Potential therapies for central core disease, a condition that can delay development of motor skills…
Month: January 2015
Study calls for new global standard for safe drinking water and sanitation
A new study calls for a new global standard for improvements in household drinking water…
Alcohol ads on TV associated with drinking behavior in young people
Seeing and liking alcohol advertising on television among underage youths was associated with the onset…
Portable stimulator being tested on Parkinson’s patients
A weak electric ‘noise’ can improve balance and motor skills in patients with Parkinson’s disease,…
‘Trustworthy’ hedge fund execs generate more business but weaker returns
Hedge-fund managers who appear ‘trustworthy’ in photographs attract more clients than their more ‘undependable’-looking counterparts….
New hope for understanding sudden cardiac arrest
New biosciences research could point the way to greater understanding of the heart mutations that…
Drugs from dirt: Scientists develop first global roadmap for drug discovery
Scientists have analyzed soils from beaches, forests, and deserts on five continents and discovered the…
Unexpected turn in diabetes research suggests reinterpretation of years of research
Years of diabetes research carried out on mice whose DNA had been altered with a…
Breakthrough may impact flu vaccination
An analysis of 10 years’ worth of data on human influenza B viruses has shed…
Hospitalized for pneumonia? Your risk of cardiovascular disease is higher
Your chance of having a heart attack or stroke increases significantly if you have been…