Exercise can affect your sleep. The results of the National Sleep Foundation’s 2013 Sleep in…
Month: March 2013
Contraception in women over 40
Despite declining fertility, women over age 40 still require effective contraception if they wish to…
In Greenland and Antarctic tests, Yeti helps conquer some ‘abominable’ polar hazards
A century after Western explorers first crossed the dangerous landscapes of the Arctic and Antarctic,…
Potential of large studies for building genetic risk prediction models
Scientists have developed a new paradigm to assess hereditary risk prediction in common diseases, such…
Studies advance knowledge of HIV impact on hepatitis C infection and genes that may thwart hepatitis C infection
Infectious disease experts have found that among people infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV),…
Scores that evaluate newborn intensive care units are inconsistent
Future tools should build on success of current scores to improve care for vulnerable infants,…
AIDS journal publishes findings of two important studies in March 2013 issue
The results of two important studies have been published in the March issue of AIDS,…
‘Very low’ risk of infections in advanced brain procedures
Patients undergoing cerebral angiography and neurointerventional procedures on the brain are at very low risk…
‘OK’ contact lenses work by flattening front of cornea, not the entire cornea
A contact lens technique called overnight orthokeratology (OK) brings rapid improvement in vision for nearsighted…
Researchers identify queens, mysterious disease syndrome as key factors in bee colony deaths
A new long-term study of honey bee health has found that a little-understood disease study…