Health & Medicine
Antibiotic developed 50 years ago may be the key to fighting ‘superbugs’
21 Jun 2014
Though they have proved to be toxic to both the kidneys and nervous system, polymyxins, developed more than 50 years ago, are also effective against superbugs that are resistant to all current antibiotics
In hairless man, arthritis drug spurs hair growth — lots of it
20 Jun 2014
A man with almost no hair on his body has grown a full head of it after a novel treatment by doctors at Yale University
Chronic intake of Western diet kills mice
20 Jun 2014
E-cigarette makers using Twitter to skirt US ad ban: study
19 Jun 2014
Research reveals of all the tweets on e-cigarettes nearly 90 per cent were commercial tweets and only 10 per cent were individual consumer opinions. 94 per cent of the commercial tweets included a website link
Brain retains signs of childhood trauma — and a warning for substance abuser
19 Jun 2014
People abused as children show reduced brain volume in regions governing emotion, learning, and memory, deficits that make them more vulnerable if they become substance abuser
Using Google Glass to teach surgery abroad
17 Jun 2014
Two University of California surgeons have made it their mission to teach hernia surgery around the underserved regions of the world — and they are using Google Glass to do it
Tooth decay may be put in a 'time warp'
17 Jun 2014
A vaccination to prevent heart attacks?
16 Jun 2014
Researchers have developed a “genome editing” approach for permanently reducing cholesterol levels in mice with a single injection, potentially reducing heart attack risk by up to 90 percent
Researchers use human stem cells to create light-sensitive retina in a dish
16 Jun 2014
The advance could eventually enable genetically engineered retinal cell transplants that halt or even reverse a patient’s march toward blindness
Global economic crisis linked to 10,000 suicides: study
14 Jun 2014
WHO data on suicides in 24 EU countries, the US and Canada, between 2007, when the economic crisis began, and 2009, suicide rates rose by 6.5 per cent and remained at this level through 2011