A study that showcased the number of fungi present on healthy human skin has come up with some very interesting results. Apparently the human foot is host to nearly 80 forms of fungal spores. Keisha Findley, PhD, from the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Maryland and a number of other doctors have presented their […]
A new study on marijuana may hold the key to the Obesity problem in the United States. The results of the study conducted by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, the Harvard School of Public Health and The University of Nebraska show that marijuana smokers have a smaller waist compared to those who never smoked marijuana. […]
A recent study provides some insight into how foods that contain nicotine, like tomatoes or peppers, can have an impact on Parkinson’s disease stats. Parkinson is a degenerative disease that affects the brain and can cause a number of problems with its motor system. The cause of the disease is the loss of brain cells […]
The suicide rate in the United States for middle aged people rose by a serious 28 percent in the past 10 years. The period in which the study was conducted included the mortgage crisis and the recession. The growth was higher in the case of white men and women, whose suicide numbers rose by nearly […]
A new strain of avian flu has killed nearly 17 people in China and proves to be extremely dangerous. Researchers from the United States have analyzed the strain and have discovered that the H7N9 virus has mutated and become more of a threat to humans than to birds. Researchers have discovered while analyzing the DNA […]
Bad news for sufferers of male baldness around the world. Their condition isn’t just an aesthetic problem anymore, it might also be the sign of serious heart problems. At least that’s what a recent study conducted in Japan by researchers from the University of Tokyo has come up with. According to the results of the study, men who are […]
The positive results in treating hepatitis C in the last years have been extremely promising. The medication used manages to cure nearly 70 percent of cases, however, the cost is sometimes extremely high, as side effects take a serious toll on patients in some instances causing liver failure or cancer. This may all change as […]
A 47 year old woman from Detroit told doctors that she consumed a pitcher of tea made from 100 to 150 tea bags daily for the past 17 years. The woman said that she had problems with her teeth for the past five years and that she had pain in her lower back, arms, legs […]
Regulations in the manufacture of heart defibrillators will be toughened according to the Food and Drug Administration recently. The decision stemmed from numerous malfunctions and deaths in recent years. The devices, which are used in jolting a weakening heart back to its normal rhythm, are found in numerous places including airports, malls, churches and casinos. […]
Researchers discovered that aside from increasing the risk of developing autism among children of men who are past the age of 50, the same risk is also linked to their grandchildren. Older men have a bigger chance of having autistic grandchildren compared to men who had children while they were in their 20s, the study […]
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