Archive: 01/02/2018
The importance of heterogeneity on the management of vector borne diseases
Researchers at LSTM have been working with colleagues in the NTD modelling consortium to look at the role that heterogeneity in mosquito biting plays within the transmission of disease and what impact vector control has on ...
Feb 1, 2018
Developing a urine test for various types of cancer
Detecting cancer of various types, in a very early stage and using a simple urine sample. That is the ambition of the new startup company NanoMed Diagnostics. Years of research, by scientists of the University of Twente and ...
Feb 1, 2018
How the Navy SEALs' 40% rule can help you do more than you thought possible
Do any of us ever really know what we're capable of?
Feb 1, 2018
Warmer climate can give Europe dengue fever
Large parts of Europe can suffer from the dreaded dengue fever unless climate change is attenuated. This is what Jing Helmersson shows in a new dissertation at Umeå University in Sweden. Mosquitoes transmit the disease, ...
Feb 1, 2018
Educating, empowering patients improves health
More than 133 million Americans are affected by chronic disease, a number that is expected to reach close to 160 million by 2020, according to the National Health Council.
Feb 1, 2018