Archive: 28/07/2014
Internet search engines as both an aid and a danger for people at risk of suicide
If someone is thinking about suicide, the Internet often serves as a source of information. The dangerous thing about this is that content containing harmful information that can potentially encourage suicide ranks higher ...
Jul 28, 2014
Researchers find new fertility drug to be more effective than one used for past 40 years
A fertility drug used for more than four decades could soon be replaced with another drug that is 30 percent more effective in helping women become pregnant, according to a study with University of Florida ties.
Jul 28, 2014
Yellow fever epidemic presents 200-year-old lesson in crisis management
Among natural and man-made disasters, there is perhaps nothing more baffling and terrifying than an infectious disease outbreak. In 1793, a yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia killed about 5,000 people and altered the course ...
Jul 28, 2014
Global impact of the Ebola outbreak
The Ebola virus has been spreading in West Africa since March, but the current outbreak over the past few weeks has reached new heights and elevated the crisis. More than 650 people have died, and in recent days it was learned ...
Jul 28, 2014
Simple test helps doctors catch more concussions on the field
On the football field, sometimes the signs of a concussion are subtle. A player may have taken a tough hit but isn't showing symptoms yet, and either doesn't notice anything is wrong or won't report it for fear of being taken ...
Jul 28, 2014
Researchers find one third of cancer patients are killed by a 'fat-burning' process related to obesity
Most cancer researchers are working on the biology of the tumour. However, Michele Petruzzelli, a member of Erwin Wagner's group at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), has been looking for ways to attack the ...
Jul 28, 2014
S.Korea detects second foot-and-mouth case
South Korea on Monday reported its second case of foot-and-mouth disease in less than a week, triggering fearful memories of a devastating 2011 outbreak that forced the culling of millions of livestock.
Jul 28, 2014