Newly published research sheds light on a poorly understood, acute illness called Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory…
Month: November 2010
How key drug kills worms in tropical diseases
Scientists have unlocked how a key anti-parasitic drug kills the worms brought on by the…
New vaccine hope in fight against pneumonia and meningitis
A dramatic advance in understanding of how the body fights bacteria paves the way for…
Detailed dark matter map yields clues to galaxy cluster growth
Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope took advantage of a giant cosmic magnifying glass to…
Changing family behavior helps schizophrenic patients avoid relapse
Working to change the behavior of family members may be an effective treatment for people…
Softening crystals without heat: Using terahertz pulses to manipulate molecular networks
As if borrowing from a scene in a science fiction movie, researchers in Japan have…
Use of androgen deprivation therapy increases fracture risk among prostate cancer patients, study finds
Men with history of fracture and comorbidities are at an increased risk of fracture after…
Young, unsupervised children most at risk for dog bites, study shows; Dogs often target a child’s face and eyes
As dog bites become an increasingly major public health concern, a new study shows that…
Menopausal hormone therapy may increase risk of ovarian cancer, research suggests
Women planning on taking hormone therapy for the treatment of menopausal symptoms should be aware…
Mind is a frequent, but not happy, wanderer: People spend nearly half their waking hours thinking about what isn’t going on around them
People spend 46.9 percent of their waking hours thinking about something other than what they’re…