If you are negotiating with someone who has more power than you it is a…
Month: April 2013
Social media: The perils and pleasures
Too much social media activity may damage strong relationships.
Manipulating calcium accumulation in blood vessels may provide a new way to treat heart disease
Hardening of the arteries, or atherosclerosis, is the primary cause of heart disease. It’s caused…
Treatment leads to near-normal life expectancy for people with HIV in South Africa
In South Africa, people with HIV who start treatment with anti-AIDS drugs (antiretroviral therapy) have…
Shingles vaccine is associated with reduction in both postherpetic neuralgia and herpes zoster
A vaccine to prevent shingles may reduce by half the occurrence of this painful skin…
Co-infections not associated with worse outcomes during H1N1 pandemic
A new study has found that despite complications, patients co-infected with the pandemic 2009-2010 influenza…
Multiple genes robustly contribute to schizophrenia risk in replication study
Multiple genes contribute to risk for schizophrenia and appear to function in pathways related to…
Genetic biomarker may help identify neuroblastomas vulnerable to novel class of drugs
An irregularity within many neuroblastoma cells may indicate whether the tumor is vulnerable to a…
Researchers create next-generation Alzheimer’s disease model
A new genetically engineered lab rat that has the full array of brain changes associated…
A new approach for spinal muscular atrophy?
Spinal muscular atrophy is a debilitating neuromuscular disease that in its most severe form is…