Long a niche, street medicine for homeless heads mainstream
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Archive: 10/03/2016
California lawmakers near vote on raising smoking age to 21
California's Senate is poised to vote on a sweeping package of anti-smoking measures_including raising the smoking age to 21— as lawmakers try to crack down on tobacco use and the health problems that flow from it.
Mar 10, 2016
Low cost, 25 min TB-test could help reduce tuberculosis death rate among patients with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa
A low cost, easy to use, urine test to diagnose tuberculosis (TB) among patients with HIV could help reduce the TB death rate of HIV-positive patients in hospital, according to a new study published in The Lancet today.
Mar 10, 2016
'Dose-dense' chemo for premenopausal breast cancer patients improves survival
Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Premenopausal women with breast cancer have a better chance of survival if they are given cycles of adjuvant chemotherapy closer together, every two weeks rather than every three weeks. Furthermore, ...
Mar 10, 2016
Study identifies new type of protein clump that may be implicated in ALS
A new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) suggests that cells construct protein "clumps" to protect against neurodegenerative diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a.k.a. ALS or Lou ...
Mar 10, 2016
Children born prematurely are disadvantaged at school and into adulthood but delaying school entry may not be the answer
Children born before 34 weeks gestation have poorer reading and maths skills than those born at full term, and the difficulties they experience at school continue to have effects into adulthood: by the age of 42, adults who ...
Mar 10, 2016
Gene may worsen cancer outcome by speeding metabolism of drugs
Some patients with breast cancer, lung cancer and leukaemia seem to fare poorly after treatment because of the effects of a particular gene, a new study finds.
Mar 10, 2016
