CORAL GABLES, FL (June 5, 2009)--Dengue Fever (DF) and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) are the most important vector-borne viral diseases in the World.
Jun 5, 2009
Despite increasingly frequent references to global health from media, scholars and students, the term is rarely defined.
Jun 5, 2009
Kathryn Boor and Robert B. Gravani, Cornell University professors of food science, will provide a briefing, “Strengthening the Safety of the Food Supply: Challenges and Opportunities,” on Monday, June 15, at 2 p.m.
Jun 5, 2009
New Orleans, LA June 4, 2009---Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California will present new findings at the American Diabetes Association's scientific sessions June 5 -- 9 in New Orleans, LA.
Jun 5, 2009
STANFORD, Calif. -- With just $399 and a bit of saliva in a cup, consumers can learn about their genetic risk for diseases from breast cancer to diabetes.
Jun 5, 2009
NEW YORK (June 4, 2009) -- NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center physician-scientists presented new research at the 2009 American…
Jun 4, 2009
With a focus on international examples of concrete adaptation measures, the workshop’s participants will discuss the development and implementation of strategies to mitigate flood risks and protect communities and infrastructure in coastal cities.
Jun 4, 2009
PASADENA, Calif. -- Physicists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have developed a nanoscale device that can be used for force detection, optical communication, and more.
Jun 4, 2009
Johns Hopkins brain scientists have figured out why a faulty protein accumulates in cells everywhere in the bodies of people with Huntington's disease (HD)…
Jun 4, 2009
A group of Kansas State University engineers is finding that a truly disastrous epidemic scenario could also take place in the wide-open spaces of the Great Plains.
Jun 4, 2009
Solomons, Md. (June 4, 2009) -- Weak enforcement combined with fishermen facing serious economic hardships are leading to widespread violations of fisheries regulations along the Northeastern United States coast.
Jun 4, 2009
The work is taking place in the volcanic mountains of northwestern Rwanda, where zoologist Dian Fossey of “Gorillas in the Mist” fame lived among the massive primates and brought them to the world’s attention.
Jun 4, 2009
MAYWOOD, Il. -- It's been a decade since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first total ankle-replacement system for patients with severe ankle arthritis.
Jun 4, 2009
(PHILADELPHIA) A protein related to aggressive cancers can actually improve the efficacy of gemcitabine at treating pancreatic cancer, according to a Priority Report in Cancer Research, published by researchers at Thomas Jefferson University.
Jun 4, 2009
