Archive: 18/10/2018

Physical activity lowers risk of death from heart disease

Frailty is a health condition that increases risks of poor health, falls, disability, and death in older adults. Signs of frailty include weakness, weight loss, slow walking speed, exhaustion, and low levels of activity. ...

Oct 18, 2018

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Researchers detail how middlemen suppliers can increase hospital bills and drug prices

Hospitals should be cautious of group purchasing organizations, or entities that act as middlemen between health care providers and manufacturers, says Martin Makary, M.D., M.P.H., a professor of surgery at the Johns Hopkins ...

Oct 18, 2018

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Novel DNA vaccine design offers broad protection against influenza-A H3N2

Researchers developed a novel DNA influenza vaccine based on four micro-consensus antigenic regions selected to represent the diversity of seasonal H3N2 viruses across decades. The DNA vaccine protected mice against a lethal ...

Oct 18, 2018

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Scientists uncover how rare gene mutation affects brain development and memory

Researchers from the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, have found that a rare gene mutation alters brain development in mice, impairing memory and disrupting the communication between nerve cells. They ...

Oct 18, 2018

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How the brain makes rapid, fine adjustments in motor activity

Short-term motor learning appears not to require physical change in the brain Brain's premotor cortex may use a 'neural scratch pad' to calculate fine adjustments Brain can try different things in simulation without 'screwing ...

Oct 18, 2018

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High stakes decision-making causes a little more cheating, a lot less charity

The age old adage of virtue being its own reward may not hold true in the corporate world—in fact, honourable acts could lead workers to behave more selfishly later on, new research has shown.

Oct 18, 2018

Communism continues to cause heavy drinking in Eastern European countries

Researchers from the School of Economics set out to establish to what extent living under communism, both in terms of the numbers of years spent under communist regimes and specifically during formative adult years of 18-25, ...

Oct 18, 2018

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Neo-colonial attitudes to security in war-torn nations out-of-date and unhelpful

Developed countries imposing their own Security Sector Reform (SSR) processes onto nations recovering from war often rely on entrenched colonial attitudes with no guarantee of success.

Oct 18, 2018

Medicating distress: Risky sedative prescriptions for older adults vary widely

Despite years of warnings that older adults shouldn't take sedative drugs that put them at risk of injury and death, a new study reveals how many primary care doctors are still prescribing them, how often, and exactly where.

Oct 18, 2018

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Scientists develop DNA molecule that may one day be used as 'vaccine' for prostate cancer

Researchers from City of Hope, a world-renowned comprehensive cancer center and independent biomedical research institution, have developed a synthetic DNA molecule that is programmed to jump-start the immune system to eradicate ...

Oct 18, 2018

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