Archive: 18/02/2016

If general practice fails, the whole NHS fails, argue healthcare experts

The current focus on financial crises in hospitals diverts attention from the crisis in general practice, argue Professor Martin Roland from the University of Cambridge and GP Sir Sam Everington in an editorial published ...

Feb 18, 2016

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Breakthrough leads to a potential drug for a rare disease for a treatment for primary mitochondrial myopathy

A drug candidate discovered by Peter W. Schiller, Director of the Chemical Biology and Peptide Research unit at the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal (IRCM) and Research Professor in the Department of Pharmacology ...

Feb 18, 2016

Prescription sleep medicine linked to motor vehicle collisions in older adults and women

A recent study by University of Alabama at Birmingham student assistant John Booth, III, and UAB Department of Epidemiology Professor and Vice Chair Gerald McGwin, Ph.D., published in Sleep Medicine linked the use of prescription ...

Feb 18, 2016

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Light-to-moderate drinking good for your heart, researchers say

People who drink wine, liquor or beer regularly are less prone to heart failure and heart attacks than those who rarely or never drink. Three to five drinks a week can be good for your heart.

Feb 18, 2016

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Providing psychiatric treatment in the young person's own environment leads to better results than conventional care

Young people with mental problems – especially those with psychotic-like symptoms – should receive help as early as possible and in their own environment. This was the conclusion of a joint study of the University of ...

Feb 18, 2016

Controlling the transmission of Zika and other mosquitoe-borne diseases by using genetically engineered mosquitoes

In the past few weeks, Zika virus infection has become headline news and on February 1st, it was declared as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by the World Health Organisation, this was due primarily due ...

Feb 18, 2016

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What's love got to do with it? Drinking, smoking and teen romance

Research published in the International Journal of Adolescence and Youth has examined whether the desire for romance leads to increased substance alcohol or tobacco use in adolescents. Wura Jacobs, Kwon Chan Jeon, Patricia ...

Feb 18, 2016

Why do women go through menopause? Science offers new solution to old puzzle

Passing on our genes to the next generation is the key process in evolution that happens through natural selection. So why do women suddenly stop having periods when they have at least a third of their lives left to live? ...

Feb 18, 2016

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Hair sampling shows unintended 'bath salt' use

Ecstasy—or MDMA, the active chemical ingredient—is one of the most prevalent party drugs; it is estimated to be used by at least one out of ten young adults in the United States.

Feb 18, 2016

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New invention set to protect hamstrings around the world

A new invention being manufactured in Brisbane by a QUT spin-off company is set to change the face of elite sports science and save professional sports clubs hundreds of millions of dollars in lost player time in the process.

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Archive: 18/02/2016

If general practice fails, the whole NHS fails, argue healthcare experts

Breakthrough leads to a potential drug for a rare disease for a treatment for primary mitochondrial myopathy

Prescription sleep medicine linked to motor vehicle collisions in older adults and women

Light-to-moderate drinking good for your heart, researchers say

Providing psychiatric treatment in the young person's own environment leads to better results than conventional care

Controlling the transmission of Zika and other mosquitoe-borne diseases by using genetically engineered mosquitoes

What's love got to do with it? Drinking, smoking and teen romance

Why do women go through menopause? Science offers new solution to old puzzle

Hair sampling shows unintended 'bath salt' use

New invention set to protect hamstrings around the world

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