Archive: 11/06/2013
Hearing loss clue uncovered
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers from the Department of Otolaryngology at the University of Melbourne and the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Monash University have discovered how hearing loss in humans ...
Jun 11, 2013
Professor finds increased job burnout among TV journalists
(Medical Xpress)—The media landscape has changed drastically in recent years, but despite increased hiring and revenue, those changes often result in increased and premature burnout among those working in the field.
Jun 11, 2013
Asian cinema reignites smoking in movies debate
A University of Adelaide expert says that while the war against smoking in Hollywood movies has been largely won, Asian cinema represents the next major battleground for anti-smoking and anti-cancer groups.
Jun 11, 2013
Posttraumatic stress disorder treatment: Genetic predictor of response to exposure therapy
There is growing evidence that a gene variant that reduces the plasticity of the nervous system also modulates responses to treatments for mood and anxiety disorders. In this case, patients with posttraumatic stress disorder, ...
Jun 11, 2013
Hope for spinal cord injuries: Coaxing damaged nerve cells to grow, send messages to the brain again
"An ailment not to be treated," read the prescription for a spinal cord injury on an Egyptian papyrus in 1,700 B.C. Not much has changed in the intervening millennia. Despite decades of research, modern medicine has made ...
Jun 11, 2013
Dengue fever surges in Singapore; 9,000 sickened
Singapore is telling doctors to be more vigilant against dengue fever as the mosquito-borne disease surges this year.
Jun 11, 2013
One-third of students' diets affected by lack of funds
(Medical Xpress)—More than a third of university students say their diets have been affected by a lack of funds, according to the results of a new Massey University/Westpac survey.
Jun 11, 2013