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Facebook data suggests people from higher social class have fewer international friends
New study using Facebook network data, including a dataset of over 57 billion friendships, shows correlation between higher social class and fewer international friendships. Researchers say results support ideas of ‘restricting social class’ among wealthy, but show that lower social classes are taking advantage of increased social capital beyond national borders.
Cats Get Breast Cancer Too, and There’s a Lot We Can Learn From It
The disease is most common in older breeding females. “The risk for developing breast cancer overall is dependent on exposure to hormones,” says Sorenmo. “There’s a seven-fold increase in risk in cats that have not been spayed, and spaying has to occur at a very early age if you’re going to have the best benefit.” Sorenmo says she has seen mammary cancers in male cats too, more often if they have been taking hormone therapies like progesterone-based drugs for behavioral problems such as spraying or aggression.
Studying Kangaroo Cartilage Could Help Human Treatment
New research shows that the kangaroo is a suitable alternative animal model for study of human shoulder cartilage biomechanics. Understanding the biomechanics of natural kangaroo shoulder cartilage could lead to the development of better artificial shoulder joint implants — an increasingly important therapeutic option as the population ages and outlives the glide performance lifespan of joint cartilage.
Hybridization in Parasites
That of Parasitology is necessarily a multidisciplinary field, where everyone (biologists, veterinarians, technicians, vector-control experts, physicians) has an essential role, this is why the “One Health” approach is so important. Consequences for Adaptive Evolution, Pathogenesis, and Public Health in a Changing World”
Health innovations need much more than research
The challenges of developing and scaling up health innovations go beyond research. They need careful consideration.
Previously known as the Global Forum for Health Research, the Global Forum for Research and Innovation for Health, held last week in the Philippines, has been freshly rebranded to reflect the distinction between research and the development of innovation as a product or service.
60,000 Antelope Died in Four Days and No One Knows Why
It started in late May. When geoecologist Steffen Zuther and his colleagues arrived in central Kazakhstan to monitor the calving of one herd of saigas, a critically endangered, steppe-dwelling antelope, veterinarians in the area had already reported dead animals on the ground.
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