Archive: 06/10/2015

Malaysians not eating enough fruit

Malaysians should eat more fruit and vegetables to help stave off obesity and other life-style related diseases.

Oct 6, 2015

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Hope for burns victims as researchers pilot revolutionary new dressing

The disabling disfigurement suffered by many burns victims could be consigned to history thanks to a revolutionary new dressing developed by a team of Birmingham scientists.

Oct 6, 2015

Life and death under austerity

When Mark Wood was found dead in his home in August 2013 it could have been just another tragic, but private, event for one family. But it wasn't. His death came a few months after his disability benefits had been cut because ...

Oct 6, 2015

Team succeeds in producing photoreceptors from human embryonic stem cells

Age-related macular degeneration (AMRD) could be treated by transplanting photoreceptors produced by the directed differentiation of stem cells, thanks to findings published today by Professor Gilbert Bernier of the University ...

Oct 6, 2015

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Mobile technologies are ushering in a new kind of patient/physician partnership

A recent cartoon in The New Yorker magazine depicts a human resource manager behind a desk, holding up a form and emphatically telling the person in front of him, "You can't list your iPhone as your primary physician!"

Oct 6, 2015