by Research Team | May 20, 2015 | Health News
In this April 11, 2015 file photo, Afghan farmers harvest raw opium at a poppy field in Kandahar’s Zhari district, Afghanistan. A team led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley has identified the steps to make morphine and other painkillers in...
by Research Team | May 20, 2015 | Health News
Facing a $1 billion budget deficit, Arizona’s Republican-led Legislature has reduced the lifetime limit for welfare recipients to the shortest window in the nation. As a result, the Arizona Department of Economic Security will drop at least 1,600 families...
by Research Team | May 20, 2015 | Health News
Cholesterol-lowering drugs such as statins have been found to cut people’s risk of stroke by nearly a third. A study carried out in France found that those who take either statins or fibrates had a 30% lower risk.
by Research Team | May 20, 2015 | Health News
The Pint of Science Festival starts in Southampton pubs tomorrow as researchers aim to make science more accessible to the public Scientists from the University of Southampton pictured at the Dancing Man Pub ahead of next weeks Pint of Science event Giulia Carella,...
by Research Team | May 20, 2015 | Health News
Congresswoman Corrine Brown and other local representatives stood outside UF Health off 8th. Street in Jacksonville, Florida to express their dismay with Florida Governor Rick Scott for not accepting the Federal money for Medicaid expansion.
by Research Team | May 19, 2015 | Health News
It takes Flora Harris less than a minute each day to walk to her workplace and greet her “boss,” Betty Charles, in the Hill District’s Bedford Dwellings public housing development. The longtime neighbors and acquaintances spend four hours a day...