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New insights into conquering influenza
Jan. 29, 2013 Researchers from the University of Melbourne and The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (WEHI) have discovered a new protein that protects against viral infections such as influenza. As influenza spreads through the northern hemisphere winter, Dr Linda Wakim and her colleagues in the Laboratory of Professor Jose Villadangos from the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, believe they have a new clue to why some people fight infections better than others
Protest against hospital closure
26 January 2013 Last updated at 11:04 ET At least 15,000 people have marched in protest against proposals to close services at a hospital in south London. Organisers campaigning to save Lewisham Hospital say the plans are “crazy and ill thought out”. Under proposals, its A&E will close and the maternity unit be downgraded after neighbouring South London Healthcare NHS Trust ran up debts of £150m.
Poor kids ‘more likely to be obese’
23 January 2013 Last updated at 06:40 ET Children from poor backgrounds are more likely to be overweight, a minister has claimed, blaming “an abundance of bad food” for the situation. Anna Soubry said 50 years ago youngsters from deprived households were taunted for being “skinny runts”, but this state of affairs had reversed. “When I walk around, you can almost now tell somebody’s background by their weight,” she told the Daily Telegraph
Viral reactivation a likely link between stress and heart disease
Jan. 22, 2013 A new study could provide the link that scientists have been looking for to confirm that reactivation of a latent herpes virus is a cause of some heart problems. Looking at blood samples from 299 heart patients, researchers at Ohio State University found that those who had suffered a heart attack were the most likely to have inflammatory proteins circulating in their blood compared to patients with less acute symptoms
Slower growth of preterm infants linked to altered brain development
Jan. 16, 2013 Preterm infants who grow more slowly as they approached what would have been their due dates also have slower development in an area of the brain called the cerebral cortex, report Canadian researchers in a new study published January 16 in Science Translational Medicine. The cerebral cortex is a two to four millimetre layer of cells that envelopes the top part of the brain and is involved in cognitive, behavioural, and motor processes.
Slower growth of preterm infants linked to altered brain development
Jan. 16, 2013 Preterm infants who grow more slowly as they approached what would have been their due dates also have slower development in an area of the brain called the cerebral cortex, report Canadian researchers in a new study published January 16 in Science Translational Medicine. The cerebral cortex is a two to four millimetre layer of cells that envelopes the top part of the brain and is involved in cognitive, behavioural, and motor processes
Cancer drug fund ‘uncertain future’
16 January 2013 Last updated at 02:52 ET Many cancer patients could face an uncertain future over funding for their drugs, a parliamentary report says. A government initiative increasing access to cancer drugs ends this year, but the system promised to replace it is “nebulous” and ill-defined, say MPs
Choline supplementation during pregnancy presents a new approach to schizophrenia prevention
Jan. 15, 2013 Choline, an essential nutrient similar to the B vitamin and found in foods such as liver, muscle meats, fish, nuts and eggs, when given as a dietary supplement in the last two trimesters of pregnancy and in early infancy, is showing a lower rate of physiological schizophrenic risk factors in infants 33 days old
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