Archive: 22/07/2014

Improving life before it begins

A group of Mexican specialists in fetal medicine have successfully performed over 200 surgeries on unborn babies, inside the womb of the mother. Doctors, grouped under the signature Fetal Medicine Mexico, ensure that this ...

Jul 22, 2014

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Supermaterial gives rejected drugs a new chance

More than 80 percent of all drug candidates in the pharma R&D suffer from poor solubility and are therefore rejected early in the drug discovery process. Now Uppsala University researchers show that the new material Upsalite, ...

Jul 22, 2014

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Brain imaging proves second language learners can process language to nativelike levels

With enough practice, some learners of a second language can process their new language as well as native speakers, research at the University of Kansas shows.

Jul 22, 2014

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Can strong parental bond protect infants down to their DNA?

Tulane University psychiatrist Dr. Stacy Drury received $2.4 million from the National Institutes of Health to test a provocative new theory: how well children bond with a parent in the first year of life leaves lasting genetic ...

Jul 22, 2014

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Post-discharge telephone calls may reduce hospital readmissions

(Medical Xpress)—It's an all too familiar story: a patient—specifically a patient with chronic disease—goes into the hospital to get well and is discharged only to be readmitted within 30 days. Medicare spends $15 billion ...

Jul 22, 2014

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Town 'sealed off' after man dies of plague in China (Update)

A Chinese town has been sealed off and 151 people placed in quarantine since last week after a man died of bubonic plague, state media said Tuesday.

Jul 22, 2014

Legalising sex work would slash HIV toll, study says

Scrapping laws that ban sex work would slash the number of HIV infections over the next decade, according to a study presented at the world AIDS forum on Tuesday.

Jul 22, 2014

Researchers discover neuroprotective role of immune cell

A type of immune cell widely believed to exacerbate chronic adult brain diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease and multiple sclerosis (MS), can actually protect the brain from traumatic brain injury (TBI) and may slow the ...

Jul 22, 2014

HIV epidemic 'smaller' than UN estimates: report

Anti-AIDS drugs have helped save 19 million years of human life since 1996, said an analysis Tuesday which also slashed UN estimates for HIV deaths and disease by a quarter.

Jul 22, 2014

Smoking while pregnant linked to ADHD in children

(HealthDay)—Children born to women who smoked during pregnancy appear to have an increased risk of developing attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to new research.

Jul 22, 2014

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Archive: 22/07/2014

Improving life before it begins

Supermaterial gives rejected drugs a new chance

Brain imaging proves second language learners can process language to nativelike levels

Can strong parental bond protect infants down to their DNA?

Post-discharge telephone calls may reduce hospital readmissions

Town 'sealed off' after man dies of plague in China (Update)

Legalising sex work would slash HIV toll, study says

Researchers discover neuroprotective role of immune cell

HIV epidemic 'smaller' than UN estimates: report

Smoking while pregnant linked to ADHD in children

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