Teenagers who don’t get enough sleep may wake up to worse consequences than nodding off…
Month: August 2014
Severe infections with hospitalization after prostate biopsy rising in Sweden
Transrectal ultrasound guided biopsy is the gold standard for detecting prostate cancer, but international reports…
Sleepy college students stressed by jobs
College students are typically more sleep deprived than the rest of us and often ignore…
Novel gene predicts both breast cancer relapse, response to chemotherapy
Scientists have made it easier to predict both breast cancer relapses and responses to chemotherapy,…
Gene therapy protects mice from lethal heart condition, researchers find
A new gene therapy has been shown to protect mice from a life-threatening heart condition…
The power of salt: Power generation from where river water and seawater meet
Where the river meets the sea, there is the potential to harness a significant amount…
Turning waste from rice, parsley and other foods into biodegradable plastic
Your chairs, synthetic rugs and plastic bags could one day be made out of cocoa,…
Coronary arteries hold heart-regenerating cells
Endothelial cells residing in the coronary arteries can function as cardiac stem cells to produce…
Treating pain by blocking the ‘chili-pepper receptor’
Biting into a chili pepper causes a burning spiciness that is irresistible to some, but…
Sunblock poses potential hazard to sea life
The sweet and salty aroma of sunscreen and seawater signals a relaxing trip to the…