Web-based tool produces fast, accurate autism diagnosis
Researchers at Harvard Medical School have significantly reduced from hours to minutes the time it takes to accurately detect autism in young children.
Apr 10, 2012
Archive: 10/04/2012
The green light gives the game away: New method for direct identification of antigens
The immune system is a vital part of our defenses against pathogens, but it can also attack host tissues, resulting in autoimmune disease. The antigens that induce destructive immune reactions can now be identified directly ...
Apr 10, 2012
Engineers enter fight against AIDS in Africa
(AP) -- Getting AIDS test results from labs to remote villages once took weeks in Mozambique, with the information sent by courier along the impoverished country's terrible roads. The delay could mean death.
Apr 10, 2012
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation shows promise in patients with severe aortic stenosis
German researchers report success with transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) in patients with low-flow, low-gradient aortic stenosis—a special form of aortic stenosis that is difficult to treat. Results published ...
Apr 10, 2012
Antioxidant may disrupt Alzheimer's disease process
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is now the sixth leading cause of death among Americans, affecting nearly 1 in 8 people over the age of 65. There is currently no treatment that alters the course of this disease. However, an increasing ...
Apr 10, 2012
Mothers and OCD children trapped in rituals have impaired relationships
A new study from Case Western Reserve University finds mothers tend to be more critical of children with obsessive-compulsive disorder than they are of other children in the family. And, that parental criticism is linked ...
Apr 10, 2012
Marriage and a high socioeconomic level improve health
People with a high socioeconomic level have been demonstrated to have better health than the rest of people. Other protective factors against chronic diseases are having higher education, having a job, and the per capita ...
Apr 10, 2012
Supplement use predicts folate status in Canadian women
Researchers have gained new insight into why 22% of Canadian women of childbearing age are still not achieving a folate concentration considered optimal for reducing the risk of having babies with neural tube defects, despite ...
Apr 10, 2012
