Category Archives: Health News

Copying success is a healthy habit, as was demonstrated by oncologists in a recent study. The success model these researchers copied was non-invasive Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT). This non-invasive therapy delivers a hi-dose of radiation that targets tumors in a precise way, thus minimizing the effect of radiation on the adjacent healthy tissue. Traditionally ...click here to read more

Life is the greatest gift of all, and to preserve that gift researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine (IUSM) conducted a study to determine whether science could help predict suicide risk. The topline finding of the study is how the researchers have isolated a sequence of RNA biomarkers in blood that may point ...click here to read more

Researchers from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business (UCBSB) recently published a study which reveals that patients who require immediate medical attention are more likely to perceive doctors as emotionless. When we are in a state of medical need, we have an expectation that doctors are there to help us and should help ...click here to read more

For decades men have relied on the ‘little blue pill’ to boost sexual performance and desire. Women continued to ask when their own needs would be addressed, as lack of desire, especially post-menopause, continued to diminish. Well, today is the day ladies, and your prayers have been answered; the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...click here to read more

Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles Health Sciences discovered that only one in 10 heart failure patients are being referred to cardio rehabilitation post treatment – a number which is surprisingly low. Cardiac rehab is seen as an integral component to recovery; evidence has shown it to be effective for improving the quality ...click here to read more

Researchers from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine found that the number of smokers who have quit has not grown significantly since the introduction of a prescription smoking cessation drug called varenicline. Varenicline was introduced in 2006 as a way to help people quit smoking. It works by blocking the pleasure received ...click here to read more

Just like how every person has a brain, every brain cell has its own brain – a ball of chromosomes wrapped in a protective fatty membrane. This is the nucleus, also known as the command station of the cell. In a recent study, partially funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), scientists have shown ...click here to read more

The German Research Center for Environmental Health studied the effects of nitrogen oxides (NO2) on the pollen of ragweed. Furthermore, pollen from NO2 treated plants have more binding capacity to the specific IgE antibodies of individuals allergic to ragweed. This is the beginning of an allergic reaction. Ragweed is native to the east and mid-west ...click here to read more

Unlike the lyrics of a famous song, ‘every breath you take’ actually sends millions of microbes into your lungs. The question is, what’s next? What happens after these microscopic organisms get into your lungs? And more importantly, why is it that some people get harmful lung infections after inhaling these microbes but not others? To ...click here to read more

The medical industry’s long battle with joint pain could soon see the making of a truce. Researchers at Johns Hopkins have engineered a kind of synthetic that has the potential to bring about durable lubrication in many areas of the body. They have achieved this by binding a slippery molecule that is naturally found in ...click here to read more

Research from Harvard and Johns Hopkins University unveils that over the last 10 years there has been an increase in journal articles on the topic of yoga therapy as a means of reducing symptoms associated with disease and illness. Over the years yoga has become increasingly popular among all age groups. Promoted as a wellness ...click here to read more

Researchers from the University of Plymouth and Queensland University of Technology have uncovered that the use of the game Tetris can help to control real world cravings. Tetris is a popular, longstanding game where blocks of different colors and shapes fall from the top with the goal of combining them together so they fit. It ...click here to read more

Thanks to science, the brain is getting to be more like an open book, giving us information and details hitherto not thought possible. Advances in the area of brain mapping is allowing scientists to discover, for the first time, details of how our brain sends instantaneous messages from one brain cell to another. Researchers at ...click here to read more

Researchers from Northwestern University, who were inspired by a fruit fly, discovered what exactly controls our ability to wake up and fall asleep. The idea to research the mechanisms of sleep originated 15 years ago when the attention of Dr. Ravi Allada’s attention was caught by a mutated fruit fly. The biological clock which aids ...click here to read more