Dust released by an active coal mine in Svalbard, Norway, reduced the spectral reflectance of…
Month: February 2017
Clinical massage, guided imagery show promise as tools to relieve pain, anxiety and insomnia for hospitalized patients
Patients’ self-reported pain and anxiety scores improved immediately after a clinical massage, while other patients…
Novel pharmaceutic action for HIV/AIDS discovered
Using a process called LASER ART (long-acting slow effective release antiretroviral therapy), a research team…
Extensive use of fluorinated chemicals in fast food wrappers: Chemicals can leach into food
Previous studies have linked the chemicals to kidney and testicular cancers, thyroid disease, low birth…
Big data brings breast cancer research forwards by ‘decades’
Scientists have created a ‘map’ linking the shape of breast cancer cells to genes turned…
Making health information and counselling understandable for patients in Germany
Practice guidelines for the health professions have now been developed by experts.
Heidelberg Castle revisited
Strikes of lightning, fires, wars – not only ravages of time left their traces on…
How to stop pain from serious burns using epigenetics
The unpleasant sensation sparked by the nervous system when confronted with a harmful stimulus can…
Background suppression for super-resolution light microscopy
Researchers have developed a new fluorescence microscopy method: STEDD (Stimulation Emission Double Depletion) nanoscopy produces…
Why thick skin develops on our palms and soles, and its links to cancer
Foot callouses/keratoderma (thickened skin) can be linked to cancer of the esophagus (gullet), report researchers.