Archive: 20/10/2015
China suffers 250,000 road deaths a year: WHO
More than 250,000 people are killed on China's notoriously dangerous roads every year, the World Health Organization (WHO) said—over four times official government statistics.
Oct 20, 2015
First mouse model of spontaneous depression-like episodes shows new candidate brain region
Scientists from the RIKEN Brain Science Institute have shown that a mouse strain with a mutation that leads to dysfunction of mitochondria—the "powerhouses" that provide energy to cells—spontaneously undergo periodic ...
Oct 20, 2015
First Fukushima worker diagnosed with radiation-linked cancer: Japan official
A former Fukushima nuclear plant worker has been diagnosed with radiation-linked cancer, Japanese officials said Tuesday, and an expert said the first confirmed case since the 2011 accident could be just the "tip of the iceberg".
Oct 20, 2015
Team-based treatment is better for first episode psychosis
New research shows that treating people with first episode psychosis with a team-based, coordinated specialty care approach produces better clinical and functional outcomes than typical community care. Investigators also ...
Oct 20, 2015
MRI shows heart ages differently in women than in men
The main pumping chamber of the heart ages differently in men and women, according to a new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study published online in the journal Radiology. Researchers said the findings may support different ...
Oct 20, 2015