(Queen’s University) Infection prevention and control resources and programming in Canadian long-term care facilities fall short of recommended standards, a new Queen’s University study shows.
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(Buck Institute for Age Research) Is there something missing from the conventional theory that Alzheimer’s is a disease of toxicity — based on the accumulation of sticky amyloid plaques in the brain? Research from the Buck Institute focuses on Alzheimer’s as a nerve signaling disorder that occurs when there’s an imbalance in the making and [...]
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The experts cite a partial mismatch in this year’s type B vaccine as peak flu season nears. WebMD Health News
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Accidents are the leading cause of death for young adults while long-term health risks for this demographic are smoking, obesity, and inactivity. WebMD Health News
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(University of Missouri-Columbia) In a new study, researchers from two universities, including the University of Missouri, found that young children with multiple injury-related emergency department visits are more likely to have been reported to child protective services than children with only one visit. The researchers say the majority of injuries are not the result [...]
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(American Friends of Tel Aviv University) For millions of Americans with cancer, the side effects of chemotherapy and other treatment drugs can be devastating. But new drug-delivery research based on nano- and microtechnology from Tel Aviv University might provide much-needed relief, as well as more effective cancer treatment.
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(Parkinson’s Disease Foundation) The Parkinson’s Disease Foundation has awarded $300,000 in emergency bridge funding to four leading Parkinson’s disease scientists. The grants will sustain promising investigations that were recently put into jeopardy by the sudden collapse of their primary private funder, The Picower Foundation. The Picower Foundation, whose endowment was managed by Bernard Madoff, [...]
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WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — Enacting a plan similar to those outlined by President Barack Obama and Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) could slow healthcare spending by $3 trillion by 2020, researchers here said.
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology) MIT researchers’ explanation of how common, startlingly dense layers of photosynthetic phytoplankton form moves the scientific community a step closer to being able to predict harmful algal blooms, a well-known example of which is red tide. The work also opens new perspectives on other phenomena, like predatory feeding by larger organisms [...]
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(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) A study led by researchers at the University of Illinois reveals how a cellular protein recognizes an invading virus and alerts the body to the infection.
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