Babies born earlier in areas near busy road junctions
• Children's Health • • Childbirth • Apr 04 11
Babies are born earlier when their mothers live near a concentration of freeways and main roads, a study of 970 mothers and their newborn…
Researchers link herpes to Alzheimer’s disease
• Brain • • Neurology • Apr 04 11
Laboratories at the University of New Mexico (UNM), Brown University, and House Ear Institute (HEI) have developed a new technique to observe herpes simplex…
Men who lose their jobs at greater risk of dying prematurely
• Gender: Male • • Mortality and Morbidity • Apr 04 11
Research by McGill Sociology Professor Eran Shor, working in collaboration with researchers from Stony Brook University, has revealed that unemployment increases the risk of…
China halts nearly half dairy producers in quality crackdown
• Food & Nutrition • • Public Health • Apr 03 11
China’s quality inspection agency has ordered nearly half the nation’s dairy firms to halt production as part of a campaign to clean up an…
Scientists find five new Alzheimer’s risk genes
• Brain • • Genetics • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Apr 03 11
Scientists looking for the genetic triggers that lead to Alzheimer’s have identified five more, doubling the number linked with the mind-wasting disease.
If drugs…