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Inflammation following stroke can be key to self healing of the brain
Inflammation is seen as the cause of most diseases. So medicine is focused on getting rid of inflammation as soon as possible. For instance: After a stroke, there is inflammation in the damaged part of the brain. That inflammation has been seen as a negative consequence that needs to be abolished Read More...
Study: A healthier gut reduces cancer risks
Researchers have shown that various types of intestinal bacteria might be factors in both causing and preventing obesity and in other conditions and diseases. Now researchers have found bacteria can potentially reduce the risk of cancer. The study found that prescribing probiotics to replace or Read More...
Doctors use chip implanted in brain helps paralyzed man regain control of hand
A paralyzed man regained control over his right hand and fingers Wednesday using a special technology that transmits his thoughts directly to his hand muscles and bypasses his spinal injury. By connecting a hi-tech sleeve to a chip implanted within the man’s brain, he was able to learn by Read More...
Why a blueberry muffin requires a 48-minute walk
We are sitting too much, not walking enough. The British chief executive of the Royal Society for Public Health has a simple solution: add an icon on food packaging showing how much exercise you'll need to do to burn off the calories in the favorite treat you have just consumed. Picture a blueberry Read More...
Companies give more to charity in India after new law
In 2014, India was the first country in the world to enshrine corporate giving into law. The law compelled businesses with annual revenues of more than 10bn rupees ($150 million) to give away 2 percent of their net profit to charity. Areas they can invest this money in include education, poverty, Read More...
This device could seriously change the lives of people with type-1diabetes
People living with type-1 diabetes are constantly tracking and adjusting their blood sugar with insulin or food, but that could all change soon with a new invention developed by a professor at Boston University. Named the iLet, the invention is a bionic pancreas that automatically takes blood sugar Read More...
Sugar crash: U.S soda consumption hits 30-year low
The soda industry fizzled to a new low in 2015 as Americans drank less soda than the year before for the eleventh straight year, marking a new 30-year low. According to a new report from Beverage Digest, American drank 1.2 percent less soda, by volume, in 2015, outpacing the 0.9 percent decline Read More...
How drones will change the future of Africa
The word “drone” has become synonymous with terror in recent years, but in Africa, drones have become a beacon of hope for those in tough-to-reach areas. Imagine a sick child in a small village in the hills of Rwanda needs medication, but the nearest hospital is hours away. The child’s mother Read More...
Switzerland to recognize homeopathy as legitimate medicine
Switzerland will give five complementary therapies, including homeopathy and acupuncture, the same status as conventional medicine when it comes to health insurance. After being rejected in 2005 by the authorities for lack of scientific proof of their efficacy, complementary and alternative Read More...
Drones deliver sterile insects to tackle disease in Ethiopia
In a region of Ethiopia where disease-ridden tsetse flies run rampant, drones are being administered to lower the fly population and ultimately save lives. The autonomous drones can fly for up to two hours at a cruise speed of 20 meters per second and have temperature controlled pods under each Read More...