Archive: 09/12/2013
Prolonged viewing of Boston Marathon bombings media coverage tied to acute stress
Stepping away from the television, computer screen or smartphone in the aftermath of terrorist attacks or mass shootings may be beneficial to your mental health. That's the takeaway from a new study by UC Irvine researchers ...
Dec 9, 2013
Vitamin D impairs immune cell trafficking in mouse model of multiple sclerosis
In mice with a rodent form of multiple sclerosis (MS), vitamin D appears to block damage-causing immune cells from migrating to the central nervous system, offering a potential explanation for why the so-called "sunshine ...
Dec 9, 2013
Spanish hospital to trial new HIV treatment
Researchers at a Spanish hospital announced Monday they will start trials next year of a therapeutic vaccine for patients who already have HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
Dec 9, 2013
French court rules e-cigs fall under tobacco monopoly
A French commercial court ruled on Monday that e-cigarettes qualify as tobacco products and should only be sold by registered tobacconists.
Dec 9, 2013
Promising Alzheimer's drug trialled in a large EU study
An extensive European study is currently investigating whether a drug used to treat high blood pressure may also help patients with Alzheimer's disease. The EU is investing almost 6 million euros on the project, in which ...
Dec 9, 2013
Penicillin equally effective as 'big gun' antibiotics for treating less severe childhood pneumonia
Children hospitalized for pneumonia have similar outcomes, including length of stay and costs, regardless of whether they are treated with "big gun" antibiotics such as ceftriaxone or cefotaxime or more narrowly focused antibiotics ...
Dec 9, 2013
Breast cancer prognosis associated with oncometabolite accumulation
The metabolic profile of cancer cells can be used to develop therapies and identify biomarkers associated with cancer outcome. In this issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation Stefan Ambs and colleagues at the National ...
Dec 9, 2013