Vaping illness death count surpasses 50 in US The death toll in the vaping illness outbreak has topped 50, U.S. health officials said Thursday. Dec 12, 2019 0 0
Can you change your personality? Scientists say 'maybe' It has long been believed that people can't change their personalities, which are largely stable and inherited. But a review of recent research in personality science points to the possibility that personality traits can ... Dec 12, 2019 0 313
New drugs more likely to be approved if backed up by genetics A new drug candidate is more likely to be approved for use if it targets a gene known to be linked to the disease; a finding that can help pharmaceutical companies to focus their drug development efforts. Emily King and colleagues ... Dec 12, 2019 0 14
Running away from exercise: The curious case of migraine A recent study published in the journal Cephalalgia, the official journal of the International Headache Society, highlights an overlooked relationship between migraine and exercise. The study, entitled "Anxiety sensitivity ... Dec 12, 2019 0 14
Women and men face gender-related challenges in treatment for neglected tropical diseases Around the world, women and girls suffer a greater burden of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) compared to men. Now, through a series of focus groups and interviews, researchers reporting in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases ... Dec 12, 2019 0 12
Knee-jerk vaping bans will fail public health, experts argue Bans and other policies restricting e-cigarette sales could do more public harm than good, according to a group of public-health, tobacco-policy and ethics experts. Dec 12, 2019 2 53
Insight into the neglected tropical disease sleeping sickness Lancaster University researchers have shed light on how the parasite which causes sleeping sickness multiples inside its host. Dec 12, 2019 0 7
For controlling tsetse flies, fabric color matters Tsetse flies infest an estimated 10 million square kilometers of sub-Saharan Africa and their bites transmit trypanosome parasites that cause disease in humans and in animals. This week in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, ... Dec 12, 2019 0 30
Study pinpoints new drug targets to treat Nipah virus Nipah virus, which is transmitted to humans from bats and pigs, has a high mortality rate and there are no licensed drugs against it. Now, researchers have used information on the structure of the Nipah virus to identified ... Dec 12, 2019 0 88
Survival worse for nonwhite children with Hodgkin lymphoma (HealthDay)—Among children with Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) enrolled in phase III trials, nonwhite patients have an increased risk for death, according to a study published in the Nov. 10 issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Dec 12, 2019 0 3
