Archive: 05/09/2014
Taiwan probes tainted oil in latest food scare
Taiwanese health authorities said Friday they were investigating more than 200 companies which allegedly used recycled cooking oils obtained from restaurants in their products, in the latest food safety scandal to hit the ...
Sep 5, 2014
New blood test could offer more tailored treatment of ovarian cancer
(Medical Xpress)—A new blood test allowing doctors to predict which ovarian cancer patients will respond to particular types of treatment is a step closer following a new study by Manchester scientists.
Sep 5, 2014
Experts warn US in danger of losing biotechnology edge
The United States is in danger of losing its biomedical edge to countries that are aggressively funding research into personalized medicine.
Sep 5, 2014
Video: Imaging the living brain
Elizabeth Hillman, associate professor of biomedical engineering, leads a team that is developing new imaging methods for the living brain. Their goal is to understand the way that the brain functions and regulates its blood ...
Sep 5, 2014
Obamacare to get new US appeals court review
A US appeals court agreed Thursday to revisit a July ruling that threatened to undermine President Barack Obama's landmark healthcare reform law.
Sep 5, 2014
Filipino nurse thought to have MERS virus did not
The Filipino nurse who was thought to have contracted Middle East respiratory syndrome while working in Saudi Arabia never had the virus, Philippine health officials said Friday.
Sep 5, 2014
One in five child deaths in England preventable
Child deaths have fallen to very low rates in all industrialised countries, but many deaths in children and adolescents are still potentially preventable, and much more could be done to cut future deaths, according to a new ...
Sep 5, 2014