Archive: 09/12/2014

Smoking still causes large proportion of cancer deaths in US

A new American Cancer Society study finds that despite significant drops in smoking rates, cigarettes continue to cause about three in ten cancer deaths in the United States. The study, appearing in the Annals of Epidemiology, ...

Dec 9, 2014

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Sports scientists piecing together jigsaw puzzle of muscle growth

ports scientists at the University of Stirling have created a blueprint to help piece together the puzzle of human muscle growth.

Dec 9, 2014

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Amputees found to shy away from prosthetics

Local researchers have predicted several points in time in which lower-limb amputees may stop using their prostheses after they are discharged from rehab.

Dec 9, 2014

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Liberians urged to travel last mile to beat Ebola

Liberia's president is urging her countrymen to travel the "very difficult last mile" to rid Ebola from the country, especially remote areas.

Dec 9, 2014

Scientists make breakthrough in understanding of rare blood cancer

A breakthrough in understanding of a rare form of blood cancer could lead to significant improvements in treatment for patients. Scientists from the University of Southampton announced their findings at a prestigious scientific ...

Dec 9, 2014

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New journal looks at significance of research on the Black Death

It was one of the most famous health issues in history. The Black Death spread from Asia throughout the Mediterranean, North Africa and Europe in the 14th century, and in just a decade it killed between 40 and 60 percent ...

Dec 9, 2014

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UK sees a fall in maternal deaths

Maternal deaths in the UK have dropped from 11 per 100,000 women giving birth in 2006–08 to 10 per 100,000 women giving birth in 2010–12, according to a report led by the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, University ...

Dec 9, 2014

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Long-term endurance training impacts muscle epigenetics

A new study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden shows that long-term endurance training in a stable way alters the epigenetic pattern in the human skeletal muscle. The research team behind the study, which is being published ...

Dec 9, 2014

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Scientists zeroing in on psychosis risk factors

During the first phase of a major national study, scientists have uncovered a new cluster of preclinical symptoms linked to a significant increase in the risk that a young person will go on to develop a psychotic illness, ...

Dec 9, 2014

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New drug therapy for elderly patients with acute myeloid leukemia

Seventy percent of elderly patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) who were treated with a combination of drugs aimed to make chemotherapy treatments effective and less toxic achieved remission or a slowing of disease ...

Dec 9, 2014

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