Smallpox was a highly infectious disease that was eradicated more than three decades ago. Due to its eradication, the human population is no longer vaccinated against this disease. The USA and Russia have admitted to possessing vials of the smallpox virus in two laboratories for various reasons, but a staggering discovery has just been made in a storage room at an old laboratory in Maryland, USA. … [Read more...]
MIT Predicts Wireless Controlled Contraception is Coming Soon
Contraception has been giving women and men headaches since the beginning of time. The discovery of hormone oral contraception has revolutionized the modern world, many believe, but today MIT released a statement which might very well do that once again: apparently MIT predicts wireless controlled contraception is going to be a thing of the present and soon. MIT has wanted to implant microchips … [Read more...]
Hungary Has a New Case of Anthrax in Beef
Hungary has on its hand a new case of anthrax found in beef, which can be the start of a potential epidemic. The infection of anthrax has been found in beef in the eastern part of Hungary, the Heves County. One person who is showing symptoms of the disease is receiving medical treatment. The statement was published on the veterinary authority NEBIH on Monday night. Apparently the disease was … [Read more...]
A New Test Predicts Which Teens Will Have an Alcohol Problem
This may sound like it’s taken out of a sci-fi movie, but Medical Daily just reported that there is a new test available that will tell the parents which of their children will grow up to abuse alcohol in their teen years, specifically, which of them will binge drink. Binge drinking is an alcohol related issue that involves the consumption of large quantities of alcohol during short periods of … [Read more...]
First All-Oral Hepatitis C Treatment Cleared by Japan
Great news for Hep C sufferers! The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has announced today, July 7, 2014, that it has approved the first all-oral hepatitis C treatment. The drug is a combination of daclatasvir and asunaprevir and it treats patients with genotype 1 chronic hep C virus infection and the drug can even treat those with compensated cirrhosis of the liver. For those who are … [Read more...]
Childhood Malnutrition Increases Risk Of High Blood Pressure
Malnutrition during childhood is linked with higher diastolic blood pressure, higher resistance to blood flow, and poor heart function during adulthood, according to a new study. New research conducted by researchers at the University of the West Indies reveals the link between inadequate nutrition before birth and up to age five and the harm caused to the heart's development. "If … [Read more...]
Study Finds that Binge Drinking Kills 88k Americans Each Year
A recent study published by the United States’ Center for Disease Control confirms the long held assumption that binge drinking is one of the determinant factors of death for adults of working age in the U.S.. The findings of the research state that some 10 per cent of all deaths recorded among working age adults can be chalked up to drinking in excess. The study in question was published in … [Read more...]
Study Finds 3D Breast Scans More Efficient in Detecting Breast Cancer
Detecting breast cancer is one of the biggest goals, at which scientists from around the world are hard at work and it seems that a new type of technology may be able to improve the current statistics. A massive study, currently being undertaken at the Massachusetts, as well as at twelve other medical facilities around the United States, took a closer look at almost 500,000 breast scans, conducted … [Read more...]
Health Loses if you Don’t Snooze, Sleep Deprivation – CDC
Science unveil that a proper sleep is very vital for every system in your body. A lack of sleep makes you grumpier, and you have trouble concentrating and may even increase the appetite causing obesity. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that those deprived from sleep can develop chronic diseases like high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, depression, heart attacks, strokes, as … [Read more...]
Lessons for Future learnt from comparing the different citrus genomes
Centuries ago, citrus were just limited to certain parts of the world. It was primarily cultivated in South East Asia and then got introduced to Europe, Asia and America by the means of trading. Now citrus is one of the most cultivated fruit crop on the planet. Human beings just love the citrus fruits for their taste as well as medicinal purposes. Now citrus is undergoing a huge hazard called … [Read more...]
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