Archive: 03/08/2016
Research highlights breast pain in horse riders
Thousands of women could be experiencing breast pain while horse riding, according to a new study.
Aug 3, 2016
Prebiotics drastically reduce severity of exercise-induced asthma, study shows
The severity of exercise-induced asthma can be significantly reduced by taking prebiotics – food ingredients which target beneficial bacteria in the gut – according to new research.
Aug 3, 2016
Special drug rushed to help brain-eating amoeba patient (Update)
A pharmaceutical company has rushed a special drug that once saved the life of a girl who contracted a usually deadly brain-eating amoeba to a South Carolina hospital with its own patient fighting the disease.
Aug 3, 2016
Hawaii gets $3.7M to fight infectious diseases
A Hawaiian Airlines flight attendant was among the people in Hawaii infected with Hepatitis A.
Aug 3, 2016
Infections with the parasitic worm W bancrofti associated with increased risk of HIV infection
People infected with a parasitic worm called Wuchereria bancrofti in areas where HIV is endemic may be more likely to acquire HIV than people who are not infected with the worm, according to a new study in southwest Tanzania, ...
Aug 3, 2016