Designing a better clinical trial
A new study co-authored by a Department of Engineering researcher recommends an approach to clinical trials that includes tracking the influence of patients' behaviour on a treatment's benefits.
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Ebola vaccine shows 'promising' results: WHO
Preliminary results of tests on an Ebola vaccine to be published later Friday in British science magazine The Lancet have shown "promising" results, World Health Organization Director-General Margaret Chan said.
Jul 31, 2015
Are adventurous eaters healthier?
When it comes to food, I'll try anything at least once. As I documented before, I've dined on tarantula, frog, crickets, snake, raw clams, red ants, and durian fruit – and that was just on a single trip through Asia! When ...
Jul 31, 2015
Possible path toward first anti-MERS drugs
If you haven't heard of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, thank geography, NGOs, and government agencies like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization (WHO) for keeping the new disease ...
Jul 31, 2015
Sugar antigen lost its resistance
Immunotherapy using monoclonal antibodies is a promising treatment strategy, and it might now be within reach: American scientists have successfully prepared an oligosaccharide enterobacterial antigen for which a monoclonal ...
Jul 31, 2015
Exciting new drugs for Alzheimer's disease? Nah.
So, exciting new drugs for treating Alzheimer's disease, right?
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Correcting the myths about missing drug trials
Not all drug trials get published. This is a problem because doctors, journalists, and others look to published data for the fullest picture of whether and how a drug works, and in whom.
Jul 31, 2015
Texas uninsured remains predominantly Hispanic, middle-aged, undereducated and poor
Texas' uninsured population remains primarily Hispanic, middle-aged, with low incomes and no college degree, according to a new report from Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy and Episcopal Health Foundation.
Jul 31, 2015
Exercise on dialysis: staying active to stay healthy
Deakin researchers have launched an Australian-first exercise program to help fight the debilitating physical side-effects suffered by patients undergoing dialysis treatment.
Jul 31, 2015
