Archive: 09/10/2014

Coastal living boosts physical activity

People who live close to the coast are more likely to meet physical activity guidelines than inland dwellers, finds a new study released today.

Oct 9, 2014

Intracranial stents: More strokes than with drug treatment alone

The risk of having another stroke is higher if patients, after dilation of their blood vessels in the brain, not only receive clot-inhibiting drugs, but also have small tubes called stents inserted. However, studies have ...

Oct 9, 2014

Researchers to build wearable interface to make prosthetics more comfortable

UT Arlington researchers have been awarded a $744,300 grant from the Department of Defense Peer Reviewed Orthapaedic Research Program to create an adaptive interface that fits between a prosthetic and a patient's limb so ...

Oct 9, 2014

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Discovery may lead to lower doses of chemotherapy

No matter what type of chemotherapy you attack a tumor with, many cancer cells resort to the same survival tactic: They start eating themselves.

Oct 9, 2014

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Research finding: Morning exercise beneficial to students

Many school-age children happily engage in traditional physical games such as tag and "sharks and minnows" that allow them to run around with friends and schoolmates, blow off a little steam, take turns being "it," and have ...

Oct 9, 2014

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Low fat diet sees heart disease rates drop

New Zealanders have never been healthier in terms of heart disease with death rates plummeting since the 1960s, according to cardiac epidemiologist, Professor Rod Jackson.

Oct 9, 2014

Text message service aids malaria care

A mobile phone text message reminder service has proved to be a successful way of ensuring health workers stick to new protocols for malaria in Papua New Guinea.

Oct 9, 2014