Month October 2016

A household mouthwash may be creating superbugs by helping bacteria found in the body fight off antibiotics. Swilling with Corsodyl, a brand containing a powerful antiseptic, stops bleeding gums by destroying plaque bacteria in the mouth.  But it has an…

ZIKA infection could cause lasting infertility and lead to men’s testicles shrinking, medical researchers warn. Doctors warn that if the ‘dramatic’ findings, in mice, apply to humans it could lead to an epidemic of infertility caused by the disease. It…

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Cornell University researchers have confirmed a genetic link between mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), which is passed on from the mother, and some forms of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Previous research suggested a link between mitochondrial functional defects and ASD, but those…

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More than 200,000 U.S. soldiers serving in the Middle East have experienced a blast-related traumatic brain injury, making it a common health problem and concern for that population. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) can have various harmful long-term neurological effects, including…

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NEW DELHI (AP) — As Indians wake Monday to smoke-filled skies from a weekend of festival fireworks, New Delhi’s worst season for air pollution begins – with dire consequences. A new report from UNICEF says most of the 2 billion…

LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigerian soldiers and policemen have raped and sexually abused women and girls fleeing the Islamist militant group Boko Haram, Human Rights Watch said on Monday. Forty-three cases of “sexual abuse, including rape and exploitation”, were documented in…

A controversial plan to set up the UK’s first so-called “fix rooms” to allow drug addicts to inject safely under supervision in Glasgow is likely to get the go-ahead. Members of the health board, the city council and police are…

A grandmother has revealed how eating nothing but fruit has transformed her into a female Benjamin Button – and she believes she now looks almost half her age. Fruitarian Belinda White, 46, of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, emptied her cupboards and…

HONG KONG (Reuters) – British investment banker Rurik Jutting was a narcissistic sexual sadist trying to cover a “fragile” shell after schoolboy abuse, according to his defense case against charges of murdering two Indonesian women in his Hong Kong apartment.…

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — The algae bloom in parts of Lake Erie this summer didn’t come close to matching the record-breaking one from a year ago that covered an area roughly the size of New York City. That’s because the…

(Reuters) – General Electric Co GE.N is nearing an about $30 billion deal to merge its oil and gas business with Baker Hughes Inc BHI.N, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. The combined entity will be controlled by GE…

Reminding people of their close, caring relationships can reduce their tendency to anthropomorphize objects as a way of feeling socially connected, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. The study replicates…

ROCHESTER, Minn. — The sudden death of a 13-year-old boy resulted in more than 20 relatives to be incorrectly diagnosed as having a potentially lethal heart rhythm condition. This erroneous diagnosis occurred as a result of inappropriate use of genetic…

A new survey by Fertility Network UK and Middlesex University London highlights the economic, social and emotional impact of fertility problems. Almost half of all respondents in 2016 reported on average feeling sad, out of control, frustrated, helpless, fearful and…

The water crisis in Flint, Michigan put the need to protect and invest in clean drinking water front and center in the minds of many Americans. But how to go about investing, as well as how to get the public…

A new study has identified an effective combination therapy for treating ovarian cancer cells. The findings, published in the journal AntiCancer Research, may result in a new treatment option for different types of ovarian cancer, including those that develop resistance…

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Insomnia is the most common sleep problem in adults — as many as 30 percent to 50 percent of people report having trouble sleeping. For older adults, insomnia can often be chronic and is linked to other serious health conditions.…

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam has reported its first case of microcephaly likely linked to the mosquito-borne Zika virus. The 4-month-old girl with an abnormally small head was born in central Vietnam to a mother confirmed to have had the…

Washington (AFP) – Some 300 million children live with outdoor air so polluted it can cause serious physical damage, including harming their developing brains, the United Nations said in a study released on Monday. Nearly one child in seven around…

Top-level professional football referees have enhanced visual perception, which means that they are better at spotting foul play and issuing the correct disciplinary action than lower-level referees, according to new research published in the journal Cognitive Research. The researchers, from…

What’s day-to-day life like for a dog? What’s going on INSIDE? Our Cover Story comes from our resident dog-lover Martha Teichner: At BarkBox, a New York City company that sends out treats and toys to dogs every month by subscription,…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will take up transgender rights for the first time in the case of a Virginia school board that wants to prevent a transgender teenager from using the boys’ bathroom at his high school. The…

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A group of MPs says the government is wrong to keep claiming it will have allocated an extra £10bn to the NHS in England by the end of the decade. The Health Committee has written to the chancellor to say…

The number of young people in the UK seeking help for anxiety has increased sharply, a children’s charity has said. The NSPCC’s Childline counselled 11,706 young people for anxiety in 2015-16 – a 35% rise from the 8,642 in 2014-15.…

Interestingly, the protein — known as neurofibromin 1 (NF1) — is also known to be disrupted in an inherited disorder called neurofibromatosis type 1 (also called von Recklinghausen’s disease), in which patients suffer from the growth of benign tumors beneath…

4. Focus on one thing at a time. Focusing completely on a single task is a big risk–the risk of failing at something to which you’ve given your all. That’s why it’s so uncomfortable. The alternative–multitasking–is a real productivity killer.…

Just as selection of the “test” is dictated by intended use, the choice of sequencing technology (or platform) is also an important consideration. Although there is less dimensionality in the sequencing landscape today, with Illumina (San Diego, CA, USA) capturing…

Enlarge this image The Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft as it lands with NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin and astronaut Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency on Sunday. Bill Ingalls/NASA hide caption toggle caption Bill Ingalls/NASA The…

Two Alberta climbers paralyzed this summer in separate climbing accidents in B.C. are getting a chance to walk again — for science.  Josh Pelland, from Calgary, was injured in a fall near Squamish in June. Ryan Titchener, from Jasper, was injured in July in…

The findings, which appear online in the journal Alzheimer’s and Dementia, may lead to the development of new therapies specifically targeting those genes. Despite the fact that AD is more common in African Americans than Caucasians, the AD genetic risk…