Archive: 22/03/2017

Interdisciplinary research team studies whether using e-cigarettes while pregnant causes craniofacial birth defects

E-cigarettes are touted as a safer alternative to tobacco cigarettes, but they could pose alarming risks to children in utero, Virginia Commonwealth University researchers have found.

Mar 22, 2017

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Novel technology could provide a faster, inexpensive way to detect, monitor dengue fever, Zika virus

Purdue researchers are developing an integrated biosensing platform aimed at detecting and monitoring mosquito-borne diseases faster and cheaper than current methods, to aid in preventing virus outbreaks and their devastating ...

Mar 22, 2017

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New health care law would lead to more smoking, disease and tobacco industry profits

House Republicans introduced their American Health Care Act on March 7 to "repeal and replace Obamacare" (the Affordable Care Act). Neither the bill nor Speaker Ryan's website announcement mentions "tobacco." But as tobacco ...

Mar 22, 2017

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New heart rate based biomarker strongly linked to depression

Emory investigators have discovered a compelling link between a new heart rate variability biomarker (Dyx) and depression. Depression is a known predictor of adverse events, although the reasons for this relationship are ...

Mar 22, 2017

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Higher rates of stress-related emotional factors in women linked to heart attacks, study suggests

A recent study by researchers at the Rollins School of Public Health (RSPH) at Emory University suggests that among young survivors of heart attacks, women, more than men, have a higher vulnerability to emotional factors ...

Mar 22, 2017

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Opinion: Aid workers get a bad rap – but too often they're thrown in at the deep end

Acute famine in the Horn of Africa, an impending food crisis in Yemen and ongoing civil war in Syria are among the main causes of today's global refugee crisis. Currently there are more than 65.3m people displaced across ...

Mar 22, 2017

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Heat exposure associated with mental illness, study shows

A mental hospital-based study in Hanoi, Vietnam looked at if there is a relationship between heat exposure and mental health problems. The results showed significant increase in hospital admissions for mental illnesses during ...

Mar 22, 2017

Migrants at risk of drug-resistant TB in Europe

In the late 19th century, an estimated one in seven Europeans was dying of tuberculosis, then known as "consumption" for its slow, remorseless wasting of the human body.

Mar 22, 2017

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Over 400 students fall ill of Egypt army's school meals (Update)

At least 435 students fell ill of suspected food poisoning in public schools across Egypt on Tuesday and Wednesday after consuming government-issued school meals, health officials said.

Mar 22, 2017

Bioengineers detect early signs of damage in connective tissues such as ligaments, tendons and cartilage

By the time someone realizes they damaged a ligament, tendon or cartilage from too much exercise or other types of physical activity, it's too late. The tissue is stretched and torn and the person is writhing in pain.

Mar 22, 2017

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