Cells do Grow in the Adult Brain
It has been thought that adult brain lacks the capacity to grow. However, new brain studies show quite the opposite. It was found recently that neurons tend to grow in the adult brain. Scientists have been already trying to induce growth in the neurons focusing on making the long axis of the...
A New Pill to eliminate menstruation
The new pill is called “Anya” and it should eliminate menstruation completely. It is to be taken 365 days a year without a break. Sound like an ordinary birth control pill, doesn’t it? The only difference with birth control pills is that you stop taking them for a week and then get your...
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'True Sleep' for snoring reduction
People who snore will definitely praise “True sleep” as it will help them get rid of big masks or plaster strips from their faces. So will their partners, when the snoring becomes less severe. “True sleep” is a new device launched in Britain. It is designed to reduce snoring using small...
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Children should eat well to do well in academics
A new study done at Cornell's Early Childhood Centre shows that students who eat well fed do better in academics then those who don’t. Food insecurity is a term that describes a situation in which a child does not have enough to eat due to poverty in the household. Children who come from...
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Lead in children's candy
Certain types of children's candy contain lead but the allowed amount is being restricted by the FDA. The previous allowed amount was one-half a part per million of this highly toxic metal and the new recommended level will be one-tenth of a part per million. This decision has been made after it...
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Bigger brain is better brain
A study funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Albert Einstein/Irving Zucker Chair in Neuroscience at McMaster University was done in order to examine the correlation between brain size and intelligence. The results came back positive...
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Tamiflu, the bird-flu drug, fails to save two lives
Medical circles are getting worried as it seems that the bird flue virus has developed a resistance to the Tamiflu drug. Two Vietnamese patients were treated with the drug but unfortunately the drug didn’t show to be affective in their cases and they passed away. Health officials report that the...
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French Doctors Successfully Separate Twins Joined At Spine
Fifteen-month-old twins Mohamed and Souleymane were diagnosed as Siamese twins before they were born. These two boys weighted only 1.7 pounds each were conjoined at the base of the spine and kept in the hospital until they gained enough strength to be operated. Their surgery took place on December...
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One in three US adolescents physically unfit
More than one in three American adolescents are physically unfit, which represents one of the risk factors for heart disease. These statistics don’t show bright future for the young Americans. The 5,315 test subjects were asked to achieve 75 percent to 90 percent of their age-predicted maximum...
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Viagra Pill For Women To Be Developed
Most people don’t even know that women too can suffer from sexual dysfunctions. Women are not subject to the same kind of stigma that a man is subjected to due to dysfunction. Most women do not make an issue of their problems while consulting a doctor. Some sex therapists divide sexual...
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