Morning News Run
May 29, 2007 by Liz Lewis
Filed under Morning News
Medical experiments to be done without patients’ consent – Chron.com
The federal government is undertaking the most ambitious set of studies ever mounted under a controversial arrangement that allows researchers to conduct some kinds of medical experiments without first getting the patients’ permission.
Study: Kids’ Lack of Sleep Hurts Parents, Too – NPR (Audio)
When children have serious sleep problems, their parents suffer too. A study of 10,000 children shows that parents run into physical and mental health problems when their preschoolers can’t sleep. Dr. Sydney Spiesel of Slate offers his thoughts on the study and shares a tip on how to keep older kids in bed longer.
Hacking My Kid’s Brain: How a Child’s Neurons Were Rewired – WIRED
The month-long Sensory Learning Program in Boulder, Colorado, was designed to recalibrate Caleb’s reception of sensory input, reorganizing the neural pathways that process information.
Scientists find bird flu antibody – BBC
Antibodies that could protect against bird flu in humans have been isolated by an international team of scientists. The discovery could lead to treatments that complement flu vaccines in the event of a human epidemic of the virus.
Drug-resistant bugs on rise outside hospital: study – Reuters
Drug-resistant bacteria are infecting more people in community settings such as prisons and public housing, and not just in hospitals where such “superbugs” can run rampant, researchers said on Monday.
