Archive: 11/11/2014
Researchers find promising therapeutic target for deadliest brain cancer
(Medical Xpress)—A multicenter team of researchers has identified an enzyme key to the survival and spread of glioblastoma cancer cells that is not present in healthy brain cells, making the enzyme a promising therapeutic ...
Nov 11, 2014
Portugal Legionnaire's outbreak 'major public health emergency': WHO (Update)
An outbreak of Legionnaire's disease in Portugal that has killed five people in less than a week constitutes a "major public health emergency", the World Health Organization warned Tuesday.
Nov 11, 2014
Liberia, Mali see crucial gains in Ebola fight (Update)
Liberia has announced a dramatic drop in new Ebola infections as Mali prepared to lift quarantine restrictions on dozens of people put at risk of exposure to the deadly virus.
Nov 11, 2014
Ten Indian women die, dozens sick after mass sterilisation (Update)
Ten women have died in India and dozens more are in hospital, some in a critical condition, after a state-run programme that pays women to undergo sterilisation went badly wrong, officials said Tuesday.
Nov 11, 2014
Guidelines limiting duration of overseas deployment prevent mental health problems in UK troops
Prolonged periods of deployment among the UK's armed forces have fallen since the introduction of the "Harmony Guidelines" to limit tours of overseas duty—which might have led to a reduction in mental health problems, new ...
Nov 11, 2014