Archive: 17/01/2017
Malaria drug successfully treats 26-year-old brain cancer patient
After her brain cancer became resistant to chemotherapy and then to targeted treatments, 26-year-old Lisa Rosendahl's doctors gave her only a few months to live. Now a paper published January 17 in the journal eLife describes ...
Jan 17, 2017
Iceland knows how to stop teen substance abuse but the rest of the world isn't listening
It's a little before three on a sunny Friday afternoon and Laugardalur Park, near central Reykjavik, looks practically deserted. There's an occasional adult with a pushchair, but the park's surrounded by apartment blocks ...
Jan 17, 2017
Hip fractures may have both short and long-term effects on survival in elderly individuals
A new analysis of numerous studies indicates that men and women aged 60 years and older who have experienced a hip fracture are at increased risk of dying not only in the short term after the fracture, but also a number of ...
Jan 17, 2017
Saudi emergency after mass food poisoning
Saudi authorities blamed a small-town restaurant for a food poisoning outbreak that struck at least 150 people and sparked a declaration of a health emergency, media said on Tuesday.
Jan 17, 2017