Millions of people around the world will either be hosting or attending New Year’s Eve parties today. Thus, the Foundation for Alcohol Responsibility is offering tips to help people celebrate safely.
According to Adam Chafetz, chairman of the Foundation for Alcohol Responsibility, “Every holiday, inexperienced drinkers learn their limits the hard way. The crime is […]
Bayer Diabetes Care, a unit of Bayer AG, has recalled its Contour test Strip which is used with its Contour TS Blood glucose meter on a voluntary basis in India, the US, Mexico, Austria and Turkey.
The reason behind this seems to be because the device gave a false reading by up to 17% […]
Researchers in London say the use of a snake-like surgical robot will mean smaller scars and shorter recovery times for patients.
The $4.2 million robot, which is known as the i-Snake, is being developed at Imperial College in London.
The i-Snake is a flexible tube, with motors, sensors and imaging tools, meant for “keyhole” surgeries.
It […]
Medical equipment should have a separate regulation policy and not included in the Drugs and Cosmetics (Amendment) Bill, a leading industry body urged this Friday.
The medical industry has raised ’serious concerns’ for including medical devices such as apparatuses, machines, appliances and implants as part of the bill that is mainly meant for drugs […]
Researchers have developed a mutated anthrax toxin, which may have implications as an effective cancer therapy. Researchers at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology created a mutated anthrax toxin, which could kill tumor cells in mice.
In the study, Stephen Leppla and colleagues showed that Anthrax toxin was fairly selective in targeting melanoma […]
18 month old Michelle Williams developed 106 degrees fever and was having difficulty breathing and was taken to the emergency room. The doctor suspected septicemia but did not initiate blood tests and treatment because the hospital was not covered by Kaiser, the insurance company. After much delay when the child was transferred to a Kaiser […]
2-year old Caden Ledbetter has been suffering from cancer and thus not only has his hair and baby fat been lost, but also his freedom and sometimes his smile. He may have lost his life too, had it not been for a breakthrough stem cell transplant.
Stem cells that were taken from the little one’s […]
Mums and dads to be can now safely indulge in a little bit of pleasure time to satisfy their cravings for sex. Researchers have now dispelled the myth that engaging in intercourse during the final weeks of pregnancy can hasten delivery.
The researchers at the Ohio State University Medical Centre in the United States have […]
German researchers have said that Cannabinoids, the active components in marijuana that reduce the side effects of cancer treatment, may in fact inhibit tumor cell growth.
Robert Ramer and Burkhard Hinz of the University of Rostock in Germany investigated whether and by what mechanism cannabinoids inhibit tumor cell invasion.
This study found cannabinoids to suppress tumor […]
U.S. researchers have found that patients with high levels of triglyceride- a type of cholesterol- are more likely to suffer a large artery atherosclerotic stroke.
Previous researches have focused on the low density lipoprotein, or LDL, also known as the “bad” cholesterol that is well known for its links with heart disease and stroke. […]
