Archive: 22/07/2016
AIDS summit ends with call for more funding (Update)
The International Aids Conference in South Africa wrapped up Friday with calls for increased funding as the search for a cure continues and with HIV infections running at around 2.5 million a year.
Jul 22, 2016
Experimental treatments seek to stem rising tide of food allergies
For Amy Schwabe and her daughter, Alex, candy can be scary.
Jul 22, 2016
Bone health as you age
Dear Mayo Clinic: Should all postmenopausal women take calcium supplements to prevent osteoporosis, or are there other things I can do to prevent it? Also, I know caffeine is bad for bone health, but can eating a high-protein ...
Jul 22, 2016
Suicide rate for people with epilepsy exceeds levels in general population
Researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control studied the prevalence of suicide among people with epilepsy compared to the population overall and estimated that the ...
Jul 22, 2016
Two in China receive kidney transplants, contract rabies and die
Two men in China died of rabies after receiving kidney transplants from an infected donor, according to Chinese medical researchers.
Jul 22, 2016
Technology offers hope for end of animal testing
Hoping to make the lab rat a thing of the past, scientists at Lawrence Livermore Lab are testing technology that replicates vital human tissues on microchips.
Jul 22, 2016