Archive for April 1st, 2008

Scientists discover how HIV hides itself in our cells

April 1 : Researchers at the University of Michigan, USA, have taken a major step forward in the fight against AIDS, by discovering how Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), which

Babies have an intuitive grasp of statistics

April 1: Babies possess an intuitive grasp of statistics which resembles that of a scientist, say researchers.

Use of anticoagulants after joint replacement ops may lead to more deaths

Apr 1: A new study from Hospital for Special Surgery in New York has revealed that the use of anticoagulants to prevent blockage in pulmonary artery after joint replacement

Researchers develop ‘alien’ type viruses to tackle superbugs

Apr 1 : In a bid to prevent the spread of hospital superbugs, doctors at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland are harnessing bacteria killing viruses to develop new materials impregnated with thousands of tiny beads coated in these viruses.

Birds eat flavonoid-rich fruits to maintain a healthy immune system

April 1 : In what happens to be the first study in a living being to show that a group of antioxidants called flavonoids boost the immune system, ecologists have shown that fruit-eating

Two-drug blood pressure therapy can cut cardiovascular risk: Study

Apr 1 : Researchers at University of Michigan have revealed that combination of two blood pressure drugs can effectively lower cardiovascular risk among hypertensive patients.

Women living with HIV/AIDS face strikingly high levels of stigma

Apr 1 : According to a new survey, HIV-positive women in the United States face strikingly high levels of stigma.

Physical activity could delay onset of Huntington’s disease

Apr 1 : A new study on mice has found that the simple act of running in an exercise wheel may delay the onset of some symptoms of Huntington’s disease.

Anti-psychotic Alzheimer’s drugs do more harm than good

Apr 1 : A new study has suggested that the anti-psychotic drugs or neuroleptics, which are widely prescribed for Alzheimer’s patients, do not provide any benefit, but cause significant

Teen dinos’ violent head-butting battles revealed

April 1 : Ongoing research into the head-butting behaviour of pachycephalosaurs—a group of relatively small dinosaurs that lived from about 80 million to 65 million years ago in Asia and