Archive: 08/02/2018

New app to reduce suicides, alert psychiatrists to concerning social media posts

A current research project in the College of Engineering and Computer Science could help reduce the number of suicides that occur each year by analyzing social media data generated by depressed patients and alerting their ...

Feb 8, 2018

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Antibiotic resistance fight could get a little help from ants

The world is facing an antibiotics crisis. Due to overuse, many once-powerful drugs are now useless against certain strains of serious bacterial infections. So scientists are on the hunt for new ways to attack harmful microbes.

Feb 8, 2018

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Study reveals genetic basis of quantitative traits and diseases in Japanese population

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) are an emerging method for scientists to identify genes involved in human disease. GWAS searches the whole genome region for small variations, called single nucleotide polymorphisms ...

Feb 8, 2018

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Drug shown to reverse brain deficits caused by alcohol

QUT researchers have identified a drug that could potentially help our brains reboot and reverse the damaging impacts of heavy alcohol consumption on regeneration of brain cells.

Feb 8, 2018

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Health departments must plan for changing workforce, study finds

State health departments are lagging in planning for the replacement of retiring employees, according to a survey from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis.

Feb 8, 2018

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A possible way to protect intestinal walls from damage due to chemotherapy

A team of researchers at the University of Pittsburgh has found a possible way to protect cells in the intestines when subjected to chemotherapy. In their paper published in Science Translational Medicine, the team describes ...

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The connection between a healthy marriage and a healthy heart

For many, marriage signals the beginning of an entwined and, at times, tangled relationship. Spouses often play the role of friend, co-parent, caregiver, financial partner and emotional support system for their significant ...

Feb 8, 2018

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Switching to vaping not always easy

Smokers attempting to quit the habit by vaping or using e-cigarettes do not always find the process plain sailing, according to new University of Otago research published in the international journal, Tobacco Control.

Feb 8, 2018

Researchers report on victims of unethical 1960s-era study

A final report on the unethical clinical study conducted by Dr. Herbert Green at National Women's Hospital in Auckland from the 1960s to the 1980s, known widely as the "Unfortunate Experiment", has just been published in ...

Feb 8, 2018

Prevalence of routine breast cancer screening practices among migrant-Australian women

Despite increased awareness of the prevalence of breast cancer and importance of early detection, a Western Sydney University study found that Australian immigrant women are still not getting the message.

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