Medicine News

Aug 30, 2012 by News Staff

A new study, led by Dr Mohammad Boskabady of the Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Iran, has revealed that water pipe smoking affects lung function and respiratory symptoms as much as cigarette smoking. A bedouin is seen smoking a water pipe in a coffee house in Deir ez-Zor, Syria, in 1920s A water pipe, also known as a hookah, narghile, or qalyan, is a device for smoking flavored tobacco in which the smoke is passed through a water basin. Most...

Aug 3, 2012 by Natali Anderson

A team of European researchers has discovered that strawberry extract added to skin cell cultures acts as a protector from ultraviolet rays. Strawberries...

Jul 25, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

A large international team of researchers led by University of Adelaide, Australia, has found that women who use marijuana can more than double the risk...

Jul 24, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

A new study led by Dr Susan Wolver, and Dr Diane Sun, from Virginia Commonwealth University, explains why if you have been bitten by a tick, you may develop...

Jun 26, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

Young, healthy adult volunteers exposed for two hours to ozone developed physiological changes associated with cardiovascular ailments, according to a...

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....

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...