Health & Medicine
Researchers develop a new means of killing harmful bacteria
By By Helen Knight, MIT News Office | 27 Jun 2015
Researchers have engineered particles, known as “phagemids,” capable of producing toxins that are deadly to targeted bacteria
WHO agency confirms insecticide caused cancer
26 Jun 2015
Road traffic noise linked to deaths and strokes
24 Jun 2015
Climate change threatens to undermine last 50 year of health gains
24 Jun 2015
The potentially catastrophic risk to human health posed by climate change has been severely underestimated, says a commission on climate change and health
Pneumonia found to harm DNA in lung cells
By By Jessica Fujimori, MIT News correspondent | 23 Jun 2015
WHO to standardise yoga practices for incorporation into universal healthcare
20 Jun 2015
Two billion people in 256 cities in 192 countries are expected to participate in the first annual day of Yoga
US FDA bans transfats used in many confectionery items
20 Jun 2015
The US Food and Drug Administration, announced that PHOs, the main source of industrially produced trans fats, would be barred from the US food supply starting June 2018