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News | Archive (12 August 2008) [Page 4]
Case explains why some infected with HIV remain symptom free without antiretroviral drugs
— 10:16 GMT | HealthAIDS experts at Johns Hopkins say they have compelling evidence that some people with HIV who for years and even decades show extremely low levels of the virus in their blood never progress to full-blown AIDS and remain symptom free even without treatment, probably do so because of the strength of their immune systems, not any defects in the strain of HIV that infected them in the first place…
Research compares eye care use among US, Canadian adults with vision problems
— 10:13 GMT | HealthAmericans with vision problems who have health insurance appear equally or more likely to access eye care services than Canadians with vision problems, whereas Americans without health insurance visit eye care professionals at lower rates, according to a report in the August issue of Archives of Ophthalmology…
Levels of C-reactive protein in the blood do not cause diabetes
— 10:11 GMT | HealthIn a new study published today in PLoS Medicine, Eric Brunner from the Royal Free and University College London Medical School, London, and colleagues, examine the association between levels of C-reactive protein, a marker for inflammation in the blood, and the risk of type 2 diabetes…
Experimental chemotherapy regimen shows promise in treating lung cancer
— 10:09 GMT | HealthA combination of chemotherapy agents that have been tested in other tumour types appears to be a promising alternative to standard treatment for advanced non-small cell lung cancer, according to a report in the 15 August issue of Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research…
Childhood brain tumour traced to normal stem cells gone bad
— 10:07 GMT | HealthAn aggressive childhood brain tumour known as medulloblastoma originates in normal brain 'stem' cells that turn malignant when acted on by a known mutant, cancer-causing oncogene, say researchers from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the University of California, San Francisco…
Mass extinction of large prehistoric animals - a result of human hunting
— 10:01 GMT | Geology and palaeontologyResearch led by UK and Australian scientists sheds new light on the role that our ancestors played in the extinction of Australia's prehistoric animals. The study, published this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, provides the first evidence that Tasmania's giant kangaroos and marsupial 'rhinos' and 'leopards' were still roaming the island when humans first arrived. The findings suggest that the mass extinction of Tasmania's large prehistoric animals was the result of human hunting, and not climate change as previously believed…
Physicists at Mainz University generate ultracold neutrons at the TRIGA Reactor
Can Nintendo Wii game consoles improve family fitness?