Archive: 14/01/2016
Turkmenistan takes cigarettes off shelves in anti-smoking campaign
Turkmenistan's authorities have forced shops to stop selling cigarettes, traders in Ashgabat said Thursday, after its president urged citizens to kick the habit.
Jan 14, 2016
Novel blood thinner found to be safe and effective in women
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is a staple of modern day medicine in which cardiologists place a stent in a blood vessel around the heart in order to restore blood flow in people with heart disease. Blood thinners ...
Jan 14, 2016
School shootings and street violence: How they're alike and different
The two types of youth gun violence couldn't be more different, but the ways to prevent them remain largely the same, according to a new report by some of America's top violence researchers.
Jan 14, 2016
Cholesterol levels affect our body's capacity to receive medicines
Researchers found that Fenofibrate, a drug used to reduce cholesterol levels in patients at risk of cardiovascular disease, is up to four times easier to deliver when the cholesterol concentration is at the levels of a healthy ...
Jan 14, 2016