Archive: 26/10/2015

Team solves longtime puzzle about how we learn

More than a century ago, Pavlov figured out that dogs fed after hearing a bell eventually began to salivate when they heard the ring. A Johns Hopkins University-led research team has now figured out a key aspect of why.

Oct 26, 2015

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Divided opinions on vitamin D enrichment

Vitamin D is important for the absorption and metabolism of calcium, as well as for maintaining healthy bones and muscles. Danes generally have too low a level, and this is mainly because the sun - the main source - is absent ...

Oct 26, 2015

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Regenerative Medicine gives a much needed update on magnetic tracking in cell therapy

A new article published in Regenerative Medicine reviews the latest advances in magnetic particle tracking in cell therapy, a potentially groundbreaking strategy in disease treatment and regenerative medicine.

Oct 26, 2015

Researchers list products expectant mothers should avoid during first trimester

Expectant mothers in their first trimester should avoid certain cosmetics, cleaning agents and medicines, to protect the developing fetal brain from chemicals that can trigger autism, York U health researchers have found.

Oct 26, 2015

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Researchers discover an epilepsy switch

Scientists at the University of Bonn and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel) have decoded a central signal cascade associated with epileptic seizures. If the researchers blocked a central switch in epileptic mice, ...

Oct 26, 2015

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DNA test for Down's syndrome on the NHS could save lives

Offering pregnant women a DNA test for Down's syndrome on the NHS would reduce the dependency on invasive tests and potentially save the lives of unborn babies, a study shows.

Oct 26, 2015

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Medication deintensification in older patients with low HbA1c or blood pressure

Among older patients with diabetes whose treatment has resulted in very low hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels or blood pressure values, only 27 percent or fewer underwent medication deintensification, a lost opportunity to reduce ...

Oct 26, 2015

Shaken baby prevention effort reduces crying-related calls to nurse advice line

A new evaluation of a statewide shaken baby prevention effort found that the number of calls to a nurse advice line from North Carolina parents who called because of a crying baby were reduced in the first 2 years after the ...

Oct 26, 2015