Archive: 21/01/2014

New study investigates 'sunshine' and the immune system

Aberdeen researchers are launching a new study to test two methods that may counter possible health risks of not getting enough exposure to the sun during the winter months.

Jan 21, 2014

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Nutrition researchers create eating plan for the Prairies

Two nutrition researchers at the University of Alberta are making it easy for people living in the Prairies to eat a heart-healthy diet using foods that are local and affordable.

Jan 21, 2014

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Novel nanotherapy breakthrough may help reduce recurrent heart attacks and stroke

(Medical Xpress)—Up to 30 percent of heart attack patients suffer a new heart attack because cardiologists are unable to control inflammation inside heart arteries—the process that leads to clots rupturing and causing ...

Jan 21, 2014

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Main intestinal disease bacteria to be sequenced

The University of Liverpool is to decipher the genomes of the UK's main bacterial cause of food poisoning which results in over 21,000 hospital admissions and 100 deaths each year.

Jan 21, 2014

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Athletes can beat the heat, even during an Australian summer

Two of Australia's biggest international sporting events kicked off last week – the Australian Open in Melbourne and the Tour Down Under in Adelaide – coinciding with a heatwave over southeast Australia, where temperatures ...

Jan 21, 2014

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Facebook: The new self-help

(Medical Xpress)—Writing on Facebook isn't merely the act of a narcissist - in fact, it's based on an age-old practice that helps people understand and improve themselves, a QUT media researcher said.

Jan 21, 2014

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Study shows changing sleeping patterns can alter gene expression cycles

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at the University of Surrey in the U.K. have found that drastically altered sleep schedules (such as switching to working a night shift) can dramatically impact gene expression rhythm. In their ...

Jan 21, 2014 report

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Longer screening intervals possible with HPV-based tests

A new study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden finds that testing for human papilloma virus (HPV) allows for longer time between screening tests when compared to cytology-based testing. The study is published in the scientific ...

Jan 21, 2014

The brain's RAM: Rats, like humans, have "working memory"

Thousands of times a day, the brain stores sensory information for very short periods of time in a working memory, to be able to use it later. A research study carried out with the collaboration of SISSA has shown, for the ...

Jan 21, 2014

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Drugs linked to poor outcomes in older people with Alzheimer's disease

(Medical Xpress)—Exposure to high-risk drug classes is associated with higher rates of hospitalisation and mortality in older people with Alzheimer's disease, research by the University of Sydney has found.

Jan 21, 2014

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