05 Jan 2011
According to a new study, one in five patients who receive the heart-shocking, life-saving devices known as implantable cardioverter-defibrillators, or ICDs, may be getting them ...
Disease And Conditons, Science
10 Nov 2010
A new study shows that drinking too much soda, orange juice, or other sugary drinks appears to increase the risk of developing gout, especially in ...
Disease And Conditons, Science
09 Nov 2010
A new study says that lung cancer tumors in those who smoke and those who never smoked have different DNA alterations in the tumor genomes.
The ...
Disease And Conditons, Science
08 Nov 2010
Researchers have turned human skin into blood cells in a accomplishment that will revolutionize cancer therapy and the treatment of blood disorders such as anaemia.
A ...
Disease And Conditons, Science
05 Nov 2010
The large-scale government study shows that screening heavy smokers with a s"spiral" CT scan can significantly reduce the number of lung-cancer deaths. Researchers say "spiral" ...
Disease And Conditons, Science
03 Nov 2010
A new study has determined that taking Omega-3 fat docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) dietary supplements is ineffective at slowing down progression of Alzheimer’s disease.
Fish oil supplements, ...
Disease And Conditons, Science
03 Nov 2010
A team of researchers in Germany have created a retinal implant that has allowed three blind people who have Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) to see shapes ...
03 Nov 2010
Specific drugs used to treat diabetes, such as the commonly used metformin, could also prevent and even contain lung cancer, a study presented by the ...
02 Nov 2010
According to a new study, omega-3 fatty acid found in fish oil supplements do not slow the progress of dementia.
Joseph F. Quinn, M.D., of Oregon ...
01 Nov 2010
Alcohol is more harmful than heroin or crack. A new study says that if drugs were classified in terms of harm they do, alcohol ...
31 Oct 2010
A team of medical researchers have engineered the first artificial, miniature liver that functions similar to a human liver.
The results were presented by a ...
31 Oct 2010
In what is being called a medical breakthrough, scientists have created a small version of a human liver in a laboratory.
The scientists were able ...