Sudan is the largest country in Africa and one of the poorest in the world. The southern region of the country is very remote and was devastated by a civil war…
As people embark on the festive season’s usual round of drinking they should spare a thought for the damage they are doing to their brains. In particular, new…
Encouraged by the effect of ranibuzumab in people with macular degeneration, the Hopkins researchers injected the drug into the eyes of 10 people losing their…
People with heart failure tend to think that they should avoid physical efforts, in order to prevent the worsening of the already compromised cardiac…
Resveratrol is a phenolic derivative found in certain plants, peanuts and in the skin of black grapes. It is found in significant quantities in red wine. The…
The results show a high percentage of children in this age group with some kind of psychopathological symptom. According to the researchers, detecting these is…
“Luckily, most of them do not remain in the underground for any length of time,” says scientist Hanna Karlsson. “However, particle levels are often very high….
The study's independent Data Safety and Monitoring Board met Dec. 12 to review the interim data. Based on the board's review, the National Institutes of Health…
Martin Camitz, from the Swedish Institute for Infectious Diseases Control and Fredrik Liljeros, from Stockholm University simulated the spread of an infection…
Memory loss – it can be as trivial as misplacing the car keys but, as we get older, we all experience lapses more frequently and find it more difficult to…
Researchers at UCL (University College London) and Imperial College London have shown that positive sounds such as laughter or a triumphant “woo hoo!” trigger…
Nystagmus causes the eyes to move in an uncontrollable manner, so that people with the condition cannot keep their eyes still. Nystagmus can be congenital…
Lalit Dandona and colleagues from the Administrative Staff College of India collaborated with colleagues from the Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences in…
What does Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Mean For People?Cystic Fibrosis is the UK’s most common life-threatening inherited disease. It is caused by a defective gene…
Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), St George’s University of London and St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust are pleased to announce the signing of a collaboration…
In her thesis, Women’s health after childbirth, postgraduate student and midwife Erica Schytt takes an all-inclusive approach to the question of how childbirth…
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