Archive: 28/11/2013
Qatar reports three camel MERS infections
Qatar said on Thursday that three camels have been found infected with the MERS coronavirus, in the first case of animals contracting the SARS-like virus in the Gulf state.
Nov 28, 2013
Discovering Parkinson's cell mechanism
A new doctoral thesis from University of Stavanger suggests possible explanations of how a specific protein associated with Parkinson's disease (DJ-1) might be implicated in the onset of the disease.
Nov 28, 2013
Britain could have plain cigarette packets by 2015
Cigarettes could be sold in plain packets in Britain from 2015 after the government moved Thursday to revive a policy aimed at stopping young people from taking up smoking.
Nov 28, 2013
Prenatal exposure to alcohol disrupts brain circuitry
(Medical Xpress)—Prenatal exposure to alcohol severely disrupts major features of brain development that potentially lead to increased anxiety and poor motor function, conditions typical in humans with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum ...
Nov 28, 2013
Study of young parents highlights links among stress, poverty and ethnicity
(Medical Xpress)—An avalanche of chronic stress—driven by concerns ranging from parenting to discrimination —disproportionately affects poor mothers and fathers, according to the first results from a comprehensive multi-state ...
Nov 28, 2013