Shakespeare and cancer diagnoses: how bard can it be?
Shakespeare's plays and cancer: two seemingly unrelated topics with an underlying common thread.
Jul 24, 2013
Archive: 24/07/2013
Zambia halts beef imports
Zambia's largest beef company, Zambeef said Wednesday it has stopped importing beef products from Europe after they tested positive for a cancer causing chemical.
Jul 24, 2013
Trust in physician eases talks about medical expenses
Strong relationships with physicians, particularly those that are long standing, are likely to increase patients' openness to talk about health care costs when decisions are being made about their treatment options. According ...
Jul 24, 2013
Low radon concentrations accurately measurable for the first time
You can't see it, you can't smell it, you can't taste it – but at high doses, it can be lethal: the natural radioactive noble gas radon occurs especially in places where the subsoil consists of granite. It can, however, ...
Jul 24, 2013
Bacterial blockade: Research explains how gut microbes can inactivate cardiac drugs
For decades, doctors have understood that microbes in the human gut can influence how certain drugs work in the body—by either activating or inactivating specific compounds—but questions have remained about exactly how ...
Jul 24, 2013
Study finds lack of sleep contributes to prejudice and stereotyping
Does sleepiness make one more likely to be prejudiced or to engage in stereotyping? In a recent study, Assistant Professor Sonia Ghumman from the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa Shidler College of Business found that individuals ...
Jul 24, 2013
New drug may protect the heart during ischemia
Research from three Yale laboratories—in the fields of immunobiology, chemistry, and cardiology—could lead to new drugs to reduce complications during cardiac surgery or heart attacks. If they pan out in human trials, ...
Jul 24, 2013
