An analysis of data on roughly 87,500 men treated for prostate cancer since 2005 finds…
Month: February 2015
Cyberbystanders: Most don’t try to stop online bullies
In a new study, 221 college students participated in an online chat room in which…
Preventing diabetic heart condition in mice by amplifying effect of exercise: Potential for benefits of exercise in a pill?
Magnifying a benefit of exercise in mice provided a “profound” protection from diabetic cardiomyopathy, a…
Disparities in breast cancer care linked to net worth
Household net worth is a major and overlooked factor in adherence to hormonal therapy among…
Keep calm, anger can trigger a heart attack!
The risk of a heart attack is 8.5 times higher in the two hours following…
Peanut consumption in infancy prevents peanut allergy, study finds
Introduction of peanut products into the diets of infants at high risk of developing peanut…
2014 Annual Security Roundup: Magnified Losses, Amplified Need for Cyber-Attack Preparedness
2014 was a year where cybercriminal attacks crippled both likely and unlikely targets. A year…
2014 Annual Security Roundup: Magnified Losses, Amplified Need for Cyber-Attack Preparedness
2014 was a year where cybercriminal attacks crippled both likely and unlikely targets. A year…
Antibiotics give rise to new communities of harmful bacteria
Most people have taken an antibiotic to treat a bacterial infection. Now researchers reveal that…
‘DNA spellchecker’ means that genes aren’t all equally likely to mutate
A study that examined 17 million mutations in the genomes of 650 cancer patients concludes…