Archive: 25/11/2014
Researcher examines effect of marital strain on caregivers
Caring for a chronically ill family member can impact the caregiver's physical, biological and mental health, according to assistant professor SunWoo Kang of the South Dakota State University counseling and human development ...
Nov 25, 2014
Diabetes and Thanksgiving can live in harmony
As you may know, November is National Diabetes Month. If you, a loved one, or a Thanksgiving guest have diabetes or prediabetes, this column is dedicated to you, as you may be wondering how to enjoy one of the most food-laden ...
Nov 25, 2014
Researchers identify protein key to the development of blood stem cells
Led by Dr. Hanna Mikkola, a member of the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research, UCLA scientists have discovered a protein that is integral to the self-replication of hematopoietic stem ...
Nov 25, 2014
Coordinated emergency response speeds care to heart attack patients
An ambitious, coordinated emergency response effort modeled after a program that began at Duke Medicine to speed up heart attack care has now been applied to more than 23,000 patients in regions across the United States – ...
Nov 25, 2014
Providing simple neural signals to brain implants could stand in for body's own feedback system
In new research that brings natural movement by artificial limbs closer to reality, UC San Francisco scientists have shown that monkeys can learn simple brain-stimulation patterns that represent their hand and arm position, ...
Nov 25, 2014