Health
Smart Bra: First Warning Systems bra helps detect breast cancer
First Warning Systems unveils plans for a hi-tech device that can be worn inside the bra to help detect breast cancer. One million women are...
Eating two servings of fish a week while pregnant halves the risk of ADHD
The amount of fish a woman eats while pregnant may affect her child's chances of developing attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Eating fish twice a week was...
HRT may cut risk of heart attack
Women who take hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may cut their risk of heart problems, a study suggests, but experts are still cautious about long-term...
Supertasters finding sprouts and broccoli bitter have a better immune response
Scientists have discovered a keen sense of taste boosts immunity - a breakthrough that could lead to nasal sprays to ward off illness. People who...
Why do we behave oddly in elevators?
Many of us use elevator several times a day without really noticing. And yet the way we behave in elevators reveals a hidden anxiety. "Most...
Prostate cancer barcode test helps patients choose treatment
Experts have found that a blood test that reads genetic results like a barcode can pick out the most aggressive prostate cancers. The test, which...
Tomatoes reduce stroke risk
Finnish researchers have found that a diet rich in tomatoes may reduce the risk of having a stroke. They were investigating the impact of lycopene...
2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine: John Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka awarded for stem cell research
John Gurdon from the UK and Shinya Yamanaka from Japan, two pioneers of stem cell research, have shared the Nobel Prize for medicine or...
New drug NA-1 may prevent stroke damage
According to doctors in the US and Canada, it may be possible to use a drug to prevent some of the lasting and crippling...
An apple a day lowers bad cholesterol and improves heart health in just one month
A new study suggests that eating apples each day could significantly improve the heart health of middle-aged adults in just one month. Those who ate...
Cruciferous vegetables cut oral cancer risk
Eating cruciferous vegetables such as sprouts, broccoli and cauliflower at least once a week can cut the risk of developing a variety of cancers. Those...
Meningitis outbreak: New England Compounding Center injectable steroids make seven victims
Fungal meningitis outbreak death toll has risen to seven in U.S. The disease has been linked to spinal steroid injections, sparking fear as new cases...
Oestrogen cream speeds up leg ulcers healing process
Doctors have discovered why wounds such as ulcers take longer to heal in older people - and they believe a cream containing the female...
Lady Gaga’s restaurant smacked with a C grade after health officials inspection
The high-end Manhattan restaurant owned by Lady Gaga and her family has been slammed by health officials for its filthy ways. Joanne Trattoria on the...
Drinking more than three cups of coffee a day may increase risk of glaucoma
According to an American research, drinking more than three cups of coffee a day may increase the risk of vision loss and blindness. Even moderate...
How a multivitamin tablet a day may boost memory and slow mental decline
According to new studies, a daily multivitamin tablet may boost the memory and slow mental decline. Taking supplements has a beneficial effect on memory and...
US meningitis outbreak: 47 people infected in seven states
An outbreak of rare fungal meningitis in the US has now affected 47 people in seven states, Center for Disease Control (DCD) officials say. Doctors...
The Hubris Syndome or The Intoxication of Power: examining the psychology of the powerful
World leaders are often accused of hubris, of wielding power in arrogant and self-serving ways. Leaders and managers in public life rarely escape criticism when...
How to walk in heels. Course on women’s posture launched by orthotist Martin Bell.
British clinician Martin Bell is so fed up with treating women for joint pain because of their high heels he has devised a course...
Formula predicts woman’s chances of pregnancy
Scientists have devised a formula that predicts a woman’s chances of pregnancy. The formula combines information about how fertility drops with age with the length...
Skin stem cells become “grandparents”
Stem cells made from skin have become "grandparents" after generations of life were created in experiments by scientists in Japan. The cells were used to...
How Edwin Velez lost 100 lbs in four months by cutting out white food
At five-foot-six, Edwin Velez weighed 300 pounds when he holidayed in the Bahamas last November. When the 26-year-old from Albertville, Alabama, saw his holiday snaps,...
How to stay healthy in autumn
The end of summer doesn’t only mark the end of sunshine, sunbathing and warm temperatures and thus the return of poor weather, but also...
How to survive the nine stages of marriage
Every bride walks down the aisle hoping love will make her marriage last forever. But ask women a few years later if they’d marry the...
Black mamba venom painkiller beats morphine
French scientists say that a painkiller as powerful as morphine, but without most of the side-effects, has been found in the deadly venom of...
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