Archive: 13/11/2015

Rare facial paralysis gives researchers new insights into social interaction

Persons with facial paralysis or permanently disfigured faces often experience difficulties in their social interactions because they lack facial expressivity. A study of teenagers with the rare facial paralysis known as ...

Nov 13, 2015

Type 1 diabetes: an unrelenting disease

(HealthDay)— Although more than one million Americans have type 1 diabetes, most people don't understand the toll it can take on daily living.

Nov 13, 2015

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Arm artery access safer for angioplasty, review finds

(HealthDay)—For patients experiencing heart attacks or severe chest pain, it is safer to access blocked vessels through an arm artery rather than a groin artery, a new analysis finds.

Nov 13, 2015

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College students go online to learn about sex

Chances are that by the time you enter college in the United States, the closest thing you've had to reproductive education was watching an uncomfortable video in health class, maybe even before you went through puberty. ...

Nov 13, 2015

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PCI may not improve survival for some heart disease patients

(HealthDay)—Patients with stable ischemic heart disease who undergo percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) fare no better than those treated with medication and lifestyle changes alone, according to a report published ...

Nov 13, 2015

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Cannabis-derived drugs to target diabetic kidney failure

New substances derived from cannabis are being used to tackle kidney failure caused by diabetes, as part of a new research project led by the University of Aberdeen.

Nov 13, 2015

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Goal of new produce safety rules: prevent illness outbreaks

New produce safety rules from the government Friday are intended to help prevent the kind of large-scale outbreaks of foodborne illness that occurred over the past decade linked to fresh spinach, cantaloupes, cucumbers and ...

Nov 13, 2015

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'You can always look better' – On norms and ideals in dental care

The dental care industry spends a lot of time on supporting young people as they get through their often long and difficult orthodontic treatment, often financed by the government dental care system, despite it being for ...

Nov 13, 2015