Archive: 30/01/2017

78 percent of hospital workers in Houston are overweight or obese

Seventy-eight percent of employees at Houston hospitals are overweight or obese, according to a study by researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health. The research ...

Jan 30, 2017

Largest genetic study of inflammatory bowel disease provides clues on new drug targets

In two studies published today (30 January) in Nature Genetics, researchers from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and their collaborators have identified a genetic variant that doubles an individual's risk of developing ...

Jan 30, 2017

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Study finds 31 per cent concussion drop with Shield-X decal use

Eight high-school football teams from across Canada and the U.S. whose players used Shield-X, a helmet decal designed to reduce sharp twisting during impact, collectively reported 31 per cent fewer concussions. They were ...

Jan 30, 2017

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Exploring the Victorian fear of cats

The EU-funded DISEASES project has been exploring how the Victorians diagnosed, understood and dealt with many of the phenomena related to stress and overload that characterise today's modern globalised society. One intriguing ...

Jan 30, 2017

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Fear of exams can be overcome, psychologist says

What lies at the origin of the fear of examinations, and what can students and lecturers do to allay it? In the following interview, LMU Professor Anne Frenzel (Chair of Psychology in the Learning Sciences) answers both questions.

Jan 30, 2017

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Patient with unique antibodies helps researchers develop strongest HIV-attacking antibody to date

(Medical Xpress)—A large international team of researchers has created what they are describing as the most powerful HIV-attacking antibody ever made. In their paper published in the journal Science Immunology, the team ...

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New bone conduction hearing aid passed long term endurance test

For how long time can an implant function inside the body without losing performance? That is one of many questions researchers want to have answers to when new implants are developed, before they eventually can be approved ...

Jan 30, 2017

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Let's face it, first impressions count online

We live in an age where most of us have an online presence. Many of us have numerous accounts on social and professional networking sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn. And singles among us are increasingly turning online ...

Jan 30, 2017

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Soldiering on with PTSD

It was late 2012 and I was commanding an infantry company in Kandahar. At night, when we came back from foot patrols, five of us would build a small fire in the corner of the outpost. We'd light scraps of wood inside half ...

Jan 30, 2017

Infant lung function a predictor of adult asthma

A new study by The University of Western Australia has found that reduced lung function in infants is an accurate predictor of persistent asthma in young adults.

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