Neetu Chandra Sharma | Mail Today | New Delhi, February 20, 2015 | UPDATED 09:07 IST Plastic bottles used to store medicine may lead to long term health risks, especially to women and children.Plastic bottles used to store medicine may… Read More ›
Day: February 19, 2015
Scripps Florida scientists announce anti-HIV agent so powerful it can work as a HIV vaccine alternative
Public Release: 18-Feb-2015 Scripps Research Institute JUPITER, FL – February 18, 2015 – In a remarkable new advance against the virus that causes AIDS, scientists from the Jupiter, Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have announced the creation… Read More ›
Osteoarthritis patients will benefit from jumping exercise
Public Release: 18-Feb-2015 Progressive high-impact training improved the patellar cartilage quality of the postmenopausal women who may be at risk of osteoporosis (bone loss) as well as at risk of osteoarthritis. This was found out in the study carry out… Read More ›
Can you judge a man by his fingers?
Public Release: 18-Feb-2015 Study finds link between relative lengths of index and ring fingers in men and behavior towards women Maybe you should take a good look at your partner’s fingers before putting a ring on one. Men with short… Read More ›
Popular soda ingredient poses cancer risk to consumers
Public Release: 18-Feb-2015 Research analysis suggests that soda drinkers consume 1 or more cans per day — possibly exposing them to 4-methylimidazole, a potential carcinogen Public health researchers have analyzed soda consumption data in order to characterize people’s exposure to… Read More ›
Stalking a wily foe: Scientists figure out how C. difficile bacteria wreak havoc in guts
Public Release: 18-Feb-2015 Study in mice could lead to better treatment and prevention for humans University of Michigan Health System Effect of C. difficile on Gut Lining Cells [image] | EurekAlert! Science News Caption The effect of C. difficile… Read More ›
Corporate crime in the pharmaceutical industry is common, serious and repetitive
Requested Re-print of BMJ 2012;345:e8462 – Original PDF File: Pharma Crime Pays Corporate crime in the pharmaceutical industry is common, serious and repetitive by Peter C. Gøtzsche, Professor MD, DrMedSci, MSc Nordic Cochrane Centre Rigshospitalet, Dept. 7811 Copenhagen 14 Dec 2012 A short version of… Read More ›
Common cold virus may become paralytic and replace the Polio Virus
“We are in the process of eradicating polio worldwide, but if we eliminate the poliovirus and cease polio vaccinations, our immune systems wouldn’t produce antibodies against polio, and Coxsackievirus could theoretically fill the niche of eradicated polio” he said. Requested… Read More ›