Medicine News

Jun 19, 2012 by James Freeman

A U.S. team of researchers has described a new single-dose vaccine that provides immunity against the effects of cocaine. Coca leaf (Marcello Casal Jr. / Agência Brasil) The breakthrough, published in a paper in the journal Human Gene Therapy, offers a novel and groundbreaking strategy for treating cocaine addiction. “Cocaine addiction is a major problem affecting all societal and economic classes for which there is no effective therapy,” the...

Jun 13, 2012 by News Staff

A team of scientists has shown that brain levels of serotonin, the happy hormone, are regulated by the amount of bacteria in the gut during early life. E....

Jun 1, 2012 by James Freeman

Australian scientists have found that daily consumption of dark chocolate can reduce cardiovascular events, such as heart attacks and strokes, in people...

May 15, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

A team of scientists at the University of California in Los Angeles has found that binging on soda and sweets for as little as six weeks may make you stupid. Crystalline...

May 7, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

A team of scientists from the University of Granada in Spain has found that many of the individuals claiming to see the aura of people – traditionally...

Apr 26, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

An international team of researchers has found that a high intake of flavonoid-rich berries, such as strawberries and blueberries, over time, can delay...

Apr 24, 2012 by James Freeman

A new study by scientists at the University of Cambridge has confirmed that brains of chronic cocaine users age dramatically faster than their non-drug-using...

Apr 10, 2012 by James Freeman

A team of researchers has found that people who received frequent dental X-rays in the past have an increased risk of developing meningioma, the most commonly...

Mar 6, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

Jes Gitz Holler, a PhD student at the University of Copenhagen, has discovered a new compound that targets a particular resistance mechanism in yellow...

Jan 13, 2012 by News Staff

For the first time, a team of scientists at Washington University School of Medicine has identified a human receptor that can taste fat. The study, published...

Nov 30, 2011 by News Staff

Researchers from Keio University, Japan, have succeeded in creating induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) from the blood of people aged 110 or older, aiming...

Nov 29, 2011 by News Staff

Researchers have found that players who head the ball with high frequency have brain abnormalities similar to those found in traumatic brain injury patients,...

Nov 27, 2011 by James Freeman

Researchers from Queen Silvia Children’s Hospital at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, found that children who consumed fish before nine months...

Nov 24, 2011 by James Freeman

A team of researchers from Ireland and Canada suggested that both high and low levels of salt intake may put people with heart disease or diabetes at increased...

Nov 24, 2011 by News Staff

Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health found that a group of volunteers who consumed a serving of canned soup each day for five consecutive...

Nov 24, 2011 by Natali Anderson

A team of Scottish researchers found that taking too much paracetamol on a regular basis puts a patient at high risk of an accidental overdose. A paper,...

Sep 26, 2011 by Natali Anderson

Researchers from MIT and Children’s Hospital Boston have built cardiac patches studded with tiny gold wires that could be used to create pieces of tissue...

Sep 23, 2011 by Natali Anderson

Researchers found that children who are poor readers have the same brain difficulty in processing the sounds of language whether they have a high or low...

Sep 21, 2011 by Natali Anderson

Dutch researchers revealed that the more fruits and vegetables you eat, especially white-fleshed goodies, the more you protect yourself against stroke. It...

Sep 8, 2011 by Natali Anderson

German researchers have found that sniffer dogs can help physicians make early yet reliable detections of lung cancer in patients, according to the European...