Archive: 04/05/2017
WHO chief praises Guineans for help with Ebola vaccine
The head of the World Health Organization is praising Guineans for their role in helping to develop a vaccine against the deadly Ebola virus.
May 4, 2017
Parkinson: Weight gain after deep brain stimulation
It was already known that people affected by Parkinson's disease, when subjected to deep brain stimulation, gained weight, but it was less clear why that was so. Thanks to new research by the International School for Advanced ...
May 4, 2017
Study examines 'small for gestational age' across European countries
A new study questions the use of common references for assessing 'small for gestational age' (SGA) in very preterm infants across Europe. SGA describes a baby who is smaller than the usual amount for the number of weeks of ...
May 4, 2017
Prevalence of visual impairment among preschool children projected to increase
The number of preschool children in the U.S. with visual impairment is projected to increase by more than 25 percent in the coming decades, with the majority of visual impairment resulting from simple uncorrected refractive ...
May 4, 2017
Medical ethics under Nazism
Did Nazi-era physicians study medical ethics? Does the concept of medical ethics exist independently of political systems? These were the questions driving Dr. Florian Bruns of Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and Dr. ...
May 4, 2017