Social inequalities in salt consumption remain
People from low socio-economic positions in Britain still eat more salt than those from higher socio-economic positions, irrespective of where they live.
Aug 26, 2014
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Archive: 26/08/2014
E-cigarettes: growing, but fragmented $3 bn market
The World Health Organization took aim Tuesday at e-cigarettes, the increasingly popular, ostensibly safer tobacco substitute which WHO nevertheless says poses a serious threat to young people.
Aug 26, 2014
Team discovers fever's origin
Fever is a response to inflammation, and is triggered by an onset of the signaling substance prostaglandin. Researchers at Linköping University in Sweden can now see precisely where these substances are produced – a discovery ...
Aug 26, 2014
Drug for rare blood disorder developed at Penn receives orphan drug status from EU
A Penn Medicine-developed drug has received orphan status in Europe this week for the treatment of paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH), a rare, life-threatening disease that causes anemia due to destruction of red blood ...
Aug 26, 2014
Attacking a rare disease at its source with gene therapy
Treating the rare disease MPS I is a challenge. MPS I, caused by the deficiency of a key enzyme called IDUA, eventually leads to the abnormal accumulation of certain molecules and cell death.
Aug 26, 2014
EPO may help reduce risk of brain abnormalities in preterm infants
High-dose erythropoietin (EPO; a hormone) administered within 42 hours of birth to preterm infants was associated with a reduced risk of brain injury, as indicated by magnetic resonance imaging, according to a study in the ...
Aug 26, 2014
