Ebola cases in DR Congo break 2,000 mark DR Congo's health ministry said it had recorded more than 2,000 cases of Ebola, two-thirds of which had been fatal, since the disease broke out in the country's east 10 months ago. Jun 4, 2019 0 0
Young, pregnant urged to take blood tests for lead after Notre-Dame fire The Paris health authorities have urged children and pregnant women living around Notre-Dame cathedral to have the levels of lead in their blood checked amid concerns over the impact of the fire. Jun 4, 2019 0 1
AI gives reliable coma outcome prediction After cardiac arrest and resuscitation, some patients will still be in a coma and treated at an intensive care unit. Their prospects are uncertain. Clinicians seek a reliable method to predict their outcomes. Researchers ... Jun 4, 2019 0 5
Physical inactivity risky for children and pre-teens Cardio-respiratory capacity in children has dropped by 25 percent in 20 years, according to a study by the University of Adelaide in Australia. There are multiple reasons for this, from the social environment and the decreasing ... Jun 4, 2019 0 0
A prescription for exercise Richard Carpenter, 75, was going through the mail one day last year when he saw a postcard from UCI seeking participants for a study on whether exercise can help with age-related memory loss. Jun 4, 2019 0 14
In the long run, funny women satisfy men more Yes, women expect men who are courting them to make them laugh. But a woman who can make her partner laugh is equally, if not more, important to the guy's long-term happiness in the relationship. Jun 4, 2019 0 57
You survived a heart attack. Now what about the depression? Heart attack patients with prolonged depression or anxiety are at a higher risk of death. That's the finding of research published today in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, a journal of the European Society ... Jun 4, 2019 0 25
Studying implications of policy and law for treatment of substance use disorders People who suffer from substance use disorder need effective treatments, however, 90 percent of those who need treatment do not receive it. One Penn State professor and his team are looking into the legal and financial barriers ... Jun 4, 2019 0 2
Opioids are not sleep aids, and can actually worsen sleep, research finds Evidence that taking opioids will help people with chronic pain to sleep better is limited and of poor quality, according to an interdisciplinary team of psychologists and medics from the University of Warwick in partnership ... Jun 4, 2019 0 9
How a common viral infection can lead to autoimmunity Researchers in Dr. Leona Gilbert's research group at the University of Jyväskylä have proposed a novel mechanism for how a common viral infection could lead to an autoimmune disease. Dr. Gilbert's team demonstrated for ... Jun 4, 2019 0 174