A place to play: Researcher designs schoolyard for children with autism
A Kansas State University graduate student is creating a schoolyard that can become a therapeutic landscape for children with autism.
May 7, 2012
Archive: 07/05/2012
Gut flora affects maturation of B cells in infants
Infants whose gut is colonised by E. coli bacteria early in life have a higher number of memory B cells in their blood, reveals a study of infants carried out at the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
May 7, 2012
PSA screening to detect prostate cancer can be beneficial to younger and at-risk men: study
Screening younger men and men at risk of prostate cancer can be beneficial in reducing metastatic cancer and deaths and should not be abandoned, states an article published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
May 7, 2012
Overcoming a learning disability will make physician-in-training a better doctor
Overcoming a learning disability to become a physician will actually help in being compassionate toward patients, writes a medical student of his struggle with a severe reading disability in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association ...
May 7, 2012
Oral zinc may lessen common cold symptoms but adverse effects are common
Oral zinc treatments may shorten the duration of symptoms of the common cold in adults, although adverse effects are common, according to a study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
May 7, 2012
Happiness model developed by MU researcher could help people go from good to great
The sayings "variety is the spice of life" and "happiness isn't getting what you want, but wanting what you get" seem to have a psychological basis, according to a new study by an MU psychologist who identified two keys to ...
May 7, 2012
Keeping obesity rates level could save nearly $550 billion over two decades
Researchers have forecast the cost savings and rise in obesity prevalence over the next two decades in a new public health study.
May 7, 2012
Study shows school-based health centers boost vaccination rates
New research from the University of Colorado School of Medicine shows that school-based health centers are highly effective in delivering comprehensive care, especially vaccines to adolescents.
May 7, 2012
Pneumococcal disease: More cases but fewer deaths
The vaccine given to children to immunise against serious pneumococcal disease does not offer full protection, reveals research from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, finding that the number ...
May 7, 2012
