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Low-cost, compact technology for decoding DNA steps closer with nanopore advance
Date: Jul-03-2014A new study that advances nanopore DNA sequencing technology may well bring closer the day when handheld devices will detect pathogens and diagnose genetic disorders on the spot.
Absent protein links obesity to type 2 diabetes
Date: Jul-03-2014Scientists in Singapore have discovered a molecular explanation for why obese people have a higher risk for developing type 2 diabetes - they lack a glucose-regulating protein.
Could brisk walking be therapeutic for people with Parkinson's?
Date: Jul-03-2014According to a new study, brisk walking may improve the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease, improving motor function, fitness, mood and tiredness.
How will Obamacare affect rates of inpatient surgery?
Date: Jul-03-2014New research led by the University of Michigan estimates that Obamacare may lead to almost half a million additional discretionary surgical procedures by 2017.
Patients with severe ME receive 'inadequate care'
Date: Jul-03-2014Severe chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis is highly debilitating, and can keep patients completely bedbound, but access to specialist care has been poor in the UK.
Deep-freezing testicular tissue produces healthy baby mice
Date: Jul-02-2014Researchers from Japan have produced healthy baby mice by cryopreserving - deep-freezing - testicular tissue, culturing it to produce sperm and inseminating immature egg cells.
Half of all American adults have a chronic disease - CDC
Date: Jul-02-2014A long-term condition affects half of US citizens, yet much of this disease is preventable, according to a report in The Lancet, especially with nationwide and community support.
Iraq prepares for cholera, diarrheal disease outbreaks
Date: Jul-02-2014Iraq authorities invite WHO to help them prepare for cholera outbreaks in the Kurdistan region, where the current crisis has displaced more than half a million people.
Lead in blood tied to behavioral problems in preschool children
Date: Jul-02-2014A study of Chinese preschoolers finds that even low blood concentrations of lead are linked to behavioral and emotional problems, which increase as lead levels rise.
C-section in first birth linked to higher risk of future stillbirth, ectopic pregnancy
Date: Jul-02-2014A new study finds that women who have a c-section with their first child may have a small increased risk of experiencing a stillbirth or ectopic pregnancy with their second child.
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