Archive: 13/11/2014

Cold-induced pain linked to the garlic and mustard receptor

Some people experience cold not only as feeling cold, but actually as a painful sensation. This applies even to fairly mild temperatures – anything below 20°C. A group of researchers from Lund University in Sweden have ...

Nov 13, 2014

Oxford to lead trial of experimental drug in Ebola patients

A clinical trial is to be carried out in West Africa to see whether a novel antiviral drug called brincidofovir is effective against Ebola, subject to regulatory approval.

Nov 13, 2014

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Preventing iPosture pain

Technology has its benefits but sometimes it can be a pain in the neck – literally. Health care professionals often use the terms "text neck" or "iPosture" to describe the position we take when using our electronic devices, ...

Nov 13, 2014

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Researchers getting closer to understanding why odors are so difficult to describe

(Medical Xpress)—Ask someone to describe something they are looking at, and they will offer words that have evolved to describe seen objects, but ask them to describe odors, and they will almost always use comparative words ...

Nov 13, 2014 report

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New treatment strategies in race against rapidly evolving 'bugs'

Evolution kills people. Andrew Read has been saying so for years. But he never actually saw it firsthand until he worked this summer in a hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Nov 13, 2014

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Liberia lifts Ebola state of emergency

Liberia lifted its state of emergency Thursday, announcing huge gains in the fight with Ebola as Africa pinned its hopes on trials for a "miracle drug" to be tested on patients in Guinea.

Nov 13, 2014