Queen's University Belfast

Most occupational injury and illness costs are paid by the government and private payers

UC Davis researchers have found that workers' compensation insurance is not used nearly as much as it should be to cover the nation's multi-billion dollar price tag for workplace illnesses and injuries. Instead, almost 80 ...

Health created May 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Distress of child war and sex abuse victims halved by new trauma intervention

A new psychological intervention has been shown to more than halve the trauma experienced by child victims of war, rape and sexual abuse.

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study shows that fever during pregnancy more than doubles the risk of autism or developmental delay

A team of UC Davis researchers has found that mothers who had fevers during their pregnancies were more than twice as likely to have a child with autism or developmental delay than were mothers of typically developing children, ...

Autism spectrum disorders created May 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cancer vaccine combination therapy shows survival benefit in breast cancer

A vaccine that targets cancer cells in combination with the drug letrozole, a standard hormonal therapy against breast cancer, significantly increased survival when tested in mice, a team of UC Davis investigators has found.

Cancer created May 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Avastin has similar effect to Lucentis in treating wet age-related macular degeneration

The one year results from a study into whether two drug treatments (Lucentis and Avastin), are equally effective in treating neovascular or wet age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD), have been reported today at an international ...

Ophthalmology created May 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Clinical trial targets acute respiratory distress syndrome with cholesterol drug

Queen's University and NUI Galway and are leading a clinical trial to investigate the possibility that statins, a drug commonly used to combat cholesterol, might help patients with acute severe respiratory failure.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study using stem cell therapy shows promise in fight against HIV

UC Davis Health System researchers are a step closer to launching human clinical trials involving the use of an innovative stem cell therapy to fight the virus that causes AIDS.

HIV & AIDS created May 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

African-American breast cancer survivors report inadequate information, options, support services

African-American breast cancer survivors were satisfied with their cancer treatment, but most were never offered clinical trials opportunities or support services during or after their treatment, according to a study by a ...

Cancer created May 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers create molecule that blocks pathway leading to Alzheimer's disease

UC Davis researchers have found novel compounds that disrupt the formation of amyloid, the clumps of protein in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease believed to be important in causing the disease's characteristic ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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