Can Herpes Be Eliminated?
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Herpes simplex virus or HSV is a virus that can appear in various parts of the body, most commonly the genitals or mouth.
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FUTURE OF HEALTHCARE
Make wrinkles and eyebags disappear with ‘Second Skin’
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Wrinkles and eyebags could be a thing of the past thanks to researchers at Harvard and M.I.T.
Read MoreA Promising New Experimental Therapy for Brain Cancer
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Brain cancer may be the ultimate boogeyman for many of us, so it is with no small amount of relief and joy that we note the latest success in the fight against this horrible disease.
Read MorePsychotherapy: Does It Hold the Answers You Seek?
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Psychotherapists today typically set goals, and teach their patients the skills needed to achieve those goals.
Read MoreA Better Way to Locate Brain Tumors
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Pathologists typically use staining methods, in which chemicals like hematoxylin and eosin turn different tissue components blue and red, revealing its structure.
Read MoreHow Common is Pancreatic Cancer?
/According to the National Cancer Institute, upwards of 45,000 new cases of pancreatic cancers are reported in the United States each year, and almost 40,000 patients die from it.
Read MoreDo It When You Just Do Not Want To!
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We may postpone our task during the day for different reasons such as frustration, tiredness, being uninterested, or just not being in the mood to do them.
Read MoreWhy Sleepless Nights Can Result In Weight Gain
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If getting enough sleep seems to be an elusive stranger in the night resulting in tiredness and irritability the next day, add to this another consequence – a bigger waistline.
Read MoreRise of the Robots
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The hand holding the scalpel in operating rooms around the country is more likely to be made of stainless steel and titanium than flesh and blood.
Read MoreAnti-depressants to treat lethal human pathogens?
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Drugs already in everyday use to treat psychosis or depression may also be used to defeat deadly and emerging viruses.
Read MoreIs your office making you sick? Tips to avoid
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Is your office making you sick? Tips to avoid
Read MoreU.S. Researchers Engineer Smart Capsule to Target Colon Diseases
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A new electronic drug capsule engineered to deliver medications directly to the colon could potentially offer a more effective and cheaper option for treating people with gastrointestinal conditions, according to researchers at Purdue University in Indiana.
Read MoreHeart Effects of Saturated Fats May Depend on Overall Diet
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A new U.S. study suggests its link to heart disease depends on what else a person eats. Over time, cutting back on saturated fat was tied to a drop of up to 25 percent in heart disease risk - unless people used refined carbohydrates like white bread or pasta as replacements. In that case, there was no benefit.
Read MoreE-Cigs Are 95% Less Harmful Than Tobacco
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Electronic cigarettes are around 95 percent less harmful than tobacco and should be promoted as a tool to help smokers quit, according to a study by an agency of Britain's Department of Health. E-cigarettes, tobacco-free devices people use to inhale nicotine-laced vapor, have surged in popularity on both sides of the Atlantic but health organizations have so far been wary of advocating them as a safer alternative to tobacco and governments from California to India have tried to introduce bills to regulate their use more strictly.
Read MoreFDA Criticizes Cigarette Makers: 'Your Products Aren't Natural'
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The Food and Drug Administration scolded makers of three brands of cigarettes for labels saying they are "natural" or "additive-free". It issued warning letters to Winston maker ITG Brands LLC; Natural American Spirit maker Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company Inc.; and Nat Sherman maker Sherman's 1400 Broadway N.Y.C. Ltd.
Read MoreAnother Superbug Found at LA Area Hospital
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Another antibiotic-resistant 'superbug' was found at Los Angeles-Area hospital where some of the patients contracted the disease that has been linked to a type of medical scope and infected dozens people around the United States. Huntington Memorial Hospital released in a statement to public health authorities after several patients who had procedures using the Olympus Corp duodenoscopes were found to have the resistant pseudomonas bacteria. The hospital quarantined the scopes while it investigates whether they may be linked to the infections.
Read MoreFeel-Good Exercise Hormone Irisin Is Real
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Scientists in the US have found that a feel-good exercise hormone called irisin DOES exist. Previously thought to be a myth but new research team from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute used mass spectrometry to look for irisin in blood samples of individuals after exercise. The form of mass spectrometry used in the new study was far more accurate and reliable in measuring irisin. Found that these people had released the exercise hormone from their body, which activates fat cells to increase energy turn over
Read MoreScientists Genetically Engineer Yeast To Produce Morphine-Like Painkiller
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Normally takes around a year to create painkillers from opium poppies. First they have to be grown, harvested, shipped around the world and finally processed. Now researchers have been able to cut this time down to just a few days. Scientists can do this by genetically engineering yeast to do it instead. cientists get the chemical thebaine, which they then turn into the opioid hydrocodone (painkiller).
Read MoreGM Food Labels Do Not Act As A Warning To Consumers
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Current economic and political battle taking place in America over the labeling of genetically modified (GM) foods. In 2015, 19 US states considered GM food labeling legislation. 3 States (Connecticut, Maine and Vermont) have passed mandatory GM labeling laws. July 23: US House passed the Safe and Accurate Food Labeling bill and will move to the Senate and, if passed, will prohibit both state-level legislation regarding GM labels and the labeling of products that contain GM ingredients.
Read MoreWhite House funds ways to treat and identify heroin epidemic
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The number of heroin overdose deaths in the U.S. continues to climb, so White House is funding efforts to prioritize treatment over punishment for heroin user. $13.4 million grant from the Office of National Drug Control Policy. They will partner public health and safety officials to trace the origin of the drugs and its distributors. The project will be funded for one year and will target high intensity drug trafficking areas in Appalachia, New England, New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Washington and Baltimore.
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