by Research Team | Jul 7, 2015 | Health News
A 15-year effort to implement eight goals adopted by world leaders at the start of the new millennium has helped lift more than one billion people out of extreme poverty, enabled more girls to go to school than ever before, and brought unprecedented results in...
by Research Team | Jul 7, 2015 | Health News
A lawsuit by the University of California, San Diego, accuses a prominent Alzheimer’s disease researcher of illegally conspiring with eight colleagues to take research data and other assets with them when they moved from UCSD to the University of Southern...
by Research Team | Jul 7, 2015 | Health News
Heroin use is increasing rapidly across the United States among all age, race, income and ethnic groups, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Tuesday. And the increase comes with a devastating price: Deaths from heroin-related overdoses nearly...
by Research Team | Jul 7, 2015 | Health News
The Ebola crisis has shown that the World Health Organisation is “not a fit for purpose health emergency agency”, the author of a damning report has said. The independent review, commissioned by WHO in March, found the epidemic “exposed...
by Research Team | Jul 7, 2015 | Health News
The developing world is seeing rapid urbanization, with more than half of the world’s population now living in cities and this figure expected to reach 70% by 2050. But with this progression comes an urban lifestyle — often meaning less physical activity...
by Research Team | Jul 7, 2015 | Health News
Government regulators have approved a new pill from Novartis to treat heart failure, a deadly chronic disease that affects millions of U.S. patients. The Food and Drug Administration approved the combination drug, Entresto, based on studies showing it reduced rates of...
