Drinking Water :: New technology removes viruses from drinking water
University of Delaware researchers have developed an inexpensive, nonchlorine-based technology that can remove harmful microorganisms, including viruses, from drinking water.
Children
Asthma :: Carnegie Mellon researchers study harmful particulates
Reducing barnyard emissions is one way to help reduce the harmful effects of tiny atmospheric air particles that can cause severe asthma in children, and lung cancer and heart attacks in some adults.
Diarrhea :: Discovery of chemical profiles for infectious diarrhea
Academics have found, for the first time, smells from healthy feces and people with infectious diarrhea differ significantly in their chemical composition and could be used to diagnose quickly diseases such as Clostridium difficile (C. Diff.).
Cancer :: Children with cancer risk fragile bones
Physicians caring for children with cancer should be on the lookout for signs of bone fragility caused by disease and treatment, according to a new report.
Breast Cancer :: Racial differences in breast cancer incidence
African and African American women are more likely to die of breast cancer than their white counterparts because they tend to get the disease before the menopause, suggests new research from the University of East Anglia and the Children’s Hospital Boston in collaboration with researchers in the US and Italy.
Down Syndrome :: Drug treatment improves learning in mice with Down syndrome symptoms
A once-a-day, short-term treatment with a drug compound substantially improved learning and memory in mice with Down syndrome symptoms, say researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children?s Hospital.
Psychology :: Psychological needs of military personnel and their families are increasing
A report of the American Psychological Association (APA) released today calls attention to the increasing mental health needs of military personnel and their families – needs that are straining the current military health services system.
Insulin :: Lilly Introduces World’s First Digital Insulin Pen With Memory
Eli Lilly and Company today announced the launch of the first insulin pen with memory, HumaPen? MEMOIR?, to help simplify the daily management of diabetes.
Insulin :: New insulin pen with digital memory simplifies diabetes management
Diabetes management can be overwhelming, and data shows less than half of the 15 million being treated for diabetes have blood sugar levels within the recommended range.
Autism :: Stanford Q&A – Possible genetic links for autism
On Feb. 18, Nature Genetics published the largest-ever study on the genetics of autism. The research is the fruit of an international autism genetics consortium, called the Autism Genome Project.