The researchers show that, the protein fragment, called “pHLIP” (pH (Low) Insertion Peptide) can be injected into the abdomen of a mouse, find its way into the…
The device, nicknamed SPARKy, short for Spring Ankle with Regenerative Kinetics, will be a first-of-its-kind smart, active and energy-storing transtibial…
The amount of tungsten in tree rings from Fallon quadrupled between 1990 and 2002, whereas the amount in tree rings from nearby towns remained the same,…
Nearly 18,000 Swedes undergo surgery for a fractured hip each year. Nearly all of these are elderly women.”A fractured hip is a disability, it causes pain, it…
The aims of this review were to survey the available literature on residual symptoms of depression, to introduce new targets for therapy and to outline a more…
“Our study is important because it shows that magnesium wasting will occur in all patients…[Previously,] hypomagnesaemia was thought to be restricted to an…
Endorsed by Patient Information Groups across Europe, the leaflets are already in English, and are currently being translated into Polish, Romanian and…
Alcohol is responsible for up to 25% of all hospital admissions and up to 70% of attendances at A&E. Nearly six million adults in the UK engage in binge…
GSK has received a £4 million award from the Trust to accelerate development of compounds for the treatment of Gram-negative bacteria which are becoming…
The Stanford group was one of the five sites that helped determine that the genetic test can identify patients who are at high risk of developing cirrhosis…
It was during a weekend in May 2006 that an 18-year-old girl was rushed to the emergency department of a London (UK) hospital, having collapsed in a nightclub…
The impact of risk management standards on the frequency of MRSA infections in NHS hospitals study looked at how demanding risk management standards imposed by…
But the new drug has fewer side effects, claims an article published Online and in an upcoming edition of The Lancet.Infections caused by Candida fungi have…
PFOS and PFOA are polyfluoroalkyl compounds (PFCs)—ubiquitous man-made chemicals used in a variety of consumer products, including as a protective coating on…
A group of 60 children of varying weights, aged between nine and eleven years was shown a series of both food television adverts and toy adverts, followed by a…
Three new studies explore the role of genes, obesity and alcohol consumption in contributing to – or lessening – the intensity and frequency of hot flashes in…
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