Friday 3 May 2019

Blood pressure drug shows no benefit in Parkinson's disease

A study of a blood pressure drug does not show any benefit for people with Parkinson's disease, according to findings released today that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 71st Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, May 4 to 10, 2019.

* This article was originally published here

ClimaCell's weather watch makes use of wireless signals

A Boston-based startup is setting out to show the use of phones for better weather forecasting.

* This article was originally published here

Azithromycin appears to reduce treatment failure in severe, acute COPD exacerbations

The antibiotic azithromycin may reduce treatment failure in patients hospitalized for an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a randomized, controlled trial published online in the American Thoracic Society's American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

* This article was originally published here

Parents, would you let your kid ride an Uber or Lyft by themselves?

May 1—Having grown up riding the New York City subways by herself at age 11 or 12, suburban New Jersey mom Kasia Bardi was fine the first time her 12-year old boy Fabrizio rode an Uber alone to an "important soccer game."

* This article was originally published here