St Andrews researchers have received a ?84,743 boost from supporters of the UK?s leading dementia research charity to find out more about compounds which they believe could reverse some of the early signs of Alzheimer?s.
An Army veteran who lost part of his leg in Iraq walked with more spring in his step Monday as he unveiled the world’s first robotic ankle — an important advance for lower-limb amputees that was developed by a team at MIT.
Large number of employees of Indian industry are vulnerable to HIV, noted by the World Bank. India’s private sector stands to gain by supporting interventions aimed at preventing the virus from spreading at the workplace and in local communities.
Obese girls are half as likely to attend college as non-obese girls, according to a new study from The University of Texas at Austin.
Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) announced that the Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) voted to recommend approval of its osteoporosis drug EVISTA(R) (raloxifene HCl) for a new use to reduce invasive breast cancer risk in two populations: postmenopausal women with osteoporosis and postmenopausal women at high risk for breast cancer.
Hundreds of thousands of babies around the world are born each year with HIV–more than half a million in 2006 alone. Caring for these children is complicated by the fact that their immune systems are not fully developed in the first year of life, which makes them especially susceptible to rapid HIV disease progression and death.
People with serious cases of writer’s cramp have brain abnormalities, according to a study published in the July 24, 2007, issue of Neurology?, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
Officials from the Department Environmental Protection and Allegheny County reminded residents of simple steps they can take to control mosquitoes in their own yards ? an important effort in combating the spread of the West Nile virus.
The International AIDS Society (IAS) convened and facilitated a meeting between Act Up-Paris and Abbott in Sydney, Australia.
Castleberry’s Food Company announced that it is taking extra steps to ensure public safety by voluntarily expanding its recall originally announced on July18 due to the risk of botulinum toxin, a bacterium which can cause botulism.