Archive: 25/09/2013
Heart health danger highlighted as global survey finds one in four people report not knowing how much they walk each day
More than a quarter of people who took part in a new multi-country survey said they did not know how much time they spent briskly walking at a speed faster than normal. As the World Health Organization reports that global ...
Sep 25, 2013
Cancer cells propagated from early prostate cancer
A team of cancer researchers at the University of California, San Diego has identified the existence of precursor cells in early prostate cancers. These cells are resistant to androgen-deprivation therapy, and may drive the ...
Sep 25, 2013
Michigan's Medicaid expansion: A model for pragmatic, bipartisan health reform?
Michigan's newly expanded Medicaid program could act as a model for other states to achieve bipartisan health care reform even in a heated national political climate, says the head of the University of Michigan's health policy ...
Sep 25, 2013
Novel drug prevents common viral disease in stem-cell transplant patients, study finds
A new drug can often prevent a common, sometimes severe viral disease in patients receiving a transplant of donated blood-making stem cells, a clinical trial led by researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham ...
Sep 25, 2013
New mechanism for protein misfolding may link to ALS
Proteins play important roles in the human body, particularly neuroproteins that maintain proper brain function.
Sep 25, 2013
Restricting antibiotics could be key to fighting 'superbug'
New ways are needed to fight the infection Clostridium difficile and better use of antibiotics could be key, according to the authors of ground-breaking research.
Sep 25, 2013