Shelley Stuart

Two doses of chicken pox vaccine prove 98% effective

In 1995 the chicken pox vaccine (also called varicella vaccine) debuted in the US, and the results were dramatic: cases of chicken pox plummeted by 90%, chicken pox-related deaths dropped by 66% and hospital stays due to the pustulent...

LouseBuster aims to make nit-picking a thing of the past

Dr. Dale Clayton, from the University of Utah, studies lice. Specifically, he studies the complex interplay between parasites and their hosts over time. So what, exactly, inspires an evolutionary parasitologist to invent a chemical-free treatment for the...

American Heart Association changes CPR guidelines

In today's issue of Circulation, the American Heart association issued new guidelines that change the decades-old method of CPR. Yesterday, CPR guidelines involved the A-B-C approach: open the Airway, check for Breathing, start...

CPR study compares survival with and without rescue breaths

If you have a cardiac arrest, and you're not in a hospital, you have a less than 8% chance of staying alive. Two-thirds of the time, any bystanders watching won't step up to perform...

Can molecule 968 prevent cancer?

A reader posed in interesting question regarding yesterday's article, "Local researchers find a compound that targets cancer's Achilles heel". The reader wanted to know if the molecule 968 blocked a cancer-only process...

Local researchers find a compound that targets cancer's Achilles heel

Ask Cornell University researcher Dr. Richard Cerione if his recently published research suggests a cure for cancer, and he instantly downplays the suggestion. "Everybody always says that," he points out. "We stay away from those...

Fix-it cells, and a new supply found in wisdom teeth

The human body has a broad array of ways to stay whole and healthy. The immune system tackles virus and bacteria, bone marrow keeps us flush with blood cells, skin and bone stitch back together after a tear or...

Recovering from sleep deprivation, sleeping through noise and the neuron (part 2)

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Recovering from sleep deprivation, sleeping through noise and the neuron (part 1)

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Diabetes type II and cashews - updated information

August 5, 2010 Dr. Pierre Haddad recently co-authored a paper about how an extract from the cashew significantly helps muscle cells take up glucose, a finding that may lead to new treatments for diabetes patients. (Read the full...

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