Health
First Ebola case on US soil confirmed in Dallas
The first Ebola case diagnosed on US soil has been confirmed in Dallas, Texas. According to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital officials, the unidentified patient is...
Frequent antibiotic use associated with childhood obesity
According to US researchers, young children who are given repeated courses of antibiotics are at greater risk than those who use fewer drugs of...
Ebola outbreak: Liberia’s Deputy Health Minister Bernice Dahn under quarantine
Liberian chief medical officer Bernice Dahn has put herself under quarantine for 21 days, after one of her assistants died from the deadly Ebola...
Ebola outbreak death toll passes 3,000 in West Africa
According to a World Health Organization (WHO) report, the death toll from the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has passed 3,000. The latest figures indicate...
Turmerone: Curry spice may help brain self-repair
According to a report in the journal Stem Cell Research and Therapy, a spice commonly found in curries may boost the brain's ability to...
9/11 Ground Zero illness: Three FDNY firefighters die from cancer on the same day
Three retired FDNY firefighters who worked at Ground Zero have died on the same day from cancer. According to experts, the illness might be connected...
Ebola outbreak: Sierra Leone quarantines another one million people
Sierra Leone has widened the Ebola quarantine to include another one million people in an attempt to curb the spread of the disease. President Ernest...
Dengue fever: Brazil releases mosquitoes contaminated with Wolbachia bacteria
Brazil has released thousands of mosquitoes infected with Wolbachia bacteria that suppress dengue fever. Researchers hope the good mosquitoes will multiply, breed and become the...
Chokeberries boost pancreatic cancer therapy
According to a study in the Journal of Clinical Patholow, chokeberries, wild berries native to North America, may have a role in boosting cancer...
WHO projections: Nearly 20,000 Ebola cases by November 2014
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that Ebola infections will treble to 20,000 by November if efforts to tackle the outbreak are not...
Sierra Leone: Ebola lockdown declared success
Sierra Leone’s three-day curfew aimed at containing the Ebola outbreak has been declared a success by authorities. They say more than a million households were...
Roasted peanuts trigger more allergic reactions
According to an Oxford University study, involving mice, roasted peanuts are more likely to trigger an allergic reaction than raw peanuts. Scientists say chemical changes...
Ebola outbreak: Three-day lockdown begins in Sierra Leone
A three-day lockdown has come into effect in Sierra Leone in a bid to stop the spread of the Ebola virus. The aim of the...
Ebola team found dead in Guinea
Guinean authorities searching for a team of health workers and journalists who went missing while trying to raise awareness of Ebola have found several...
Barack Obama’s Ebola speech: Outbreak in West Africa a threat to global security
President Barack Obama has announced the US measures to combat the Ebola virus as he called the outbreak in West Africa "a threat to...
UN: More than $1 billion needed to fight Ebola virus
UN's Ebola co-ordinator David Nabarro has said that more than $1 billion is needed to fight the West Africa Ebola outbreak - a tenfold...
Male Pattern Baldness: psychological factors & best hair loss recovery
Hair loss among men is an alarming concern that men frown upon. Other than self-esteem going down the drain, men lose two more crucial...
Customers Demand More Value as Skincare Trends Change in Europe
A recent study conducted in Europe states that consumers are changing their focus and now demand better value for money when it comes to...
Diabetic Amputation – A Prophecy of Death
According to Tropical Medicine Research Institute’s endocrinologist Dr. Michael Boyne, diabetic amputation is a marker for death. Dr. Boyne of the University of West...
Barack Obama to send 3,000 troops to Liberia to tackle Ebola epidemic
President Barack Obama will announce today his plans to send 3,000 troops to Liberia to help fight the Ebola virus, US officials say. It is...
Human brain may be able to resist Alzheimer’s disease
According to a research published in Nature Neuroscience, the human brain may be able to compensate for some of the early changes seen in...
AB blood type linked to memory loss in later life
According to a recent research, there may be a link between rare blood type AB and memory loss in later life. People with AB blood,...
Sleeping pills linked to Alzheimer’s disease
A new research suggests that long-term use of pills for anxiety and sleep problems may be linked to Alzheimer's disease. A study of older Canadian...
WHO: Ebola outbreak kills 2,288 people in West Africa
According to the World Health Organization, the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has killed 2,288 people, with half of them dying in the last...
Ebola vaccine gives monkeys 10-month immunity
Scientists say that vaccinated monkeys have developed "long-term" immunity to the Ebola virus, raising a prospect of successful human trials. The experiments by the US...
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