Study shows autistic kids have slower pupil responsesNovember 11th, 2009 more imagesWASHINGTON - Researchers at the University of Missouri have developed a pupil response test that is 92.5 percent accurate in separating children with autism from those with typical development. In the study, researchers found that children with autism had slower pupil responses to light change.
Teva Pharmaceutical receives FDA approval for generic version of heartburn drug PrevacidNovember 10th, 2009 more images
more imagesTeva gets FDA approval for generic PrevacidNEW YORK — Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. said Tuesday the Food and Drug Administration approved its generic version of the heartburn drug Prevacid.
Royal Caribbean says onboard H1N1 incidents few, optimistic about ability to minimize exposureNovember 6th, 2009 more images
more imagesRoyal Caribbean exec says few H1N1 incidentsLast spring's outbreak of swine flu caused cruise lines to cancel visits to areas of Mexico and even quarantine infected passengers. On Tuesday, executives at Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
Government: Pregnant women benefit from single flu shot, younger children still need 2November 2nd, 2009 more images
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1 dose of flu vaccine working in pregnant women
WASHINGTON — A single dose of the swine flu vaccine works well for almost all pregnant women, but young children will still need two doses for best results, federal health officials said Monday. Twenty-one days after receiving a single 15-microgram dose of the vaccine, 92 percent of pregnant women showed a robust immune response, Dr.
Schering posts boceprevir trial data, including results for patients not helped by other drugsNovember 2nd, 2009 more images
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Schering-Plough reports data on hepatitis C drug
NEW YORK — Schering-Plough Corp. said its experimental hepatitis C drug boceprevir helped eliminate the virus in about half of patients who did not respond to standard treatments.
Vertex says most patients who took hepatitis C drug had undetectable virus levels in trialOctober 28th, 2009 more images
more imagesVertex says telaprevir boosted hepatitis responseCAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Vertex says telaprevir created immune response in most patients with hepatitis COctober 28th, 2009 more images
more imagesVertex: drug aided immune response to hepatitis CCAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Vertex says most patients on telaprevir for hepatitis C had undetectable virus levels in trialOctober 28th, 2009 more images
more imagesVertex drug helps hepatitis C patientsCAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Exercise puts smokers off ciggiesOctober 27th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Exercise makes cigarettes look less attractive in the eyes of smokers, claims a new study. The study from the University of Exeter shows for the first time that exercise can lessen the power of cigarettes and smoking-related images to grab the attention of smokers.
Exercise makes cigarettes less temptingOctober 27th, 2009 LONDON - Exercise can make cigarettes less tempting to smokers and may help them kick the habit, says a new study. Research from the University of Exeter shows that exercise can decrease the power of cigarettes and smoking-related images that grab the attention of smokers.
HHS Sec'y Sebelius pledges there will be sufficient swine flu vaccine supplies for everyoneOctober 26th, 2009 more images
more imagesHHS' Sebelius: Ample flu vaccine will be availableWASHINGTON — Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says vaccine for the swine flu virus "is coming out the door as fast as it comes off the production line."
Sebelius (seh-BEEL'-yuhs) said in a nationally broadcast interview Monday that it's unfortunate supplies are not where officials intended them to be at this juncture. But she also said there eventually will be enough to go around.
Brain's face processing ability does reduce with ageSeptember 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A British study suggests that the ability to identify a face, when it is shown for only a fraction of a second, reduces as people age. Lead researcher Guillaume Rousselet, from the University of Glasgow, came to this conclusion after analysing electric activity from the brains of young and old people as they watched pictures of faces with cloud-like noise.
Cities, human brains evolved in similar waysSeptember 4th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Cities and human brains have evolved in strikingly similar ways, says a new study. Just as advanced mammalian brains require a robust neural network to achieve richer and more complex thought, large cities require advanced highways and transportation systems to allow larger and more productive population.
Beautiful women actually impair the male brainSeptember 4th, 2009 LONDON - Men really do lose their minds while talking to an attractive woman, concludes a new study. The study, published in the Journal of Experimental and Social Psychology, has found that attractive women actually impair the male brain.
Psoriasis patients less likely to react to disgusted facesAugust 28th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new study by University of Manchester scientists has shown that people with psoriasis - an often distressing dermatological condition that causes lesions and red scaly patches on the skin - are less likely to react to looks of disgust by others than people without the condition. The researchers used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans to compare the brains of 26 men, half of whom had chronic psoriasis.
