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Germ-killing soaps cut hospital infection rates
A policy of regularly washing every patient in the intensive care unit with antimicrobial cloths helped cut down on dangerous blood infections by 44 per cent, a US study said Wednesday. The strategy was better at cutting back potentially lethal […]
Scientists Use New Fluorescent Tools for Cancer Diagnosis
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) and other non-coding RNAs are small molecules that help control the expression of specific proteins, in recent years. They have emerged as disease biomarkers. miRNA profiles have been used to establish tissue origin for cancers of unknown primary […]
Study Says Women Who Smoke and Drink are at Higher Risk Than Men
According to a recent study, women who smoke and drink heavily are at an increased risk of early death than men who do the same. Data taken from a Europe-wide survey of some 380,000 people aged 40 and older, revealed […]
In Rats, Stem Cell Injections Improve Spinal Injuries
Researchers reports that a single injection of human neural stem cells produced neuronal regeneration and improvement of function and mobility in rats impaired by an acute spinal cord injury (SCI). The international team was led by researchers at the University […]
Soda as Bad as Illegal Drugs in Causing Damage to Teeth
Addicted to soda? Shocking findings from a case study show that drinking large quantities of carbonated soda could be as damaging to our teeth as methamphetamine and crack cocaine use. The consumption of illegal drugs and abusive intake of soda […]
Talking Therapy Works Better to Treat Depression
A study by international researchers published in this week’s PLOS Medicine shows treatments for depression that don’t involve antidepressant drugs but rather focus on different forms of talking therapy, known as psychotherapeutic interventions are all beneficial, with no one form […]
Probiotics can Alter Brain Function
Probiotics can affect brain function in humans, say UCLA researchers. In an early proof-of-concept study of healthy women, they found that women who regularly consumed beneficial bacteria known as probiotics through yogurt showed altered brain function, both while in a […]
Heart Failure Increases Risk of Male Menopause
Heart failure boosts the aging process and risk of early andropausal syndrome (AS), finds study. According to the research presented at the Heart Failure Congress 2013, AS, also referred to as male “menopause”, was four times more common in men […]
Sugar water injections may help ease knee pain
NEW YORK – Knee pain appears to decrease up to one year after “prolotherapy,” a series of sugar water injections at the site of the pain, according to a new study. Previous research on the therapy that suggested positive effects […]
Pesticides again tied to Parkinson’s disease
NEW YORK – Exposure to pesticides and other chemicals is linked to an increased risk of developing Parkinson’s disease, according to a fresh look at some past research. Dr. James Bower, a neurologist from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, […]
