Archive: 19/07/2013
Haste and waste on neuronal pathways
Researchers of the Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering of ETH Zurich were able to measure the speed of neuronal signal conduction along segments of single axons in neuronal cultures by using a high-resolution ...
Jul 19, 2013
A constitutional right to health care
Uruguay has it. So does Latvia, and Senegal. In fact, more than half of the world's countries have some degree of a guaranteed, specific right to public health and medical care for their citizens written into their national ...
Jul 19, 2013
Thyroid cancer risk for 2,000 Fukushima workers: TEPCO
Around 2,000 people who have worked at Japan's wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant face a heightened risk of thyroid cancer, its operator said Friday.
Jul 19, 2013
UAE identifies 4 new cases of SARS-like virus
(AP)—Health authorities in the United Arab Emirates have identified four new cases of a respiratory virus related to SARS whose main concentration has been in neighboring Saudi Arabia.
Jul 19, 2013
The hair of the dog
A surprisingly large number of dogs suffer from hyperadrenocorticism. The symptoms are caused by excessive amounts of hormones – glucocorticoids – in the body. Unfortunately, though, diagnosis of the disease is complicated ...
Jul 19, 2013
Blacks and Latinos seek mental health care less often
Blacks and Latinos receive less adequate mental health care than Whites, finds a new study in Health Services Research.
Jul 19, 2013