Health
Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System: first bionic eye awaits FDA approval
Last month, the Food Drug Administration (FDA) was supposed to approve the Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System by California developer Second Sight, now those...
Findus beef lasagne contains up to 100% horsemeat, finds Food Standards Agency in UK
Food Standards Agency (FSA) in UK has announced that the meat of some beef lasagne products recalled by Findus earlier this week was 100%...
Multiple sclerosis nerve damages restored by skin cells
US researchers have announced that it may be possible to use a patient's own skin to repair the damage caused by multiple sclerosis (MS),...
How to stay together in a happy marriage
A new study found that those who wrote about their rows now and again were more satisfied with married life. Just three 7-minute essays a...
Four-day work week benefits
Tiny African nation of The Gambia has shortened the work week, making Friday a day of rest. Is this the perfect pattern for a working...
Vegetarian diet cut heart disease risk by 32%
A vegetarian diet can have a dramatic effect on the health of your heart, a new research suggests. A study of 44,500 people in England...
Alcoholism vaccine developed by University of Chile
A new vaccine will give anyone who drinks even a small amount of alcohol an immediate and very heavy hangover. Scientists from the University of...
TATT: How to treat tired all the time symptom
TATT (tired all the time) affects one in ten people, but just a third of these will have anything physically wrong with them, making...
Swine flu infected one in five people during first year of pandemic in 2009
At least one in five people, including half of schoolchildren, were infected with swine flu during the first year of the pandemic in 2009,...
HIV has ancient origins that could be traced back millions of years
A new research suggests that the origins of HIV can be traced back millions rather than tens of thousands of years. HIV, which causes AIDS,...
Bird flu research to resume after a year-long pause
Controversial research into making bird flu easier to spread in people is to resume after a year-long pause. Some argue the research is essential for...
Most parents tell lies to their children as a tactic to change their behavior
A new study of families in the United States and China has found that most parents tell lies to their children as a tactic...
Americans are the biggest consumers of high protein products
High-protein products are an important nutritional choice for Americans, whether they try to build muscle, or to lose weight, whether they want to have...
Alcohol disrupts sleep cycles
A glass of alcohol before bedtime may get you off to sleep faster but it can disrupt your night's slumber, say researchers who have...
4CMenB: Meningitis B vaccine gets European licence
4CMenB, a vaccine to protect children against one of the most common and deadly forms of meningitis, has been approved for use in Europe. The...
BMI formula is flawed and renders tall people too fat and short people too thin
Mathematician Nick Trefethen claims that those who are short of stature may be fatter than they thought. Oxford academic Nick Trefethen believes the body mass...
Dennis Storm and Valerio Zena experience the pain of giving birth
Two Dutch male presenters, Dennis Storm and Valerio Zena, volunteered to experience labor pains for a skit on their TV show - and found...
Why do men cheat? Helen Croydon reveals 5 unexpected reasons your man will stray
Helen Croydon, author of controversial tell-all book The Sugar Daddy Diaries, has gone undercover to ascertain exactly why men stray from long-term relationships -...
Joan Collins slimming tips on Twitter
In a series of tweets, 79-year-old Joan Collins has offered slimming tips ranging from the tongue-in-cheek to the frankly bizarre. Joan Collins’s daily morsels of...
Light into womb gives healthy eyes
US researchers have discovered that light passing through the body and into the womb has an important role in the developing eye. A study, published...
Diabulimia: insulin omission becomes a growing problem in young women
Diabulimia, or insulin omission, is a growing problem in young women, the latest UK’s NHS figures suggest. The NHS National Diabetes Audit says a high...
Havana cholera outbreak: health ministry confirms 51 cases in Cuba’s capital
Cuban health ministry has confirmed a cholera outbreak in Havana with 51 people infected - the biggest incidence of the disease there in decades. An...
Raloxifen and Tamoxifen offer breast cancer protection for 20 years
Thousands of healthy women could be offered powerful breast cancer drugs to cut their chances of contracting the disease. New guidelines suggest the drugs raloxifene...
Flu Near You: New York declares public health emergency because of influenza severity
New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo has declared a public health emergency because of the severity of this year's influenza season. The order makes vaccinations...
Breath-prints: Lung infections detected by breath analysis
Identifying the "smell" of different types of lung bacteria could lead to a simple breath test to diagnose infections, a study on mice published...
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