Archive: 17/06/2015
UB takes important steps toward understanding how animals make sense of the auditory world
Sit down with a friend in a quiet restaurant and begin talking, just before the dinner crowd's arrival. Business is slow at first, but picks up quickly, just like the sound level. Music plays, glasses clink, servers discuss ...
Jun 17, 2015
MGH physicians write of their experiences in Nepal earthquake relief
Two Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) physicians who participated in the international response to the major earthquakes that hit Nepal in April and May each describe their experiences in Perspectives articles receiving ...
Jun 17, 2015
Study of Ebola survivors opens in Liberia
The Liberia-U.S. clinical research partnership known as PREVAIL has launched a study of people in Liberia who have survived Ebola virus disease (EVD) within the past two years. The study investigators hope to better understand ...
Jun 17, 2015
New biomarkers might help personalize metastatic colorectal cancer treatment
Metastatic colorectal cancer patients tend to live longer when they respond to the first line of chemotherapy their doctors recommend. To better predict how patients will respond to chemotherapy drugs before they begin treatment, ...
Jun 17, 2015
Adult craze for human breast milk purchased online poses serious health risks
The recent craze for human breast milk amongst certain fitness communities, fetishists and chronic disease sufferers is ill advised say the authors of an editorial published today by the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. ...
Jun 17, 2015