Sat 03 August 2019: A dog lover woke up in hospital to find surgeons had amputated her hands and legs after she suffered a rare reaction to the saliva of one of her pets. Surgeons removed Marie Trainer’s limbs to save her life as gangrene set in while she was in a coma. Ms Trainer is thought to have […]
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Sat 03 August 2019: Breastfeeding saves lives — not just kids, but mothers too. On the heels of new evidence of the lifesaving benefits of early and exclusive breastfeeding, UNICEF calls for increased investment in workplace programs and other support for breastfeeding moms. New research examining the human and economic costs of not breastfeeding found that […]
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Fri 02 August 2019: Medics removed 526 teeth from a seven-year-old boy at the Chennai’s Seveetha Dental College and Hospital in India. The denticles – or small teeth – were in a tumour in the boys mouth and were removed on July 31. Scans showed hundreds of masses on the lower right side of his […]
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Rules on the process differ by country: the US has no federal restrictions on creating chimeras, while other countries prohibit chimeras being kept alive behind two weeks. For illustrative purposes only.Image Credit: Pixabay Fri 02 August 2019: The newly approved study would help understand the obstacles in the field Tokyo: Scientists in Japan will begin […]
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Thu 01 August 2019: Diet is already a key part of managing diseases like diabetes and hypertension, but new research adds to a growing body of evidence that it could help cancer treatment too. The study, published Thursday in the journal Nature, found restricting intake of an amino acid found in red meat and eggs […]
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Thu 25 July 2019: Using light to create and modify memories, a team of Australian researchers developed an electronic chip that mimics the human brain. Researchers from RMIT University drew inspiration from optogenetics to develop a device that replicates the way the brain stores and loses information. According to the German News Agency, Optogenetics allows […]
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Sat 20 July 2019: As Turkey marks a decade of a revolutionary smoking ban, Health Ministry figures show more than 2.5 million people sought to quit smoking through clinics set up for smoking addicts. Clinics opened in the early 2000s, increased in number in recent years, especially after the 2009 indoors smoking ban. Nicotine addicts […]
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Tue 16 July 2019: Containing the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo will require hundreds of millions of dollars, the UN’s aid chief has warned, stating that many lives are at risk if proper action is not taken. Speaking at a meeting in Geneva, Mark Lowcock, who heads the UN Office for […]
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Sat 13 July 2019: Not enough breastfeeding costs the global economy almost $1 billion each day due to lost productivity and healthcare costs, researchers said Friday, as health experts urged more support for nursing mothers. A new website developed by researchers in Canada and Asia showed that the world could have saved $341 billion each […]
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Fri 12 July 2019: Media reports said the British government plans to eradicate smoking in the country by 2030. The plans leaked to The Daily Mail newspaper, say leaflets on how to quit would have to be inserted into every cigarette packet. Those plans will be officially announced by Health Secretary Matt Hancock next week. […]
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