Editor’s Selections: Flies with ADHD, new uses for old drugs, and the risks of spine immobilization and home births
January 27th, 2010 Editor's Selections No Comments
Travis Saunders selects several notable posts each week from Health and Clinical Research. He blogs at Obesity Panacea.
Before I get to my weekly selections, I’d like to point out that there are a TON of new blogs posting on Health and Clinical Research the past few weeks. It’s great to have so much quality to choose from each week!
- How we discovered that an attention drug successfully treats a fruit fly memory mutant. This fascinating first-hand account explains how researchers studying fruit fly memory mutants discovered a fly model for ADHD.
- The Polypharmacome. Byte Size Biology looks at computer models that could help uncover new uses for old drugs.
- Spine immobilization in penetrating trauma: more harm than good? Rogue Medic gives an excellent example of a case where evidence-based treatment can save lives (or at least reduce harm).
- How risky is home birth? Riskier than I expected, quite frankly.
Travis
