Archive: 10/10/2014
Office workers on the move to better health
Sixty Brisbane Telstra office workers are at the front line of a University of Queensland project that aims to combat the health risks that result from prolonged sitting.
Oct 10, 2014
Like the flu shot, message inoculation won't last forever
Just as influenza vaccines employ a weakened virus to stimulate the immune system and produce antibodies against the real thing during flu season, message inoculation – with a weakened form of the other side's argument ...
Oct 10, 2014
Ebola panic fears grow as Spanish nurse fights for life
A Madrid nurse infected with Ebola fought for her life Friday as authorities worldwide tightened screening of travellers and struggled to prevent public panic over the spread of west African contagion.
Oct 10, 2014
Researchers associate two oncogenes with the agressiveness and incidence of leukaemia in mice
Proteins regulating cell division determine tumour growth. Ongoing clinical trials are currently studying inhibitors for two of these proteins, Cdk4 and Cdk6, targeting several types of cancer, such as breast cancer, lung ...
Oct 10, 2014
Gist, not rational analysis, cuts risky behavior
Teaching adolescents to think more simply and categorically about risks helps them make healthier choices, finds a recently published, randomized experiment by Cornell psychologist Valerie Reyna. Her research shows that adolescents ...
Oct 10, 2014