smoking in pregnancy tied to lower reading scores, study finds

Washing turkey, not using thermometer can be recipe for food poisoning

Looking at art with a neurobiologist's eye

Internal tobacco company documents reveal multinational effort to block strong warnings to smokers

Local shops vital for age-friendly communities, researchers find

The best way to avoid overeating for the holidays? Stop dieting

Dengue vaccine to be tested in India

Does your job increase your breast cancer risk?

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