Archive: 17/02/2016
Reporting of clinical trial results by top academic centers remains poor
Dissemination of clinical trial results by leading academic medical centres in the United States remains poor, despite ethical obligations - and sometimes statutory requirements - to publish findings and report results in ...
Feb 17, 2016
Microcephaly cases up 10% in Brazil amid Zika scare
Brazil on Wednesday reported a new total of 508 confirmed cases of microcephaly, the serious birth defect suspected of being linked to the Zika virus—a 10 percent jump in less than a week.
Feb 17, 2016
Starbucks, Costa promise action after British sugar report
Coffee chains Starbucks and Costa promised to come up with healthier drinks on Wednesday after a British campaign group found "dangerously" high sugar levels in some of their hot flavoured beverages.
Feb 17, 2016
Vaccine shows potential to protect the brain before a stroke
A type of vaccine previously studied to treat high blood pressure may have the potential to protect the brain when administered before a stroke, according to an animal study presented at the American Stroke Association's ...
Feb 17, 2016
Alcohol exposure before birth may later amplify neurological problems from stroke
Exposure to alcohol before birth might impair kidney blood flow in adulthood and heighten neurological problems caused by a stroke, according to an animal study presented at the American Stroke Association's International ...
Feb 17, 2016
Unraveling the gene-environment interaction
A special issue of the journal Child Development reports on studies that take important new steps in understanding how genes and the environment interact in shaping child behavior.
Feb 17, 2016
When your biological age is older than your chronological age, the risk of getting and dying of cancer rises
Epigenetic age is a new way to measure your biological age. When your biological (epigenetic) age is older than your chronological age, you are at increased risk for getting and dying of cancer, reports a new Northwestern ...
Feb 17, 2016