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High Ozone Levels Linked to Cardiac Arrest
A city's ozone levels are linked to people's risk of cardiac arrest.
Drunk Mice Sober Up Fast After Nanoparticle Injection
Negroni Wikimedia CommonsMultiple enzymes delivered in a nanocapsule could work as an alcohol antidote, reducing blood alcohol levels and preventing liver damage. A new nanostructured enzyme complex can lower blood alcohol levels in...
Novel herbal compound offers potential to prevent and treat Alzheimer's disease
Administration of the active compound tetrahydroxystilbene glucoside derived from the Chinese herbal medicine Polygonum multiflorum Thunb, reversed both overexpression of ±-synuclein, a small protein found in the brain, and its...
Fighting disease deep inside the brain
Mini, ultra-flexible electrodes could improve treatment of Parkinson's and other health issues.
Diamond sheds light on basic building blocks of life
The UK's national synchrotron facility, Diamond Light Source, is now the first and only place in Europe where pathogens requiring Containment Level 3 – including serious viruses such as those...
BRCA mutation carriers have little long-term survival benefit with ovarian cancer, researchers say
Researchers studied the long-term survival of women with a BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutation who were diagnosed with invasive ovarian cancer. They found that the short-term benefit to having either...
Calgary professor's H1N1 death prompts warning from family
A Calgary family is warning people to take the flu seriously after their mother died this week from H1N1.
Copper can protect against Alzheimer's disease
Researchers have provided unequivocal evidence that under conditions which are approximately similar to those found in the brain, copper can only protect against beta amyloid forming beta sheets and as...
Character Study: Dr. Wheelchair Keeps Things Rolling
Mike Acevedo leads a team that builds, repairs and maintains wheelchairs for most of the 1,300 patients at the Coler-Goldwater Specialty Hospital and Nursing Facility on Roosevelt Island.
Cuomo Bucks Tide With Bill to Lift Abortion Limits
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is preparing legislation that would guarantee women in New York the right to late-term abortions, and remove the issue from the state’s penal law.
Simple Changes May Make Healthy Living Easier
Simple changes may make it easier for people to follow through with their health goals.
Elsevier, TWAS, And OWSD Honor Early Career Women Scientists In Developing Countries
Recognition of early-career women scientists helps encourage participation in medical research, builds strong research cultures, and inspires a new generation of scientists. In that light, five medical and life science researchers...
Artificial sweeteners tied to obesity, Type 2 diabetes
Diet pop and other artificially sweetened products may cause us to eat and drink even more calories and increase our risk for obesity and Type 2 diabetes, researchers are learning.
Bisphenol A exposure in humans may be too low to cause problems by mimicking estrogen
A controversial component of plastic bottles and canned food linings that have helped make a safer food supply has recently come under attack: bisphenol A. BPA has the potential to...
Egypt telecoms authority says can't block YouTube
(AP)—An Egyptian rights group and the nation's telecommunication's ministry have filed appeals to reverse a court order to block YouTube.
The stalking cure: how to rehabilitate a stalker
A forensic psychiatrist has opened a clinic where stalkers confront their dangerous delusions. Elizabeth Day meets Frank Farnham, and speaks to some of the many victimsWhen forensic psychiatrist Frank Farnham first meets a...
News in Brief: 2013 AAAS meeting
Highlights from the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Boston, February 14-18, 2013
News Analysis: The Hip Replacement Case Shows Why Doctors Often Remain Silent
While experts say that doctors have an ethical obligation to warn their peers about bad drugs or medical devices, they don’t always do so.
Studying networks to help women succeed in science
For women in science and research, finding a network of colleagues in their specialized area might be difficult: relevant researchers and activists can be spread across generations, cultures and continents....
Babies whose efforts are praised become more motivated kids
We think our babies are so smart, so amazing, so good. But please, say Stanford researchers, don’t tell them that. “It’s better to focus on effort and the action your...
Chronic pain alters DNA marking in the brain
Injuries that result in chronic pain, such as limb injuries, and those unrelated to the brain are associated with epigenetic changes in the brain which persist months after the injury,...
Meth withdrawal more like a chronic disease such as Parkinson’s
University of Florida researchers have found changes in the behavior and in the brains of mice in withdrawal from methamphetamine addiction. These findings may affect the way physicians treat...
PI3Ks And BTK Inhibitors Will Still Be Economic Drivers Until 2016
Heightened regulation, increased lawsuits and a resulting lack of venture capital has meant the western pharmaceutical industry faces a looming crisis but companies outside America and Europe may pick up...
Meteorite Spurs Very Russian Reaction: Political Jokes
In the face of more than 1,100 injuries, Russians greet meteorite with humor, largely of a political variety. Does Putin ride a meteorite?
Haitian healthcare shows progress after 2010 earthquake
After the 2010 earthquake, Haiti has improved its water and sanitation programmes and expanded its plans for vaccination, HIV and cholera.
US Army seeks new ways to treat facial skin injuries
US Army researches new techniques for repairing wounds
HEALTH: The F.D.A. Approves a Bionic Eye
The Argus II allows Barbara Campbell, who lost her sight 20 years ago, to see the world through patterns of light. Scientists hope it is the beginning of even more...
Malware-serving LA Times page went unnoticed for weeks
Code survived for 6 weeks on Los Angeles Times website, redirecting users to malicious sites