Archive: 18/07/2013
Pro athletes can resume careers after cervical spine fusion surgery, reports Neurosurgery
Most professional athletes are able to return to competition within a year after vertebral fusion surgery on the upper (cervical) spine, reports a study in the July issue of Neurosurgery, official journal of the Congress ...
Jul 18, 2013
Researchers report a complete description of gene expression in the human retina
Investigators at Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Harvard Medical School have published the most thorough description of gene expression in the human retina reported to date. In a study published today in the journal BMC Genomics, ...
Jul 18, 2013
Obesity and asthma: Study finds a link in the genes
(Medical Xpress)—Genes linked to chronic inflammation in asthma may be more active in people who are obese, according to new research that uncovers several biological ties between obesity and asthma.
Jul 18, 2013
Research leads to successful restoration of hearing and balance
The sounds of success are ringing at Kansas State University through a research project that has potential to treat human deafness and loss of balance.
Jul 18, 2013
Six more cases of MERS virus confirmed: WHO
Six more people, most of them health care workers, have contracted the deadly MERS virus in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, the World Health Organization said Thursday.
Jul 18, 2013
Cellular channels vital for hearing identified
Ending a 30-year search by scientists, researchers at Boston Children's Hospital have identified two proteins in the inner ear that are critical for hearing, which, when damaged by genetic mutations, cause a form of delayed, ...
Jul 18, 2013