Archive: 29/07/2014
Healthy lifestyle may buffer against stress-related cell aging, study says
A new study from UC San Francisco is the first to show that while the impact of life's stressors accumulate overtime and accelerate cellular aging, these negative effects may be reduced by maintaining a healthy diet, exercising ...
Jul 29, 2014
Chemical in foam cups again seen as likely cancer cause
The National Research Council Monday reaffirmed that styrene - the key chemical component of foam cups and other food service items - may cause cancer in people.
Jul 29, 2014
Cancer: Tumors absorb sugar for mobility
Cancer cells are gluttons. We have long known that they monopolize large amounts of sugar. More recently, it became clear that some tumor cells are also characterized by a series of features such as mobility or unlikeliness ...
Jul 29, 2014
First controlled malaria infection trial in Africa paves way for drug and vaccine development
An international research team today reports the first-ever clinical trial demonstrating controlled malaria infection in an African nation in the modern era. The study, published online in the American Journal of Tropical ...
Jul 29, 2014
New route to identify drugs that can fight bacterial infections
About 100 drugs already approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for other purposes can also prevent the growth of certain bacterial pathogens inside human cells, including those that cause Legionnaires' disease, ...
Jul 29, 2014
$1,000 Sovaldi now hepatitis treatment of choice
(AP)—A new $1,000-per-pill drug has become the treatment of choice for Americans with hepatitis C, a liver-wasting disease that affects more than 3 million.
Jul 29, 2014
ACS NSQIP database helps hospital identify and curb its surgical risk
Surgical patients who are placed in contact isolation after their operations are at a particularly high risk for developing life-threatening blood clots, but ensuring they move around has helped curb the occurrence of venous ...
Jul 29, 2014
Study suggests both high physical activity and less sitting in leisure time may be required to reduce risk of obesity
New research published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes) suggests that both higher levels of physical activity and lower levels of sitting in leisure time may be required ...
Jul 29, 2014