A new injectable solution that self-assembles into a gel under the right conditions could help manage HIV unlike any currently available methods, researchers have found.
Why are hundreds of Missourians stuck in jail, not treated for mental health issues?
Patricia Tatum said she thinks about her son from the time she wakes up to the time she goes to sleep.
Can a simple eye exam help diagnose autism?
Females are often underdiagnosed with being on the autism spectrum because they often mask their symptoms more successfully than males. The key to understanding why may be in a simple eye exam.
Global study provides new insights into women’s cardiac rehabilitation
Cardiovascular rehabilitation (CR) improves health outcomes and well-being and can reduce death and re-hospitalization rates by 20%. However, programs are underutilized and women are much less likely to participate than men, so they do not reap these benefits.
Nine women share what it’s like to have a miscarriage
Miscarriage is a common woman’s health experience, but one that affects people differently. Ten years of studying miscarriage has taught me that no two women will have the same experience, and that the same woman is likely to experience separate miscarriages very differently.
Moxico Resources ordered to pay US$21M to Kalengwa Mineral Processing
…in damages and surrender land, mining assets, licence to the rightful owners
By GRACE CHAILE
KALENGWA Mineral Processing will eventually resume mining operations at Kelengwa Mines in Mufumbwe after the High Court declared it as the right owners of the mining tenement.
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Solving Canada’s shortage of health professionals means training more of them, and patients have a key role
Eighty-six percent of Canadians are worried about their health-care systems. Health-care professional organizations like the Canadian Medical Association and the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing are sounding the alarm about the severe shortage of health-care providers. This shortage is contributing to Canada’s health-care crisis.
Chance discovery shows promise in finding treatment for genetic disorder
Researchers have gained insight into how a toxic protein, known to trigger muscular dystrophy, could be deactivated—a pre-clinical discovery that could spearhead a treatment for the debilitating disease.
Researchers show how a small strand of RNA is key to fighting cancer
A team of researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has shown that a single, small strand of microRNA, or miRNA, known as let-7, governs the ability of T-cells to recognize and remember tumor cells. This cellular memory is the basis for how vaccines work. Boosting cellular memory to recognize tumors could help improve cancer therapies.
Study finds long-term benefit of sleep apnea surgery when CPAP is not the answer
A long-term study of patients who had upper airway surgery has confirmed the benefits for better management of moderate to severe sleep apnea for people who failed to adapt or are not suited to continuous positive pressure airway (CPAP) therapy, say Flinders University and other experts.