Archive: 23/02/2016

Innovative mattress aims to prevent cases of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

EU researchers have developed and are now in the process of patenting an intelligent monitoring system to prevent unexpected deaths in otherwise healthy infants.

Feb 23, 2016

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Radioactively labelled antibodies to help detect invasive pulmonary aspergillosis

The EU MATHIAS project has developed a new clinical imaging method that could enable doctors to tackle one of the main killers of patients with a weakened immune system.

Feb 23, 2016

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Why the Zika outbreak is really about reproductive rights for Latin American women

Health Ministries of Latin American countries have recommended that women avoid pregnancy until 2018 due to the presumed prenatal consequences of Zika virus. This is despite a lack of sexual education in schools, limited ...

Feb 23, 2016

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Body's immune system may play larger role in Alzheimer's disease than thought

Immune cells that normally help us fight off bacterial and viral infections may play a far greater role in Alzheimer's disease than originally thought, according to University of California, Irvine neurobiologists with the ...

Feb 23, 2016

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New mathematical model for Ebola can help save lives

Ebola is a serious, often fatal, virus. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the West African Ebola outbreak in 2014 was responsible for over 11,000 deaths. There continues to be no effective way to ...

Feb 23, 2016

Testosterone beyond sex

When we think about sex hormones, notably estrogens and androgens, we usually associate them with sex, gender and body development. Like all hormones, they are chemical messengers, substances produced in one part of the body ...

Feb 23, 2016

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New study finds our desire for 'like-minded others' is hard-wired

A path-breaking new study on how we seek similarity in relationships, co-authored by researchers at Wellesley College and the University of Kansas, upends the idea that "opposites attract," instead suggesting we're drawn ...

Feb 23, 2016

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Researcher who played a key role in determining the cause of a life-threatening disease

It all began with a medical puzzle. A severe diarrheal disease called pseudomembranous colitis, and later known as Clindamycin-induced colitis, had been observed by doctors since the 1890s. It spread dramatically with the ...

Feb 23, 2016

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Researchers find link between impatience and faster aging

A team of researchers with members from the U.S. and Singapore has found that young women who scored as more impatient on a common psychology test, tended to have shorter telomere length than their more patient peers. In ...

Feb 23, 2016 report

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Transplanting brown adipose tissue into rats found to reduce symptoms of polycystic ovary syndrome

(Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers from a variety of institutions in China has found via experimentation, that transplanting brown adipose tissue (BAT) into female rats with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) led to a ...

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