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Exercise can heal broken bones

November 5, 2011 in Health

Exercise can help broken bones heal faster, a new study finds. This new knowledge may result in new treatment for people with osteoporosis

Allergies can be discovered soon after birth

November 5, 2011 in Health

Babies show a predisposition for developing allergies later in life even at the infant stage. The discovery could pave the way for better prevention.

Now we can learn more about chemicals in the body

November 4, 2011 in Health

Now it will be much easier to examine the effects of chemical substances on humans, thanks to a new computer model which compares data from all over the world.

Large differences in ADHD treatment

November 4, 2011 in Health

Attitudes about Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and how to treat it vary enormously from country to country. Dissimilarities in the use of medicines and psychosocial countermeasures are also evident.

Good sperm extends lifespan

November 3, 2011 in Health

High sperm quality is a sign of a long life for men, a new study suggests.

Don’t blame the pigs for new flu types

November 3, 2011 in Health

Pigs have been suspected of producing new types of dangerous influenza viruses that were highly infectious for humans. But pigs are no more responsible for this than we humans are, a new study shows.

Unhealthy Danes have less and poorer sex

November 3, 2011 in Health

Scientists have found a link between unhealthy living and problems beneath the sheets. People should use the discovery to live healthier lives, they suggest

Blood test can unveil Alzheimer's

November 2, 2011 in Health

A Danish biotech firm has developed a new test which can detect, from a bog standard blood sample, whether the person concerned has Alzheimer's disease. The test can even reveal the disease in its early stages.

Happiness, anger and heart defects

November 2, 2011 in Health

Mothers of babies born with serious heart defects are no less happy six months after birth than mothers of healthy babies.

Danes locate the source of cholera in Haiti

November 1, 2011 in Health

It was Nepalese soldiers who brought cholera with them to Haiti after the January 2010 earthquake, researchers have established. The ensuing cholera outbreak killed 6,000 people and made 400,000 ill.

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Two-year-olds benefit from playing games on tablets

August 15, 2018 in Technology

The use of electronic media by young children has an undeserved bad reputation, a new study suggests. Mothers are better at interacting with their two-year-olds when playing online games than when they are watching TV together or engaged in regular play.

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