A simple, affordable household filtration device can reduce the incidence of diarrhea, one of the leading causes of disease and death in developing countries, by up to 40 percent, researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have shown.
A new study from psychologists at the universities of Kent and Liverpool has revealed that laughter increases altruism towards strangers, a finding which may have important implications for charities and other fundraising bodies.
The parasite that leads to sleeping sickness can be lulled to sleep itself using a newly discovered pathway, according to research published online this week in EMBO reports. Trypanosoma brucei is a parasite that causes sleeping sickness resulting in neurological damage and death.
Procter & Gamble has partnered with the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) to educate people about those hidden allergen “hot-spots.” People know about dust mites in their beds, pet dander in their carpets and other dust and allergens on their floors and furniture, but they may be missing some other hidden place where allergens collect in their homes.
Stage, screen and film actress Delta Burke is leading the BYETTA Let’s Talk campaign, sponsored by Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMLN) and Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY).
A new photographic exhibit, called ?The Image of MS? has been unveiled at the Ara Pacis Museum in Rome to dispel myths about multiple sclerosis (MS), challenge public perceptions about the disease, and encourage those with symptoms to seek treatment as early as possible.
Novartis has been ranked as the No. 1 company worldwide in the pharmaceuticals industry in the latest peer group results of the annual Fortune magazine survey of the “World’s Most Admired Companies.”
Sanofi-aventis announced that a new disposable insulin pen, SoloSTAR? for use with the 24-hour insulin LANTUS? or/and the rapid-acting insulin APIDRA? will be available in Europe starting April 2007.
World diabetes leaders left the Global Changing Diabetes Leadership Forum, which took place in New York City on 13?14 March 2007, with a sense of activism to return home to start changing diabetes.
Scientists at the Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Medicine at UCLA received two comprehensive research grants from the state as part of the second round of funding for embryonic stem cell research since voters approved Proposition 71 in November 2004.