The results of a new international research study have just been revealed and they are quite amazing. The researchers discovered that giving THC to mice with tumors of human origin caused them to decrease in size. Tetrahydrocannabinol or THC is the main psychoactive ingredient in cannabis and it could be used to reduce tumor growth in cancer patients and this new study isn’t the first one to come … [Read more...]
New Discovery in the Form of Oral Medication for Treating a Form of Childhood Blindness
Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) is a form of childhood blindness is an inherited disease of the eye that occurs at birth or in the first couple of months of the infant’s life and it is quite rare, affecting 1 in 80,000 of the population. In 2008 scientists had a breakthrough in treating the illness with gene therapy and now, the second breakthrough and probably the biggest since LCA was … [Read more...]
New Study Find that Sex Addicts’ Brain Activity is Similar to that of Drug Addicts
Sexual addiction is still thought by many not to be an actual addiction; and when we say many, we mean the ones who rejected it from being included in the latest version of the DSM-5 (the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders). Now a new study may have uncovered some important new data that is hopefully going to get professionals and patients to treat this disease as a real … [Read more...]
WHO Announces that Ebola Death Toll Increases
The World Health Organization has announced that the Ebola virus is continuing to spread in the West of Africa, crossing the borders between Liberia, Sierra Leone and entering Guinea. There are large numbers of new cases and death in this region, with 44 new cases between the 6 and 8 of July. The total number of cases since the outbreak in February of this year is 888 cases and 539 deaths. There … [Read more...]
Girl Thought Cured of HIV has had Infection Relapse
Three years ago there was a huge breakthrough in the treatment of HIV for children born with the HIV virus. A young girl (18 months) infected with the virus was cured by an aggressive drug treatment and was virus-free. The medical news took the world by storm and the doctors involved with her treatment and therapy had hoped that this would be the beginning of a new treatment for those born with … [Read more...]
New Report Reveals Adults with Serious Mental Illnesses Face 80% Unemployment
A new report reveals that adults with serious mental illnesses face 80% unemployment. These rates are worse, but there are signs that indicate that they are getting even worse, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness and a report they’ve just published. In 2003 23% people who received public mental health services were employed and this year, only 17.8% of them were hired. This means … [Read more...]
Possible Salmonella Contamination: Foster Farms Recalls Chicken Products
Foster Farms based in Livingston, California has announced that it has recalled chicken products for fear of their products being infected with a strain of Salmonella Heidelberg. This announcement was made by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) has still to determine the exact amount of chicken being … [Read more...]
Rehabilitation Therapy for Age-Related Loss of Vision Cuts Depression Risk in Half
A new study revealed that rehabilitation therapy for age-related loss of vision cuts depression risk in half. The risk of depression has always been associated with those whose vision has degraded due to their age. And when you think about it, it’s natural. Once you lose your vision, everything else doesn’t really quite cut it. Age-related macular degeneration or AMD is the leading cause of … [Read more...]
One Step Closer to Developing a Blood Test to Predict Alzheimer’s Disease
The results of a new study were published and they are spectacular! The study reveals new information that brings us closer to developing a blood test to predict Alzheimer’s disease. The study was conducted by the Proteome Sciences and King’s College in London, UK. Blood samples were taken from 1,148 people: 476 patients with Alzheimer’s disease, 220 with MCI (Mild Cognitive Impairment) and 452 … [Read more...]
Texas Confirms First Case of Chikungunya
Bad news for Texas, the USA and the rest of the world – the Texas Department of State Health Services has just confirmed the first case of Chikungunya in the north of Austin area, more exactly in Williamson County. This comes after only one week after the first case of the West Nile virus of the season was discovered in Travis County. The patient is a man who has just returned in the States after … [Read more...]
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