South Sudan unable to cope with mental trauma of civil war
South Sudan is unable to cope with high levels of mental trauma suffered by survivors of the country's civil war, Amnesty International said Wednesday.
Jul 6, 2016
Archive: 06/07/2016
Genetic risk for obesity grew stronger in 'obesogenic' environment
Lending support to the idea that high-calorie diets, sedentariness and other aspects of the contemporary American lifestyle may be driving the obesity epidemic, UC San Francisco researchers have found that people who carry ...
Jul 6, 2016
Evidence stacks up for INR self-monitoring
Patients on long-term anticoagulation therapy who test their own blood-clotting time from home and continue to be managed by their GP are significantly less likely to experience a thromboembolic event, according to Oxford ...
Jul 6, 2016
US to raise cap for docs prescribing opioid addiction drug
The Obama administration is increasing the number of patients whom doctors can treat for opioid addiction with a medication called buprenorphine.
Jul 6, 2016
France's Sanofi to work with US Army on Zika vaccine
French pharmaceuticals group Sanofi said Wednesday it would work with the US Army's Walter Reed Institute to develop a potential vaccine against the mosquito-borne Zika virus, linked to brain damage in newborns.
Jul 6, 2016
Grey zone: who will care for Thailand's elderly?
As he wheels his 77-year-old aunt away from Bangkok's first day centre for the elderly, Nakhon reflects on the familial duties that oblige him to juggle night-shift work and care for his ageing relative.
Jul 6, 2016
Medivation rejects 2nd Sanofi bid but keeps merger door open
US cancer drugmaker Medivation said Tuesday it agreed to share confidential data with Sanofi after rejecting a second, higher offer from the French company.
Jul 6, 2016
Global obesity estimates may miss more than half a billion worldwide
Standard methods for estimating obesity may grossly underestimate the burden of overweight worldwide—on the scale of hundreds of millions—according to a paper published in Obesity Reviews. Associate professors Daniel ...
Jul 6, 2016
