Archive: 21/01/2016

Benefits of cystic fibrosis drug ivacaftor reported in pre-school children for the first time

The oral drug ivacaftor appears to be safe and could be beneficial to young children between the ages of 2 and 5 with a specific type of cystic fibrosis, according to new research published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine ...

Jan 21, 2016

Low cost ways to increase healthy food selection in food pantries

Can adjustments in the presentation of food make a difference in the choices, especially among people living in poverty? Are clients at food pantries likely to make the healthiest food choices? New research published in the ...

Jan 21, 2016

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Cells from cow knee joints used to grow new cartilage tissue in laboratory

In an effort to develop a method for cartilage tissue engineering, researchers at Umeå University in Sweden successfully used cartilage cells from cow knee joints. By creating a successful method with conditions conducive ...

Jan 21, 2016

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Changing dosing instructions from teaspoon to milliliter could reduce the risk of dosage errors by 50%

You grab for the cough syrup for some relief from that nasty lingering cold, what do you measure the dose with? Many of us use teaspoons or table spoons to measure out doses for ourselves and our children but this results ...

Jan 21, 2016

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First-of-its-kind study finds parental debt affects children's socioemotional well-being

Certain types of debt that parents take on may have adverse effects on children's socioemotional well-being according to a new study by researchers at the University of Wisconsin at Madison and Dartmouth published by the ...

Jan 21, 2016

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