Back pain we’re treating it all wrong In less affluent times, Malady X sufferers kept working because they had no choice. In most cases their trouble eventually went away. But then the world became richer, people exercised less and medicine became more sophisticated. Paradoxically, this has caused Malady X – […]
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Amazing moment going viral after Russian tourist gives birth in the Red Sea Amazing pictures are emerging of a woman and her baby right after she delivered in the ocean by the resort town of Dahab, Egypt. The images capturing the apparently seamless birth in the Red Sea are going […]
The killer disease with no vaccine Since the beginning of the year, Nigeria has been gripped by an outbreak of a deadly disease. Lassa fever is one of a number of illnesses which can cause dangerous epidemics, but for which no vaccine currently exists. Lassa fever is not a new […]
He thought it was a blister. Now his foot has been amputated At first, Raul Reyes, 26, thought it was a blister from an injury at work. Then a yellowish mass spread across his right foot. The Houston day-care teacher is now coming to terms with the ravages of a […]
Flu drug designed to kill the virus in a day approved in Japan A new drug that its makers say will kill the flu virus in just a day, called Xofluza, just received a fast-tracked approval that could bring it to store shelves in Japan by May. The drug, which […]
FLU OUTBREAK: NEW JERSEY PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENT DIES AFTER INFLUENZA DIAGNOSIS A student at a public school in New Jersey has died after contracting the flu, a school board official said late Sunday. Health officials have confirmed that the student was diagnosed with influenza, but they have yet to determine […]
Eat This And Reduce The Risk Of Heart Diseases Higher intake of yogurt may lower the risk of cardiovascular disease among hypertensive men and women, a new study suggests. According to the researchers, clinical trials have previously demonstrated beneficial effects of dairy consumption on cardiovascular health. Yogurt may independently be […]
AstraZeneca’s immunotherapy drug wins key lung cancer approval AstraZeneca’s immunotherapy drug Imfinzi has won crucial approval from U.S. regulators for use in lung cancer, opening up a multibillion-dollar market for a medicine that has so far lagged behind competitors. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said late on Friday it […]
Shares of Apricus tank after FDA declines to OK erectile dysfunction cream The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday declined to approve Apricus Biosciences Inc’s Vitaros, a cream to treat erectile dysfunction, for the second time in a decade, sending the company’s shares down more than 70 percent before […]
Study used DNA nanorobots to kill cancerous tumors Researchers have developed a method using microscopic robots to kill cancerous tumors and stifle future growth. The study published in the journal Nature Biotechnology uses nanotechnology to deliver thrombin, an enzyme that helps blood to clot. The thrombin was placed using DNA […]
