Archive: 28/06/2014

High-birth Niger strives to lower maternal mortality

With the world's highest birth rate in a country where first-time mothers are often barely past puberty, having a baby in impoverished Niger can be tantamount to a death sentence.

Jun 28, 2014

Herpes virus infection drives HIV infection among non-injecting drug users in New York

HIV and its transmission has long been associated with injecting drug use, where hypodermic syringes are used to administer illicit drugs. Now, a newly reported study by researchers affiliated with New York University's Center ...

Jun 28, 2014

Potential Alzheimer's drug prevents abnormal blood clots in the brain

Without a steady supply of blood, neurons can't work. That's why one of the culprits behind Alzheimer's disease is believed to be the persistent blood clots that often form in the brains of Alzheimer's patients, contributing ...

Jun 28, 2014

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Research gives unprecedented 3-D view of important brain receptor

Researchers with Oregon Health & Science University's Vollum Institute have given science a new and unprecedented 3-D view of one of the most important receptors in the brain—a receptor that allows us to learn and remember, ...

Jun 28, 2014

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