Health & Medicine
Lifestyle changes improve biomarkers associated with breast cancer recurrence and mortality
30 May 2014
Electronic cigarettes can be a blast – literally
30 May 2014
Transfering energy to medical chips in the body
29 May 2014
A wireless system using the same power as a cell phone safely transmits energy to chips the size of a grain of rice, paving the way for physicians to treat diseases with electronics rather than drugs
Fighting cancer with dietary changes
28 May 2014
Study finds 9 of 10 Wikipedia entries on common health conditions inaccurate
28 May 2014
Researchers caution that Wikipedia, like any encyclopaedia, should not be substituted for a qualified medical practitioner
Fainting linked to heart, not brain
27 May 2014
Study tests new strapping device for people with vertebral fractures linked to osteoporosis
27 May 2014
Researchers to freeze trauma victims in suspended animation to keep them alive
27 May 2014
Doctors are set to create a sci-fi technique as they start investigatin the potential of suspended animation — a temporary state of interrupted breathing and loss of consciousness resembling death — to keep people alive by freezing
Chronic stress heightens vulnerability to diet-related metabolic risk
26 May 2014
New research demonstrates for the first time that highly stressed people who eat a lot of high-fat, high-sugar food are more prone to health risks than low-stress people who eat the same unhealthy food
Big data to help blood cancer patients
26 May 2014
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