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- Color-graded pictogram label to reduce medicine-related traffic crashes found ineffective
- Relationships with family members, but not friends, decrease likelihood of death
- Citrus fruits could help prevent obesity-related heart disease, liver disease, diabetes
- Paper-based device spots falsified or degraded medications
- Edible food packaging made from milk proteins
- Stopping scars before they form
| Color-graded pictogram label to reduce medicine-related traffic crashes found ineffective Posted: 21 Aug 2016 07:05 PM PDT A new study questions the effectiveness of using pictogram message on the labels of anxiety and sleep medications that interfere with driving -- an approach this is currently implemented across France. The study found that the risk of being responsible for a crash associated with these medicines did not decrease long-term after the pictogram was introduced. |
| Relationships with family members, but not friends, decrease likelihood of death Posted: 21 Aug 2016 06:30 AM PDT For older adults, having more or closer family members in one's social network decreases his or her likelihood of death, but having a larger or closer group of friends does not, finds a new study. |
| Citrus fruits could help prevent obesity-related heart disease, liver disease, diabetes Posted: 21 Aug 2016 06:30 AM PDT Oranges and other citrus fruits are good for you -- they contain plenty of vitamins and substances, such as antioxidants, that can help keep you healthy. Now a group of researchers reports that these fruits also help prevent harmful effects of obesity in mice fed a Western-style, high-fat diet. |
| Paper-based device spots falsified or degraded medications Posted: 21 Aug 2016 06:30 AM PDT The developing world is awash in substandard, degraded or falsified medications, which can either directly harm users or deprive them of needed treatment. And with internet sales of medications on the rise, people everywhere are increasingly at risk. So, a team of researchers has developed a simple, inexpensive paper-based device to screen suspicious medications. |
| Edible food packaging made from milk proteins Posted: 21 Aug 2016 06:30 AM PDT Most foods at the grocery store come wrapped in plastic packaging. Not only does this create a lot of non-recyclable, non-biodegradable waste, but thin plastic films are not great at preventing spoilage. Scientists are now developing a packaging film made of milk proteins that addresses these issues -- and it is even edible. |
| Stopping scars before they form Posted: 21 Aug 2016 06:30 AM PDT Most people start racking up scars from an early age with scraped knees and elbows. While many of these fade over time, more severe types such as keloids and scars from burns are largely untreatable, and can carry the stigma of disfigurement. Now scientists are developing new compounds that could stop scars from forming in the first place. |
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