Turning off the television, picking up a crossword and eating more fish could be the key to a better memory, an Australian survey has found. Results of the on-line survey of almost 30,000 people, conducted as part of Australia’s science week, also found people who read fiction had better memories than those who don’t, […]
Living in the city of Nagpur, India, a man called Sanju Bhagat said that he’d felt self-conscious his whole life about his big belly. But one night in June 1999, his problem erupted into something larger than just a cosmetic worry. Doctors at the hospital thought it was a giant tumour, so they decided […]
An Australian biologist has won approval from health authorities to build the region’s first cryonics centre for freezing people when they die in the hope of revival in the future. Philip Rhoades, 54, said that it was believed to be only the third such centre in the world, and that he and his family […]
If humans are anything like rats, scientists at Tufts University in Boston may be on the road to discovering the fountain of youth for the human brain.
Reporting in the online edition of Neurobiology of Aging, Tufts psychologist Barbara Shukitt-Hale and her colleagues say a diet rich in berries improved the brain function of […]
Today, a group of Australian women became the world’s first to receive a breakthrough vaccine protecting them against most cervical cancers. The drug called Gardasil, was developed by Queensland scientist Ian Frazer. This drug helps to halt the spread of sexually-transmitted human papilloma virus (HPV), which causes 70 percent of cervical cancer.
The vaccine also […]
Giant food corporations have just one mission- to sell more food and beverage products to consumers. Succeeding in this mission depends on how well they keep consumers in the dark on certain issues, such as the presence of cancer-causing chemicals a.k.a carcinogenic ingredients, which are found in many popular food products today.
Here is a […]
A study that was published in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, found that art therapy can reduce a wide range of symptoms related to pain and anxienty in cancer patients. The study was conducted at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where cancer patients reported significant reductions in eight of nine symptoms measured by the […]
Media Studio Graz, a leading developer of custom LightWave plugins and 3D graphics software in association with Safe Harbor and NGC Corporation, has announced the launch of the first medical software based on a commercial 3D application, VoluMedic for LightWave 3D. Volumedic is actually an add-on for LightWave 3D, the award winning 3D software […]
A magnetic device that seems to help depression and seizures may also short-circuit migraine headaches in their earliest stages, a new study has found. The transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) device, which is about the size of a hair dryer, was able to interrupt the development of migraines. The study was founded by the device’s […]
A lot of people suffer everyday from their awful and unpleasant memories of the past. However, thanks to the scientists’ efforts everybody soon will be able to erase their long-term memories. For the first time, scientists have erased long-term memory in rats, and also directly seen how the brain is changed by learning. The […]
