Selective media coverage may cause us to forget certain health facts
(Association for Psychological Science) The health facts presented by mass media in the midst of a disease outbreak are likely ...
Month: November 2015
Cleveland Clinic: New policies would expand pediatric lung transplant access, study shows
(Cleveland Clinic) Broader geographic sharing of pediatric donor lungs could result in twice as many lung transplants for young patients ...
Around a fifth of unvaccinated ethnic school girls think they don’t need HPV jab
(Cancer Research UK) Around 20 per cent of girls from ethnic minority backgrounds are not being vaccinated against the Human ...
Soybean foods may protect menopausal women against osteoporosis
(Society for Endocrinology) Eating a diet rich in both soy protein and isoflavones can protect menopausal women from bone weakening ...
First evaluation of new fingerprinting methods for ivory
(King's College London) Scientists from King's College London and University College London have collaborated with imaging and fingerprint experts from ...
New treatment targets cancers with particular genetic signature
(University of Oxford) Oxford University's Dr Tim Humphrey and team found that cancer cells with a mutated SETD2 gene were ...
Could self-disseminating vaccines cut off emerging infectious diseases at source?
(University of Plymouth) An expert review identifies state-of-the-art of self-disseminating vaccines as a new and potentially powerful strategy to circumvent ...
Vitamin D pill a day may improve exercise performance and lower risk of heart disease
(Society for Endocrinology) Taking vitamin D supplements can improve exercise performance and lower the risk of heart disease, according to ...
‘Water on the knee’ could be early sign of Lyme disease
(American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons) Spontaneous knee effusion, also known as 'water on the knee,' can be a primary symptom ...
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Healthy men who have vaginal sex have a distinct urethral microbiome
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BetaLife and A*STAR Collaborate to develop next generation cell-based therapy for diabetes treatment
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Genetic causes of three previously unexplained rare diseases identified
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Promoting healthy longevity should start young: pregnancy complications lift women’s risk of mortality in the next 50 years
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Robot caterpillar demonstrates new approach to locomotion for soft robotics
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Can artificial intelligence predict spatiotemporal distribution of dengue fever outbreaks with remote sensing data? New study finds answers