Waiting just a few minutes to clamp the umbilical cord after a baby is born could boost iron stores in the newborn's blood, but delayed cord clamping comes with an increased risk of jaundice, according to a new review of studies.
Nearly 20 percent of military service members who have returned from Iraq and Afghanistan -- 300,000 in all -- report symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder or major depression, yet only slight more than half have sought treatment. Researchers found about 19 percent of returning service members report that they experienced a possible traumatic brain injury while deployed, with 7 percent reporting both a probable brain injury and current PTSD or major depression.
A mathematical model suggests that the odds of finding new life on other Earth-like planets are low, given the time it has taken for beings such as humans to evolve and the remaining life span of the Earth. Structurally complex and intelligent life evolved late on Earth and it has already been suggested that this process might be governed by a small number of very difficult evolutionary steps.
Arsenic is a remarkably effective treatment against a rare form of leukemia. Researchers have shown how arsenic cures one type of leukemia. This research should lead to a better understanding of the therapy, and thus to medical strategies which are better adapted to this disease.
Using a lowly bloodless worm, researchers have discovered an important clue to how iron carried in human blood is absorbed and transported into the body. The finding could lead to developing new ways to reduce iron deficiency, the world's number one nutritional disorder.
A new discovery by University of Minnesota researchers may lead to a better understanding of how the spinal cord controls how people walk. These insights could help lead to treatments for central nervous system maladies such as Parkinson's disease and spinal cord injuries.
Deep-sea sharks have been tagged and tracked and their habitats precisely mapped in world-first research to test the conservation value of areas closed to commercial fishing.
Researchers are closing in on a completed diagram of how human cells protect themselves against constant genetic mistakes that contribute to most diseases, according to a new study.
Researchers investigating how blood vessel growth keeps cancers alive have made a world-first discovery that could boost the chances of successfully treating life-threatening tumors.
Hurricanes in some areas, including the North Atlantic, are likely to become more intense as a result of global warming even though the number of such storms worldwide may decline, according to a new study by MIT researchers. The lead author of the new study, wrote a paper in 2005 reporting an apparent link between a warming climate and an increase in hurricane intensity. That paper attracted worldwide attention because it was published in Nature just three weeks before Hurricane Katrina slammed into New Orleans.
Vietnam takes a major step into the space age with the launch of its first telecommunications satellite. Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 19 Apr 2008 | 10:29 am
A Russian capsule carrying South Korea's first astronaut returns to Earth, but misses its planned landing point by 400km. Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 19 Apr 2008 | 10:01 am
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian space capsule landed about 420 kms (260 miles) off course in Kazakhstan on Saturday but the three-member crew was safe, an official at the mission control centre told Reuters.
KOUROU, French Guiana (Reuters) - A heavy-lift Ariane-5 rocket blasted off from French Guiana on Friday putting into orbit telecommunications satellites for Brazil and Vietnam, space officials said.
The world's first gallery dedicated to botanical art is gearing up to open to the public. Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 19 Apr 2008 | 12:38 am
British candidates may be blocked from applying to the European Space Agency due to UK government position on funding human spaceflight Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 18 Apr 2008 | 11:10 pm
Ben Goldacre: I am very happy to live in a world where 'Alien doctors treated my cystitis' can be a news story in the Hartlepool Mail Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 18 Apr 2008 | 11:06 pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Canada is moving to get rid of products with a chemical common in plastic baby bottles, the United States is expressing concern over its safety and some retailers are planning to stop selling these items.
GENEVA (Reuters) - A cholera outbreak in Kenya has killed 67 people so far this year, while a fungus has wiped out up to 20 percent of the country's annual rice production, United Nations agencies said on Friday.
Unrecorded DR Congo villages are discovered by communities mapping their areas using GPS units. Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 18 Apr 2008 | 5:01 pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Teams of university scientists backed by U.S. government funds hope to grow new skin, ears, muscles and other body tissue for troops injured in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Defense Department said on Thursday.
