Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
As many as 200 sickened in Seattle tower norovirus outbreak
As many as 200 people have gotten sick in a norovirus outbreak at a downtown Seattle office building.
Dec 7, 2015
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Health
Do you think before you breathe? Survey finds broad misperceptions about impact of cleaner indoor air
Do you know how easy it is to improve the quality of the air you breathe every day? Or how much indoor air quality affects your health and productivity? If you're not sure, you're not alone. According to a recent survey by ...
Dec 7, 2015
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Cardiology
Ensuring defibrillators are accessible when heart attacks are most likely to happen
Walking through an office building on St. George Street, Engineering's Christopher Sun quickly spots a portable automated external defibrillator (AED) conveniently tucked near the side of the entrance.
Nov 11, 2015
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Music proves to be a real hit in dementia project
Creative activities, such as designing musical instruments, can improve the quality of life of people with dementia, according to researchers at Lancaster University.
Oct 22, 2015
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Health
Green public housing may reduce health risks from environmental pollutants
Low-income housing residents who live in "green" buildings that are built with eco-friendly materials and energy-efficient features appear to have fewer "sick building" symptoms (SBS) than residents of traditionally constructed ...
Oct 15, 2015
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Health
How a green building influences the health of its occupants
Green buildings are indeed healthy buildings. So says Dr. Joseph Allen and fellow researchers of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in the US. They conducted the first comprehensive review of studies that focused ...
Jul 9, 2015
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Neuroscience
After years of conflict, huge project could help scientists decipher the brain
They said it was crazy – and in truth the European Commission's billion-euro plan to build a computer model of the human brain appears to have been too ambitious. But after years of controversy and dispute, many neuroscientists ...
Jun 18, 2015
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HIV & AIDS
New strategy to halt HIV growth: Block its sugar and nutrient pipeline
HIV has a voracious sweet tooth, which turns out to be its Achilles' heel, reports a new study from Northwestern Medicine and Vanderbilt University.
May 28, 2015
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Medical research
Scientists look through the mirror to reveal the secrets of a new drug
Two objects that are the mirror-image of each other are perfectly identical objects except for their reversed geometry and, as a consequence, one can expect that they will function equally well. Nature offers many examples ...
May 5, 2015
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Genetics
The map of the body's proteins
Finished after 12 years' work: A pictorial atlas of the body's building blocks; proteins. A total of 13 million images have been collected into a searchable database in a collaboration which has involved institutions including ...
Apr 28, 2015
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