Certain types of routes carry much lower risk of injury for cyclists, according to a new University of British Columbia study on the eve of Vancouver's Bike to Work Week. The study, published today in the American Journal of Public Health, analyzed the cause of 690 cycling injuries in Vancouver...
Proposals designed to prevent non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as "fat taxes" will have wide-ranging effects on the economy and health but wider research is needed to avoid wasting resources on ineffective measures, according to an economist from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical...
Easy-to-use, inexpensive tests to diagnose infectious diseases are urgently needed in resource-limited countries. A new report based on an American Academy of Microbiology colloquium, "Bringing the Lab to the Patient: Developing Point-of-Care Diagnostics for Resource Limited Settings," describes...
Hey, I'm buying a used car (can't afford anything really) for my son as a gift and I know insurance rates for civics are crazy high, but I was thinking of buying a Honda Civic with a factory immobilizer. When did they start implementing immobilizers in Honda Civics, I'm going to buy the newest...