Does Promiscuity Prevent Extinction?
Promiscuous females may be the key to a species’ survival, according to new research by the Universities of Exeter and Liverpool. Published 25 February in Current Biology,the study could solve the myst[...]
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Repeated Inflations Of A Blood Pressure Cuff Limits Tissue Damage In Patients With AMI
Repeated lack of oxygen for short periods of time in a distant organ by stopping blood flow, can protect another organ (e.g. the heart), during a subsequent tissue damaging period due to oxygen deficiency. Th[...]
Extending Tuberculosis Preventive Treatment Could Dramatically Reduce Illness Among HIV-Positive Individuals In Many Areas Of The World
A simple change in the drug regimen used to prevent active tuberculosis disease among HIV-positive people who test positive for latent TB infection can drastically reduce TB-related illness, suggests a study[...]
Family Therapy Helps Teens With Suicidal Thoughts
Adolescents with suicidal thoughts and elevateddepression had stronger and faster reduction of symptoms when treated with family therapy than with standard treatment in the community. Researchers from The Children’[...]
New Study Of Abstinence-Only Program Has Limitations, Experts Say
A recent study that found for the first time that an abstinence-only sex education program was effective at delaying sexual activity among teens is “already beginning to shake up” the debate over the best st[...]
Ideal Target For Malaria Therapy Discovered By Scientists
Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a protein made by the malaria parasite that is essential to its ability to take over human red blood cells. Malaria, which is spread b[...]
