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From Science 9:29 am
Malaria-carrying mosquitoes in Africa and India are becoming resistant to insecticides, putting millions of lives at greater risk and threatening eradication efforts, health experts said on Tuesday.
From Society 4:02 am
BMJ experts claim levy on unhealthy food and drinks should be combined with subsidies on fruit and vegetables.
From Science 6:09 pm
Surgeons have "rewired" a 71-year-old paralyzed man using a technique called nerve transfer, helping him regain some use of his hands.
From Science May 15
Sleepwalking has been understudied and probably undertreated, a Stanford University sleep researcher says.
From Science May 15
The U.S. government launched an ambitious push to develop new treatments for Alzheimer's on Tuesday with a first prevention study of high-risk patients and tests on an insulin nasal spray that has shown promise in earlier studies.
From Science May 15
People with multiple sclerosis have long said that smoking marijuana helps ease their painful muscle cramping. And a new clinical trial suggests they are not just blowing smoke. The study, published Monday, found that for 30 MS patients with muscle "spasticity," a few days of marijuana smoking brought some relief.
From Science May 14
Smoking marijuana helped relieve some multiple sclerosis symptoms in a small trial of 30 patients, a team of University of California-San Diego researchers reported in the Canadian Medical Association Journal on Monday.
From Companies May 14
Former Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO) CEO Scott Thompson quit in part because of a recent diagnosis of thyroid cancer, the Wall Street Journal reported.
From Science May 11
A new study suggests children born with a range of birth defects are at an increased risk of developing certain childhood cancers, especially during their first year of life.
From Society May 10
Triumph launches novelty ice bra in Japan to raise awareness of energy issues.