Archive: 30/04/2014

Study uncovers how 'good cholesterol' levels may influence pregnancy

(Medical Xpress)—University at Albany epidemiologist Michael Bloom and three fellow researchers have released a study on how the "good cholesterol" may play a role within the ovarian follicle in pre-programming an egg for ...

Apr 30, 2014

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How a health care plan quickly lowered infant mortality

Few problems in developing countries are as gut-wrenching as high infant mortality—and yet it is a problem that has solutions. A policy change in Thailand's health care system has quickly led to significantly lower infant ...

Apr 30, 2014

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Researcher exploring how to best use music to help premature infants develop

(Medical Xpress)—Neonatal intensive care units are armed with ventilators and incubators to support a premature baby's early arrival into the world. But one University of Kansas researcher believes music can serve as another ...

Apr 30, 2014

Brain at rest yields clues to origins of mental illness

While at rest, multiple regions of the brain remain engaged in a highly heritable, stable pattern of activity called the default mode network.

Apr 30, 2014

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More study needed on interrogation techniques that measure brain waves

(Medical Xpress)—When police in Spain tried to locate two murder victims last year, they sought assistance on places to search from a tool that measured the brain activity of the convicted and confessed killers.

Apr 30, 2014

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Obesity linked with malnutrition and poverty

Being thin used to be linked with poverty while obesity was associated with affluence but now that has turned on its head, according to a University of Aberdeen study.

Apr 30, 2014

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A key to communication for locked-in syndrome patients

For the past seven years, one man receiving care from LifeStream, a Massachusetts-based human services organization, has only been able to communicate by blinking his eyes in response to yes-or-no questions. He has cognitive ...

Apr 30, 2014

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Mining data for the history of pharmaceutical development

(Medical Xpress)—Yale's Michael Kinch spent his spare time in the last year creating a massive database that encompasses the entire history of drug development in the United States. In a series of 20 articles scheduled ...

Apr 30, 2014

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Fruit and vegetables best protection for pancreas

(Medical Xpress)—A University of Auckland research team has found that people who eat both fruit and vegetables will have the best protection against common pancreatic diseases.

Apr 30, 2014

Key factor in neonatal zinc deficiency may impact lactation and breast cancer

(Medical Xpress)—It started when her son was just two months old with a diaper rash that would not go away. The blisters eventually spread across his body, including his face. He soon began to suffer from chronic ear infections, ...

Apr 30, 2014

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