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from or mentioning New York, USA
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New portable test for and vitamin A and iron deficiencies
A new device to enable health workers to detect deficiency of vitamin A and iron in just 15 minutes has been announced by scientists at Cornell Univ, USA. It is hoped that this will assist with hum...
Schizophrenia - Aerobic exercise found to improve cognitive functioning
Schizophrenia patients experienced improvements in cognitive functioning when they participated in an aerobic exercise training programme. In a proof-of-concept, single-blind, randomized clinical ...
Health Warnings - Focus on benefits or on harm ?
Should health advice be phrased positively or negatively for greatest impact? According to recent research in Nutrition Reviews, it depends who is receiving the message.
Obesity & childhood asthma
Recent US study finds that high levels of airbourne pollutants (exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons) was associated with asthma among obese children to a much greater extent that exposure ...
Children like colourful foods
Children like colourful foods. That is one conclusion from recent research at Cornell University (New York State, USA). While the results of this study may seem unsurprising, it is interesting to f...
Bee swarms mimic human brain neurons to make decisions
Swarms of bees and brain neurons make decisions using strikingly similar mechanisms according to a recent study carried-out at Cornell University and published in the Dec. 9 issue of Science.
Apolipoprotein E Genotype - a biomarker for mild cognitive impairment ?
Scientists in the USA have demonstrated an association between the e4 allele of the Apolipoprotein E genotype with Mild Cognitive Impairment, which is in turn associated with Alzheimer Disease. Det...
Child trafficking film draws attention to child rights abuses (NY)
Child trafficking—often referred to as a “slave trade”—has many manifestations. A child who is trafficked is any person under 18 who is recruited, transported, transferred, harboured or received fo...
UNICEF welcomes initiative to aid children affected by conflict
UNICEF launches a group to amplify the voice of those suffering as a result of conflict. The group has been established by young people who have experienced the hardship children face in conflict z...
UK Government announces action on water and sanitation
UNICEF UK joined the End Water Poverty coalition to call for more to improve access to sanitation. The coalition wants developing countries to be supported in developing national sanitation plans a...
MR Spectroscopy Significantly Reduces Need for Breast Biopsy
Research indicates the best treatment strategy for early rheumatoid arthritis
A recent study has helped to identify the best treatment strategy for a patient newly diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis. The study compared the four most commonly prescribed treatment strategies ...
WHO announce global partnership to take immediate action to help women and children survive
The world’s leading maternal, newborn and child health professionals have joined forces to increase efforts to achieve the international development goals for child and maternal health. The new par...
Astrocytes may have role in epilepsy
Scientists have found that astrocytes (also known as astroglial cells) can trigger a harmful cascade of electrical activity in the brain by releasing a chemical that triggers other brain cells to f...
