Health & Medicine
Warning: a Big Mac may take 3 days to digest
23 Sep 2015
McDonald's iconic Big Mac is something that we're all familiar with, but what it does to our bodies after we've eaten one is something we rarely think about
Warning: a Big Mac may take 3 days to digest
23 Sep 2015
McDonald's iconic Big Mac is something that we're all familiar with, but what it does to our bodies after we've eaten one is something we rarely think about
Air pollution killing 3.3 mn people a year study
19 Sep 2015
Air contaminated with pollutants such as ozone and tiny particles could cause the premature death of about 6.6 million people a year by 2050 if nothing is done to improve air quality, scientists warn
Get off your couch or risk liver disease
19 Sep 2015
An antibody that can attack HIV in new ways
16 Sep 2015
Proteins called broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs) are a promising key to the prevention of infection by HIV, the virus that causes AIDS
Researchers develop blood test to detect cancer
14 Sep 2015
Feeling lazy? Blame it on your nervous system!
14 Sep 2015
A new study has found that the human nervous system is hard-wired to expend the least amount of energy – in other words, to be as lazy as possible
Cancer patient receives 3D printed titanium sternum and rib implant
14 Sep 2015
In the first operation of its kind in the world, a cancer patient has successfully been implanted with a 3D printed titanium sternum and rib implant
Poor sleep habits up risk of heart attack: Study
12 Sep 2015
Why tobacco doesn’t kill all smokers
12 Sep 2015
Researchers have found that smokers who live to an old age have genes that not only promote a long life but also combat cancer
New York City chain restaurants must now display salt warnings
11 Sep 2015
The maximum recommended limit for salt is 2,300 mg, or one teaspoon, a day, but most fast foods far exceed this. Now, chain restaurants must put a salt-shaker warning on such foods in their menus