Latest science news in Health & Medicine
Hamsters, Higgs and historians - blogs roundup
Posts on our network included a look at the race to put humans on Mars, whether closing stroke units can improve survival rates, and some scaremongering facts about Ebola Continue...
Dramatic growth of grafted stem cells in rat spinal cord
Scientists have reported that neurons derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells and grafted into rats after a spinal cord injury produced cells with 10s of thousands of axons extending...
Crime Victims' Institute tracks the state of stalking in Texas
According to a 2010 survey by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, an estimated 1.4 million women in Texas experience stalking during their lifetimes. Despite recent laws adopted in...
Recipes for Health: Grilled Pepper Omelet
Roasted peppers, chopped herbs and a little bit of Parmesan make for a quick omelet in the spirit of a pipérade.
How a 100-Year-Old Therapy Might Save Ebola Patients
The treatment given to two Americans sick with Ebola relies on three “humanized” mouse monoclonal antibodies grown in special tobacco plants.
Alteplase given promptly after stroke reduces long-term disability, even in older people, those with severe stroke
Many more stroke patients could benefit from thrombolytic treatment (the use of drugs to break up or dissolve blood clots), but it needs to be administered as quickly as possible...
Common tuberculosis vaccine can be used to prevent infection as well as disease
The vaccine used to protect against tuberculosis disease, bacillus calmette-guerin or BCG, also protects against tuberculosis infection, mycobacterium, as well as protecting against progression from infection to disease, finds new...
New hospital screening tool helps find children at nutritional risk easier, study finds
While hospitals do not commonly screen children for nutrition, a new tool developed could change that. The Pediatric Nutrition Screening Tool (PNST) was found to be more effective than the...
Nutrition an issue for Indigenous Australians
Nutrition has not been given enough priority in national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health policy in recent years, researchers conclude. "Improving nutrition is essential for promoting Aboriginal health, and...
Toronto doctors remove teen's tumour without radiation or surgery
A Brampton, Ont., teenager has become the first person in North America to have a benign tumour near his hip removed without radiation or surgery.
Research to help prevent quad bike accidents
University of Adelaide researchers are investigating the causes of quad bike accidents on farms to help reduce growing numbers of fatalities and serious injuries to agricultural workers and other users.
Open-access website gets tough
Leading directory tightens listing criteria to weed out rogue journals.Nature 512 17 doi: 10.1038/512017a
David Wilson's Retirement From N.F.L. Raises Injury Awareness
With Giants running back David Wilson forced into retirement at 23, other N.F.L. players have recognized the potential hazards of spinal issues.
Zoo branded 'unethical' after eight animals die in transfer tragedy
Animal welfare campaigners Tuesday criticised two major international zoos after eight antelopes shipped from Prague to Johannesburg zoos had to be put down after being confined without water for at...
Ebola Transmission Via Sex Is Possible, But Unlikely
Ebola can theoretically be transmitted through sexual intercourse, but that's a particularly unlikely route given that people aren't infectious until they feel sick.
Pistachios may lower vascular response to stress in type 2 diabetes
Among people with type 2 diabetes, eating pistachios may reduce the body's response to the stresses of everyday life, according researchers. "In adults with diabetes, two servings of pistachios per...
Baby aspirin? Many doctors don't recommend, despite guidelines
A majority of middle-aged men and women eligible to take aspirin to prevent heart attack and stroke do not recall their doctors ever telling them to do so, according to...
Hidden bonus from vaccination
Immunization against pneumococcus in Africa also reduces levels of antibiotic resistance.Nature 512 14 doi: 10.1038/512014a
Japanese Researcher, an Author of Discredited Stem Cell Study, Is Dead
Yoshiki Sasai was a co-author of a study published this year that claimed an acid bath could turn cells into stem cells, used in medical treatments.
Kristin Chenoweth updates fans on mysterious health crisis
Veronica LinaresLOS ANGELES, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Kristin Chenoweth updated fans on her health scare Tuesday after announcing the day prior that she was "unable to move."
Woman's Spontaneous Orgasms Triggered by Parkinson's Drug
A woman began having three to five spontaneous orgasms daily after she started taking a drug to treat her Parkinson's disease.
Over 130 busted in Tampa Bay-area child sex sting
Matt BradwellTAMPA, Fla., Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Local and federal law enforcement agencies combined their efforts to bust over 130 suspected sex offenders in Tampa as part of "Operation Cyber...
Monthly preventative treatment with a new drug combination reduces malaria in children
Preventative treatment with a monthly dose of a newer antimalarial drug can reduce the risk of malarial infection among young children, according to a new study. The study finds that...
Pregnant women are often given inappropriate treatment for malaria
Not all pregnant women with symptoms of malaria seek care from their formal healthcare system and if they do seek care, they may be given inappropriate treatment because healthcare providers...
A campaign involving Muslim clerics has increased uptake of polio vaccination in Nigeria
A coalition campaign involving imams, Islamic school teachers, traditional rulers, doctors, journalists, and polio survivors is gradually turning the tide against polio vaccine rejection in northern Nigeria, according to experts...
Drug reverses brain deficits of Alzheimer's in animal model
Researchers have discovered a new drug compound that reverses the brain deficits of Alzheimer's disease in an animal model. The compound, TC-2153, inhibits the negative effects of a protein called...
Boy, 9, fatally stabbed on Mich. playground by 12-year-old
Frances BurnsKENTWOOD, Mich., Aug. 5 (UPI) -- A 12-year-old fatally stabbed a younger boy on a playground and then went to a nearby house to call 911, police in Kentwood,...
Philadelphia men charged with stray bullet killing of 3-year-old girl
Frances BurnsPHILADELPHIA, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Two young Philadelphia men have been charged with killing a 3-year-old girl, who was hit by a stray bullet as her hair was being...