A Zika breakthrough: Scientists detail how virus can attack fetal brain and other top stories.

• A Zika breakthrough: Scientists detail how virus can attack fetal brain

  The body of evidence linking the Zika virus to devastating health effects on women and unborn babies grew significantly stronger Friday as new studies from two continents detailed how the pathogen could attack fetal brain development as well as trigger complications at any stage of pregnancy. In one study, a team of U.S. researchers identified a probable mechanism for how the Zika virus can cause microcephaly, in which children are born with abnormally small heads and underdeveloped brains. The..

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• Late jump in flu cases prompts hospital visitor restrictions

  

  CHICAGO (AP) - An unusual jump in late-winter flu cases has prompted hospitals in the Chicago area to restrict visitors.The restrictions are meant to protect very ill hospital patients from picking up the flu from visitors, especially children, who are considered to be at highest risk of incubating the flu or being contagious.The Illinois Department of Public Health says officials statewide are seeing a flu increase.The Chicago-area flu season usually lasts from October to May and peaks in early..

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• Wheelchair controlled by the mind

  

  US scientists have developed a machine that enables people to navigate a robotic wheelchair through their thoughts. "In some severely disabled people, even blinking is not possible," said Miguel Nicolelis, a neuroscientist at Duke University. "For them, using a wheelchair or device controlled by non-invasive measures like an EEG (a device that monitors brain waves through electrodes on the scalp) may not be sufficient," he said. "We show clearly that if you have intracranial implants, you get be..

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• Gene Variation In Athletes Might Signify Longer Recovery Following Concussion

  Orlando, FL -Genetic research on concussions is progressing in many different avenues. However, researchers presenting their work at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's (AOSSM) Specialty Day, believe there may be a new genetic connection regarding recovery rates following a sports-related concussion. "Athletes carrying a specific genotype (CACNA1E rs704326) in our study were found to have a much greater risk of a prolonged recovery following concussion," said lead author, Ja..

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• HIV Predictive Drug Truvada is Used with Different Amounts in Both Men and Women

  

  HIV was quite in recent years and the cases were decreasing day by day however this deadly virus decided to make a great comeback for itself. Different cases such as the virus developed a protection for the current medicines which prevents it, high raise in the patients and a conference held in Boston last week. HIV does not have that much death ratio just like it used to have in 80s however it is still among the diseases which can ruin the sufferers’ life. This also raised the popularity of t..

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• David Wright remembers 'incredible' impact Shannon Forde made for Mets

  

  PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — The death of beloved Mets media relations staffer Shannon Forde was felt all around the baseball community Friday night, with tributes and condolences pouring in from players and media members alike. David Wright was one of the players who remembered Forde, 44, who passed away after a four-year battle with breast cancer. Wright credited Forde with helping him adjust to life in New York as a rookie and also highlighted her genuine kindness and warmth toward others. "The ..

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• Poor sleep gives you the munchies, study says

  

  A new study suggests the brain receptors that can lead sleep-deprived people to crave unnecessary food were the same as those activated by marijuana. Evidence has suggested for some time that sleep deprivation can lead to obesity, among a variety of other ills. Now researchers are digging into the mechanisms that cause sleep-deprived brains to crave food they do not need. A study published Tuesday in the journal SLEEP suggested the brain receptors that can lead the sleep-deprived to crave unnec..

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• Studies: Infants' peanut exposure could prevent allergies for them later

  

  CHICAGO (AP) — Two new studies bolster evidence that feeding babies peanuts or other allergy-inducing foods is more likely to protect them than to cause problems. One study, a follow-up to landmark research published last year, suggests that the early prevention strategy leads to persistent, long-lasting results in children at risk for food allergies. It found that allergy protection lasted at least through age 5 and didn't wane even when kids stopped eating peanut-containing foods for a year. ..

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