Medical
Soon, long-acting contraceptives via pain-free patch
Other long-acting contraceptives such as the coil usually require a nurse or doctor to implant them or to inject long-lasting contraceptives and short-term methods such as the pill rely on women remembering to take them. Researchers have made a larger patch, necessary to deliver an adequate dose of levonorgestrel to a human, but have not tested it. A Phase I clinical trial of influenza vaccina... [Full Article...]
Romeo the frog finds his Juliette
The lucrative crusade helped collect $25,000 from folks around the world-enough to fund several field expeditions to find Romeo a suitable mate. The $25,000 search was funded by donations gathered after Romeo's keepers posted a lonely hearts profile on the dating website Match.com on Valentine's Day previous year. [Full Article...]
American monitored for Ebola released
Ted Cieslak, an infectious diseases specialist with Nebraska Medicine told The Hill. Public health officials at Omaha-based Nebraska Medical Center released a USA physician they had been monitoring for Ebola symptoms, according to a news release from the hospital. [Full Article...]
Baby girl breaks into infectious laughter after hearing her sister’s voice
Her mother said that Scarlet's hearing was impaired by an antibiotic she was given in the neo-natal intensive care unit to treat an infection. However, now 11 months old, Scarlet's parents got her a pair of custom-fitted hearing aides that she tried for the first time on Thursday. [Full Article...]
Too much or too less sleep can increase heart disease risk
In the new research, his team used coronary ultrasound and CT scans to track the artery health of almost 4,000 Spanish adults. And while a lack of sleep can increase the risk of clogged arteries, sleeping more than eight hours a night may also be associated with an increased risk of atherosclerosis . [Full Article...]
Even small amount of cannabis can cause lasting damage to brain
The study included 46 children who reported having used cannabis once or twice by age 14. Senior author and University of Vermont (UVM) Professor of Psychiatry Hugh Garavan, Ph.D., and first author and former UVM postdoctoral fellow Catherine Orr, Ph.D., say this research is the first to find evidence that an increase in gray matter volume in certain parts of the adolescent brain is a likely o... [Full Article...]
Sen. Rand Paul Has Upcoming Surgery in Canada
He is scheduled to have the outpatient operation at the privately administered Shouldice Hernia Hospital in Thornhill, Ontario during the week of January 21, according to documents from Paul's civil lawsuit against Boucher filed in Warren Circuit Court. [Full Article...]
Excessive Weight Linked to Brain Shrinkage, New Study Suggests
She also said that something may be affecting both brain volume and risk of obesity. The findings of the study, which was published in the journal Neurology on January 9, suggest that the combination of obesity and high waist-to-hip ratio could be a risk factor for brain shrinkage, which has been tied to elevated risk for memory decline and dementia. [Full Article...]