Archive: 27/02/2018

Cannabis compound reduces seizures

About one third of patients treated for epilepsy continue to have seizures. Cannabidiol (CBD), one of the many active compounds in the cannabis (marijuana) plant, has gained attention as a treatment for epilepsy. Purified ...

Feb 27, 2018

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New evidence suggests nutritional labelling on menus may reduce our calorie intake

New evidence published in the Cochrane Library today shows that adding calorie labels to menus and next to food in restaurants, coffee shops and cafeterias, could reduce the calories that people consume, although the quality ...

Feb 27, 2018

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Setting guidelines for effective and ethical short-term medical missions

Short-term medical missions (STMMs) have been described variously as volunteer missions, internships, global health education, and medical brigades, and in the last two decades, there has been a surge in such undertakings. ...

Feb 27, 2018

Genetics researchers close in on schizophrenia

Researchers at the MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics at Cardiff University have discovered 50 new gene regions that increase the risk of developing schizophrenia. They have also used state-of-the-art information ...

Feb 27, 2018

Daffodils to fight against cancer

A study published in the scientific journal Structure (Cell Press) describes the anti-cancer effects of a natural alkaloid extracted from Daffodils. Led by Denis Lafontaine, affiliated with the Faculty of Sciences at the ...

Feb 27, 2018

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Study reveals why polymer stents failed

Many patients with heart disease have a metal stent implanted to keep their coronary artery open and prevent blood clotting that can lead to heart attacks. One drawback to these stents is that long-term use can eventually ...

Feb 27, 2018

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Exposure to common THM levels in drinking water not associated with breast cancer

Exposure to trihalomethanes (THMs) in residential water is not associated with an increased risk of breast cancer. This is the main conclusion of a new study by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal). Long-term ...

Feb 27, 2018