Archive: 18/03/2015

Minimal device maximizes macula imaging

A smart and simple method developed at Rice University to image a patient's eye could help monitor eye health and spot signs of macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy, especially in developing nations.

Mar 18, 2015

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Predicted deaths of young women with breast cancer underestimated by a quarter

An online computer programme that helps to predict the most suitable treatment for breast cancer has been found to underestimate the number of women under 40 who will die from the disease by 25 per cent, according to a study ...

Mar 18, 2015

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Early recall rates decline after second round of lung cancer screening

The German Lung Cancer Screening Intervention Trial (LUSI) shows that the early repeat scan rate for suspicious findings decreased by more than 80% with the second and subsequent low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) screens, ...

Mar 18, 2015

Study sheds new light on asthma, COPD

In diseases such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the body produces too much mucus, making breathing difficult. New research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis provides clues ...

Mar 18, 2015

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Ease allergy symptoms without injections

It's been a winter to remember in the Tristate, complete with snow, ice and sub-zero temperatures. But with temperatures finally warming up, spring is in sight with challenges of its own: seasonal allergies.

Mar 18, 2015

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Video: A new bird flu threat?

A new strain of avian flu is causing concern among health officials because it exhibits different characteristics from other strains and may mutate further, causing a pandemic.

Mar 18, 2015

Childhood trauma linked to early psychosis later in life

Research showing that patients with early psychosis report high rates of childhood trauma has important implications for clinicians, a University of Queensland psychologist has found.

Mar 18, 2015

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Researcher explores decoding of complex neural circuits

A University of Wyoming faculty member is part of a research team that created a method, using laser, to better decode complex neural circuits in the brain—a process that eventually may help unlock the mysteries of epilepsy, ...

Mar 18, 2015

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Study links stress to chromosomal damage

A new wildlife preserve in India recently became a laboratory for Colorado State University researchers who studied not endangered animals but villagers displaced by the preserve. They found that such stress takes a measurable ...

Mar 18, 2015

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Pediatrician discusses when to keep kids home from school

For many reasons, a child being home from school while sick can be stressful. Parents worry about the severity of their child's illness and about the child missing school, all while trying to shuffle work schedules to be ...

Mar 18, 2015

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Archive: 18/03/2015

Minimal device maximizes macula imaging

Predicted deaths of young women with breast cancer underestimated by a quarter

Early recall rates decline after second round of lung cancer screening

Study sheds new light on asthma, COPD

Ease allergy symptoms without injections

Video: A new bird flu threat?

Childhood trauma linked to early psychosis later in life

Researcher explores decoding of complex neural circuits

Study links stress to chromosomal damage

Pediatrician discusses when to keep kids home from school

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