Month August 2015

Study design The trial design is a randomised, double-blind, parallel group, placebo controlled trial, analysed by intention to treat. The treatment and follow-up will last 2 years for each participant. Key outcomes will include measures of physical function, quality of…

i A woman receives the rVSV-ZEBOV Ebola vaccine at a clinical trial in Conakry, Guinea. The vaccine appears effective after only one shot. Cellou Binani/AFP/Getty Images hide caption itoggle caption Cellou Binani/AFP/Getty Images A woman receives the rVSV-ZEBOV Ebola vaccine…

A technician holds a culture dish with colonies of legionella in a laboratory. (Reuters) NEW YORK –  A third person with Legionnaires’ disease has died as New York City investigators search for the source of an outbreak that has sickened dozens.…

The promotion of a Lego figure using a wheelchair has some parents asking for better representation in toys. Lego has released a Community People Set with 20 Lego Duplo figures that, according to the product description, “introduce preschoolers to different people…

I still remember the day as if it were just yesterday. I was sitting in my office across from a patient who came in to see me for his intractable pain. I was covering for another physician, so this patient…

Our aim was to identify genes whose expression is modulated by a light pulse during early night and explore their functional significance. We focused on the transcriptional response to early night stimulus (delay phase shift), as it generally induces a…

More than 11,000 dams across the U.S. have protected lives and property from flooding for decades. But age is catching up to them, and many need repairs. Record rain hasn’t helped matters this year.

/ no comments A series of sting videos targeting Planned Parenthood is raising questions about the field of fetal tissue research. Companies who buy and sell such tissue defend their work.

/ no comments There is much hype around a potential El Nino that could help ease the drought on the West Coast. But there are concerns that a deluge of rain could do more harm than good for the long…

NPR’s Melissa Block talks with Jennifer Turner, director of the China Environment Forum at the Woodrow Wilson Center, about water resources and environmental concerns in the extremely arid region.

We’ve all been there: Despite all of your best #SummerBod intentions, the season sneaks up on you, and those six-pack abs are still nowhere to be found. We have a solution: Instead of letting any body insecurities hold you back…

Anthony Bourdain had the right idea: When traveling, food shouldn’t be an afterthought. More people (nearly 40 million) have caught on and are planning trips around epic meals, rather than settling for crappy theme-park corn dogs. It’s called food tourism,…

Every week, Your New Favorite Playlist introduces you to workout-worthy tunes from a different fitness brand. This week, BARE, a new class at Crunch Gym, shares a playlist. You know how hard it can feel to balance on one leg sometimes? Imagine a workout…

In scientific literature, studies with “good” results are more likely to be published than studies with results that are unclear or negative. A study with a new, exciting finding (a positive result) is likely to see the light …

So, exciting new drugs for treating Alzheimer’s disease, right? Wrong. Or, rather, let’s allow for semi-miraculous outcomes and say instead that this recent news is unlikely to be right. Most of the news concerned research results on two monoclonal antibody…