Archive: 10/09/2014
A new way to look at diabetes and heart risk
People with diabetes who appear otherwise healthy may have a six-fold higher risk of developing heart failure regardless of their cholesterol levels, new Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health research suggests.
Sep 10, 2014
Cyberbullying increases as students age
As students' age they are verbally and physically bullied less but cyberbullied more, non-native English speakers are not bullied more often than native English speakers and bullying increases as students' transition from ...
Sep 10, 2014
Gates Foundation to spend $50M on Ebola response (Update)
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced Wednesday that it will spend $50 million—on top of $10 million already committed—to support emergency response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, marking the group's largest ...
Sep 10, 2014
SLeone expects to uncover hundreds of hidden Ebola cases: govt
Sierra Leone said on Wednesday it expected to uncover up to 20 percent more Ebola victims when it imposes a nationwide curfew to find the dead and sufferers who have yet to go to hospital.
Sep 10, 2014
Halving the risk of preterm birth for some twin pregnancies
International research involving the University of Adelaide has found that the risk of preterm birth could be halved for a specific group of "super high-risk" twin pregnancies.
Sep 10, 2014