Two councilors now passed the national study of children

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Two councilors now passed the national study of children - The revolution continues with a study on the health of 21 proposed 100,000 American children known national study Children (NCS). Last Friday, a leading biostatistician who is a member of the NCS advisory committee resigned, just two weeks...

Programmable Nanoparticles Improve Chemotherapy Purpose

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Programmable Nanoparticles Improve Chemotherapy Purpose - chemotherapy drugs are like a shotgun. Although doctors are only intended for tumors, the compounds hit a variety of other places in the body, leading to effects such as damage to the bone marrow and the side hair loss. To improve their goal,...

Fight Over H5N1 Dutch paper Between Endgame

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Fight Over H5N1 Dutch paper Between Endgame - Dutch duel. Fouchier and responsible public health Marianne Donker both spoke in a public debate last night. Martin Enserink AMSTERDAM -After an international meeting of scientists and security experts on Monday,...

Research Strategy for Alzheimer announced

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Research Strategy for Alzheimer announced - warning signs. developing brain scans and other biomarkers that detect early stages of Alzheimer's disease is a priority for researchers. US National Institute on Aging, education and Alzheimer Reference Center ...

Five other companies join the program Reuse Drug NIH

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Five other companies join the program Reuse Drug NIH - A second chance. A new program will allow researchers to test compounds abandoned for new uses. US National Institutes of Health The National Institutes of Health announced (NIH) today announced details...

NIH launches new design for children Study

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NIH launches new design for children Study - There are two good news and bad news for researchers who were concerned about a new design released this week to the national study of Special Education a plan of $ 3 billion to follow 100,000 children from birth to 21...

Mixed results for Dengue Vaccine Trial

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Mixed results for Dengue Vaccine Trial - The results of the first test of the effectiveness of a vaccine against dengue fever, a sometimes fatal disease endemic in most tropical countries, have led both enthusiasm and disappointment. The vaccine has proven safe, and protected against three of the...

Antishock drug can be dangerous

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Antishock drug can be dangerous - drip, drip. A drug given to many patients maintain their blood volume may do more harm than good. iStockphoto.com evidence is mounting that one of the most frequently used in ICU interventions (ICU) does more harm than good....

ScienceShot: Doctors Aim ... The tooth fairy

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ScienceShot: Doctors Aim ... The tooth fairy - Clark Dunbar / Corbis in a new article, four London doctors warn of a professional who makes the mistake professional and get on with it: the tooth fairy. They report an 8 year old boy who was sent to an allergist...

Onchocerciasis Revealed in the urine

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Onchocerciasis Revealed in the urine - Blind spot. The parasitic worm Onchocerca volvulus ( insert ) can move the eyes and cause blindness in these two patients in Guinea-Bissau. Onchocerciasis is considered a neglected tropical disease Harry Anenden / WHO....

Using sleep without the side effects

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Using sleep without the side effects - White night, the moon is bright. people sleep less deeply when there is a full moon, the researchers found when they analyzed data from a past sleep study. Henri Rousseau (1897), Museum of Modern Art, New York; Corbis Images...

European Court wants Drug Data Kept Secret

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European Court wants Drug Data Kept Secret - A court ordered the European Medicines Agency (EMA) to keep confidential data from two pharmaceutical companies, in contravention of the recent surge in the EMA to share clinical and clinical information as widely as possible. The temporary injunction...

Investigation cell breakthrough stem cell paper

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Investigation cell breakthrough stem cell paper - Eight years after the scientists of South Korean stem cells were exposed in one of the greatest scientific fraud ever, a document claims to have reached their faked work is itself under investigation. Last week, a group led by Shoukhrat Mitalipov...

NIH studies Explore Promise of Genomes Sequencing Babies

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NIH studies Explore Promise of Genomes Sequencing Babies - In recent years, all new parents can go home from the hospital with not just a bundle of joy, but with something else-the complete DNA sequence of their baby. A new research program funded at $ 25 million over 5 years by the National Institutes...

The Secret of Antiaging is Worth seeking

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The Secret of Antiaging is Worth seeking - golden years? slower aging could allow older people to stay healthy longer. iStockphoto / Thinkstock humans have been looking for a way to slow the aging likely because the first person got wrinkles. A new study...

ScienceShot: Bacteria Defy Space Zero Gravity

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ScienceShot: Bacteria Defy Space Zero Gravity - NASA astronauts of the future can have a new enemy to contend with: the bacteria space. The scientists found that Pseudomonas aeruginosa , a common contaminant of medical equipment and a cause of urinary tract...