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LEGO Releases Female Scientist Kit, Sells Out Same Day
Any space fan that hasn't already purchased a newly released LEGO kit featuring a female astronomer will have to wait a while longer before getting their hands on the toy.
Can a diabetes drug help you live longer?
Brooks HaysCARDIFF, Wales, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- Researchers found people taking the diabetes drug metformin outlived people without the condition.
Q&A: American Virus Expert in Africa’s Ebola Zone: ‘This is Like War’
Even as he copes with the loss of friends from Ebola, American virologist Joseph Fair works to rebuild the damaged and strained health care system in Sierra Leone.
New York Patient Tests Negative for Ebola
A man who recently traveled to West Africa and reported symptoms similar to those of the virus has tested negative for the disease, officials said.
Cancer Prevention Benefits Of Aspirin Are Worth It
Aspirin has been linked to a significant reduction in the risk of developing – and dying from – the major cancers of the digestive tract, i.e. bowel, stomach and esophageal...
Mindfulness training benefits U.S. veterans with diabetes
Mindfulness training, including focused breathing and awareness training, helped U.S. veterans with diabetes significantly lower their diabetes-related distress and blood sugar levels and improve their self-management of the disease, researchers...
Taylor Swift surprises 6-year-old leukemia patient in viral video
Veronica LinaresBOSTON, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- Taylor Swift stopped by the Boston Children's Hospital on Sunday to surprise 6-year-old Jordan Nickerson who is battling leukemia.
Team developing wearable tech for disease monitoring
A new wearable vapor sensor being developed at the University of Michigan could one day offer continuous disease monitoring for patients with diabetes, high blood pressure, anemia or lung disease.
Advanced thin-film technique could deliver long-lasting medication
About one in four older adults suffers from chronic pain. […]
Speedier diagnosis of diseases such as cancer likely thanks to new dna analysis technique
Researchers have achieved a technical breakthrough that should result in speedier diagnosis of cancer and various pre-natal conditions.
Senior RIKEN scientist involved in stem cell scandal commits suicide
Yoshiki Sasai was facing disciplinary measures and a damaged reputation
Mammography benefits women over 75
Mammography-detected breast cancer is associated with a shift to earlier stage diagnosis in older women, subsequently reducing the rate of more advanced, difficult-to-treat cases, according to a new study. Researchers...
Cheap and compact medical testing: Researchers develop simple detector
(Phys.org) —Harvard researchers have created an inexpensive detector that can be used by health care workers in the world's poorest areas to monitor diabetes, detect malaria, discover environmental pollutants, and...
Regulations, Administration Are Why Cost-Saving Effort In Health Care Hasn't Worked
A pilot program intended to implement and test a cost-saving strategy for orthopedic procedures at hospitals in California failed to meet its goals, succumbing to recruitment challenges, regulatory uncertainty, administrative...
Ultra-endurance sport training can hurt your heart health
There are currently a record number of middle-aged Canadians taking part in high endurance sports. The long-term physiological changes associated with this type of training, however, can be unhealthy and...
Alan Turing’s theories help explain human finger formation
Fingers are formed during the first few weeks of pregnancy, but how does it happen?
Global Health: A Key Malaria Drug Becomes Less Effective
Researchers have found signs of increasing resistance in Southeast Asia to artemisinin, a crucial drug that has help save millions of lives.
The New Health Care: Dealing With Opioid Abuse Would Pay for Itself
The cost of helping people addicted to painkillers would be less than the costs that untreated addicts impose on society.
Losing Cost Control : The Obscure Drug With a Growing Medicare Tab
Experts question the effectiveness of H.P. Acthar Gel, a drug made from pigs’ pituitary glands. Yet it cost Medicare more than $141 million in 2012, up from $7 million in...
In Fatal Flash, Gaza Psychologist Switches Roles, Turning Into a Trauma Victim
When an Israeli airstrike demolished the family home of Hassan al-Zeyada last month, he joined the fellow residents he has spent decades counseling.
The New Old Age Blog: Who’s Moving In Now?
The luggage in the living room? Odds are, it’s not Grandma’s as multigenerational households trend younger.
Veterinary researchers use nanoparticles to target cancer treatment in dogs, cats
When Michael and Sandra Friedlander first came to the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine three years ago with their dog, Grayton, they learned some bad news: Grayton had nasal adenocarcinoma,...
Can students learn effective learning and problem solving techniques in large introductory science courses?
In the past 10 years an active-learning course, called Active Physics, has gradually displaced lecture-based introductory course in physics at Washington University in St. Louis. But are active-learning techniques effective...
Study: Emergency room closures can be deadly for area's residents
It stands to reason that when a hospital emergency room closes, people in the surrounding neighborhood suffer. But how much? A new study quantifies the impact in California, finding that...
Doc Confesses He Nearly Took Unnecessary Antibiotics
A doctor had an ironic experience when he came close to taking an antibiotic that he knew he did not need, while at a conference that discussed the rise of...
Veterinarians Use Nanoparticles to Deliver Cancer Treatment in Dogs, Cats
Veterinarians are testing the use of gold nanoparticles and a targeted laser treatment for solid tumors in dogs and cats.The nanoparticles circulate in the bloodstream and become temporarily captured within...
Repurposing a drug for abdominal cancer
A repurposed drug originally used to treat ovarian cancer saw positive results for patients with advanced peritoneal cancers during a phase I clinical trial, researchers report. The drug, known under...
NIH neurosciences institute chief stepping down
Story Landis played major role in BRAIN Initiative