Just a final tip before closing shop for the day. At the Washington Post Rachel Saslow has asked a somewhat random selection of known-scientists, engineers, inventors, and the like for their fave reading. Some familiar titles, some not, a little heavy on sci-fi, but plenty for all the kinds of tastes that tend to bring [...]
I just discovered at the NYTimes one source of good reading I had not known and did so via one of its contributor’s final missives. It’s at the Opinionator on line-only site. Evolutionary biologist Olivia Judson is also an experienced writer and journalist. Her final posting before a sabbatical she’s taking is an accounting of [...]
Last week we posted on the meager coverage in media – despite a substantial blogstorm – of a PNAS study that rather imprecisely but without much bias chopped climate researchers into two camps. They are doubters of anthropogenic warming as very anthropogenic or very warm, and those who accept that substantial warming is occurring and [...]
Ford Vox crops up here at the tracker once in awhile. Put his name in the search function on our home page and see. A physician specializing in rehab, he started dabbling a few years ago in the advice doctor-writer genre. It turned into a formal sideline. He’s still at it, but with a difference. [...]
WASHINGTON -- The FDA has approved the inhaled corticosteroid/beta2-agonist combination drug mometasone furoate and formoterol fumarate dihydrate (DULERA) for the treatment of asthma in patients 12 and older.
Researchers at the School of Medicine, Yale University, U.S., tested an experimental vaccine with 55 cocaine addicts during a clinical trial that lasted 24 weeks.
The study results were published in Archives of General Psychiatry (Archives of General Psychiatry.) The scientists found that 38% of participants failed to meet the appropriate levels of antibodies to stop [...]Patients with certain gene variant may have an increased risk of severe asthma attacks when exposed to fungus, researchers have found.
Lately some people suffer from certain allergies to the scent of the most common ingredients used in shampoos, conditioners and soaps.
According to EurekAlert website, a research presented at the Sahlgrenska Academy at Gothenburg University, Sweden, found that more than 5% of people who underwent screening test are allergic to linalool oxide.
“Approximately 2% of the total [...]
The Brazilian government authorized the dispatch of samples of bone marrow stem cells and blood abroad to be used for transplants, which allow the country to collaborate with networks of international donors, officials said.
Stem cells must belong to people involved in the Brazilian Registry Bone Marrow Donors Volunteers (Redoma), as stated in the decree that [...]
Knowing how long you can spend in the sun, without running the risk of ultraviolet rays damage the skin, it is now possible thanks to a system that calculates the appropriate period of exposure to solar radiation, according to the skin of each person and the place where you are.
With this invention seeks to reduce [...]
Urticaria is the appearance of skin lesions with erythema (redness), formation of hives (elevated pale skin), and itching that can occur locally or widely throughout the body. Causal factor whose hives are the physical stimuli, heat, cold, scratching, pressure, etc … are the group that is called physical urticaria. Constitute the majority of known cause [...]
Burns are a specific type of soft tissue injury. Occurs when the body receives more energy (heat, chemical or electrical) than it can absorb without injury.
A severe burn can be life threatening and requires immediate medical attention. The severity of the burn depends on the temperature of the medium that caused and duration of exposure. [...]
This points out the head of communications Mayquel Hair Creations, Marisa Oliver who says the mood and stress processes may produce fumes or temporary hair loss and hormonal reactions that result from these situations result in a higher concentration of certain hormones such as testosterone and hidrocortisol, affecting the hair roots.
It is also common to [...]Asthma prevalence, treatment, and outcome differ among black and Hispanic children compared with white children despite universal health coverage, results of a study in military families showed.
The study results were published in Archives of General Psychiatry (Archives of General Psychiatry.) The scientists found that 38% of participants failed to reach adequate levels of antibodies to stop experiencing the feeling of euphoria that produces the drug.
The vaccine works by “wrapping” to cocaine so that it has no effects on the brain, heart [...]
Stress is an experience of psychological instability in response to environmental factors. This disease is a source of disease and impacts at short, medium and long term. Additionally, you can damage the brain at the molecular level and from there, extending its damage to the body.
Anxiety and stress are disorders that involve a huge social [...]Eating a Mediterranean diet -- one high in fruits, fish, and vegetables and low in saturated fat -- is associated with a reduced likelihood of asthma in children, a large observational study reaffirmed.