Research has found that rapidly cooling a person in cardiac arrest may improve chance of survival without brain damage. 16 Nov 2009 10:38
Research team identifies five new gene regions that raise the risk of childhood-onset IBD; findings linked to a key molecule active in GI inflammation. 16 Nov 2009 10:35
Finding may give hope to more leukaemia patients so they may live cancer-free. 16 Nov 2009 10:32
Kennedy Krieger researchers suggest improvements are possible by targeting letter formation, fine motor control training. 12 Nov 2009 06:45
Researchers at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) at Virginia Tech and Montana State University have discovered a fungal protein that plays a key role in causing disease in plants and animals and which also shields the pathogen from oxidative stress. 9 Nov 2009 12:12
Green tea extract has shown promise as cancer prevention agent for oral cancer in patients with a pre-malignant condition known as oral leukoplakia, according to researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Centre. 5 Nov 2009 14:05
Using an unconventional approach that they designed, University of Pittsburgh drug discoverers and their collaborators at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research have identified compounds that hold promise for treating leishmaniasis, a parasitic infection that many consider one of the world's most overlooked diseases. The findings are available online today in PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 4 Nov 2009 11:28
Imagine waking up after surgery to find out you have lost your sight—permanently. Although rare, postoperative visual loss is a well-recognized complication of anaesthesia and surgery that is more common after certain types of procedures and in some groups of patients, according to a study in the November issue of Anaesthesia & Analgesia, official journal of the International Anaesthesia Research Society (IARS). 3 Nov 2009 14:17
Saturated fats have a deservedly bad reputation, but Johns Hopkins scientists have discovered that a sticky lipid occurring naturally at high levels in the brain may help us memorize grandma's recipe for cinnamon buns, as well as recall how, decades ago, she served them up steaming from the oven. 2 Nov 2009 08:29
A University of Pittsburgh study sheds new light on the relationship between race, body weight and sexual behaviour among adolescent girls. The results suggest that a girl's ethnicity and her actual weight or perception of her weight may play a role in her participation in risky sexual behaviours. The study results are published in the November issue of Pediatrics, now available online. 30 Oct 2009 13:53
Scientists find that Internet training can improve brain activity in older adults. 27 Oct 2009 13:16
Mosquitoes are attracted by naturally produced, dominant odour in humans. 27 Oct 2009 13:14
Studies by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine have shown that blocking the NMDA receptor in immature rats leads to profound, rapid brain injury and disruption of auditory function as the animals mature. 23 Oct 2009 13:39
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