Archive: 09/07/2012
Cuba scrambles to fight rare cholera outbreak
(AP) Authorities in eastern Cuba are in full prevention mode to contain a rare cholera outbreak amid fears that it may have spread to the capital, distributing chlorine and water purification drops and quarantining ...
Jul 9, 2012
Hormone curbs depressive-like symptoms in stressed mice
A hormone with anti-diabetic properties also reduces depression-like symptoms in mice, researchers from the School of Medicine at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio reported today.
Jul 9, 2012
Regulation by proteins outside cancer cells points to potential new drug target
Protein interactions outside breast cancer cells can send signals to the cancer cells to permanently stop proliferating, a new study showed in the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio.
Jul 9, 2012
New silk technology stabilizes vaccine and antibiotics so refrigeration is not needed
Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have developed a new silk-based stabilizer that, in the laboratory, kept some vaccines and antibiotics stable up to temperatures of 140 degrees Fahrenheit. This provides ...
Jul 9, 2012
Investing in karma by doing good deeds
applying for jobs, waiting for medical test results there comes a point when you just have to sit back and hope for the best. But that doesn't mean we always behave that way. New research published in Psychological ...
Jul 9, 2012
Rating films with smoking 'R' will cut smoking onset by teens
New research from Norris Cotton Cancer Center estimates, for the first time, the impact of an R rating for movie smoking. James Sargent, MD, co-director of the Cancer Control Research Program at Norris Cotton Cancer Center, ...
Jul 9, 2012
Recession's bite: Nearly 4 million Californians struggled to put food on table during downturn
An estimated 3.8 million California adults particularly those in households with children, as well as low-income Latinos could not afford to put adequate food on the table during the recent recession, according ...
Jul 9, 2012