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Science

Testicles an "ethical" source of stem cells, German scientists claim

Testicles an "ethical" source of stem cells, German scientists claim

Faced with strict German laws banning the use of human embryos, a team of German scientists came up...
» read full story October 20th, 2008 - 08:25
Scientists Revealed World's First Genome-Wide Spinal Cord Map

Scientists Revealed World's First Genome-Wide Spinal Cord Map

The Allen Institute for Brain Science has taken a groundbreaking step into deciphering the...
» read full story July 20th, 2008 - 09:18
Serotonin Imbalance May Be Responsible for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

Serotonin Imbalance May Be Responsible for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

A study by Italian researchers may offer the answer to sudden infant death syndrome, the third...
» read full story July 05th, 2008 - 13:00
Anesthesia Found to Elevate Post-Surgical Pain

Anesthesia Found to Elevate Post-Surgical Pain

Anesthesia drugs used for cutting pain during surgery may paradoxically increase pain and...
» read full story June 25th, 2008 - 15:38
Monkeys Successfully Brain-Control Robotic Arm

Monkeys Successfully Brain-Control Robotic Arm

Restoring motor functions to paralyzed patients is more than a theory; it is an objective to be...
» read full story May 29th, 2008 - 12:20
Stem cell breakthrough promises “ethical” bio-replacements

Stem cell breakthrough promises “ethical” bio-replacements

No need to worry about the ethical implications of stem-cell research anymore: American scientists...
» read full story December 23rd, 2007 - 23:47
Scientists Study Humans’ Move With The Help Of A Robot

Scientists Study Humans’ Move With The Help Of A Robot

It sure sounds strange, but it is the pure truth! Scientists have built a walking robot, which now...
» read full story July 15th, 2007 - 15:13
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U.S.

Human Stem Cell Research Gains Grounds in the US

Human Stem Cell Research Gains Grounds in the US

Stem cell research is making another step to the future in the United States. Geron Corp, a...
» read full story January 25th, 2009 - 13:07
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Specials

New Treatment for Parkinson’s Disease Proves Successful in Mice

New Treatment for Parkinson’s Disease Proves Successful in Mice

A study published in the 20 March issue of the journal Science concluded that by electrically...
» read full story March 22nd, 2009 - 13:41
University of Pennsylvania on High Alert Over Meningitis Cases

University of Pennsylvania on High Alert Over Meningitis Cases

University of Pennsylvania students are on high alert following three cases of meningococcal...
» read full story February 17th, 2009 - 15:31
Seve Ballesteros Will Undergo Brain Surgery for Cancerous Tumor

Seve Ballesteros Will Undergo Brain Surgery for Cancerous Tumor

Severiano „Seve” Ballesteros, a Spanish professional golfer and former World Number 1, will need...
» read full story October 23rd, 2008 - 20:42
Iowa Woman Dies of West Nile; The Virus Is Still a Threat

Iowa Woman Dies of West Nile; The Virus Is Still a Threat

West Nile virus appears to have made another victim in Iowa this time in the person of an elderly...
» read full story September 29th, 2008 - 15:38
Squash That Mosquito! Its Bite Could Be Deadly

Squash That Mosquito! Its Bite Could Be Deadly

Who would have thought that such a little insect, the mosquito, could turn into the most dangerous...
» read full story August 08th, 2008 - 12:40
West Nile Virus – Facts You Should Know

West Nile Virus – Facts You Should Know

As the warm season is here, the risk for mosquito-borne diseases has increased and West Nile virus...
» read full story June 12th, 2008 - 12:09
Health Officials on Alert after CMU Student Dies of Meningitis

Health Officials on Alert after CMU Student Dies of Meningitis

Health officials are trying to identify all persons who were in close contact with the 26-year-old...
» read full story May 12th, 2008 - 16:26
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Video Games

Report: Nintendo Wii Used In Physical Therapies

Report: Nintendo Wii Used In Physical Therapies

In September, we reported how Nintendo Wii was the latest attraction for the residents of...
» read full story December 10th, 2007 - 00:50
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World

South Korea: Beef Import Still Banned

South Korea: Beef Import Still Banned

After announcing about a week ago that the ban against U.S. beef import would be lifted,...
» read full story June 03rd, 2008 - 12:08
Senator Kennedy’s Surgery Went Well

Senator Kennedy’s Surgery Went Well

Monday morning, Senator Edward Kennedy had brain surgery in order to begin his treatment for his...
» read full story June 02nd, 2008 - 22:28
Senator Kennedy Goes into Surgery

Senator Kennedy Goes into Surgery

Monday morning, Senator Edward Kennedy was set to undergo brain surgery in order to begin his...
» read full story June 02nd, 2008 - 15:37
South Korea Government to Resume U.S. Beef Imports

South Korea Government to Resume U.S. Beef Imports

Agriculture Minister Chung Woon-chun announced Thursday that South Korea's government will allow...
» read full story May 29th, 2008 - 15:18
Senator Edward “Ted” Kennedy Diagnosed With Malignant Brain Tumor

Senator Edward “Ted” Kennedy Diagnosed With Malignant Brain Tumor

The doctors from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston announced today that Senator Edward...
» read full story May 20th, 2008 - 22:13
Girl with 8 Limbs Operated

Girl with 8 Limbs Operated

On Tuesday doctors in Bangalore began to operate a 2-year-old girl that was borne with four...
» read full story November 06th, 2007 - 17:08
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Sports

Rookie QB Edwards Delivers for Bills at His First Start

Rookie QB Edwards Delivers for Bills at His First Start

Trent Edwards led the previously winless and demoralized Buffalo Bills to a much-needed 17-14 win...
» read full story October 01st, 2007 - 13:15
Experimental Procedure May Give Everett’s Unique Case a Happy End

Experimental Procedure May Give Everett’s Unique Case a Happy End

American professional football player Kevin Everett broke his neck during a game lost to the Denver...
» read full story September 15th, 2007 - 09:46
Everett’s Condition Improved after “Minor Miracle”

Everett’s Condition Improved after “Minor Miracle”

Two days after Buffalo Bills tight end Kevin Everett was paralyzed during a game and just one day...
» read full story September 12th, 2007 - 14:10
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People

Rosanne Cash Goes Under The Knife

Rosanne Cash Goes Under The Knife

Country music singer and songwriter Rosanne Cash announced the cancellation of her future concert...
» read full story November 06th, 2007 - 22:21
Defense Witness Brings New Theory In Spector Trial

Defense Witness Brings New Theory In Spector Trial

Phil Spector’s murder trial took an unexpected turn Tuesday, when a forensic pathologist...
» read full story August 15th, 2007 - 14:37
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Health

More Americans Living with Paralysis than Previously Thought

New research by the University of New Mexico suggests that the number of people in the United...
» read full story April 22nd, 2009 - 16:11
Shriners Hospitals May Close a Quarter of Their Facilities

Shriners Hospitals May Close a Quarter of Their Facilities

Shriners Hospitals for Children is considering closing a quarter of their facilities as donations...
» read full story April 10th, 2009 - 16:29
Spinal Cord Stimulation May Improve Quality of Life in Parkinson’s Patients

Spinal Cord Stimulation May Improve Quality of Life in Parkinson’s Patients

A new study released Thursday by US researchers suggests that, when electrically stimulated the...
» read full story March 20th, 2009 - 13:46

Bacterial Meningitis Kills Second Soldiers at Missouri Base

Bacterial meningitis made a second victim among soldiers stationed at the Army’s Fort...
» read full story February 18th, 2009 - 15:34
Obama Will Lift the Ban On Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Obama Will Lift the Ban On Embryonic Stem Cell Research

U.S. President Barack Obama will soon issue an executive order lifting an eight-year ban embryonic...
» read full story February 17th, 2009 - 01:21
Meningitis Strikes the University of Pennsylvania: Three Students Hospitalized

Meningitis Strikes the University of Pennsylvania: Three Students Hospitalized

Three University of Pennsylvania students have been hospitalized with meningitis, school officials...
» read full story February 16th, 2009 - 14:30
Obesity Linked to Birth Defects

Obesity Linked to Birth Defects

  Tuesday, British researchers informed that obese women were more prone to giving birth to...
» read full story February 11th, 2009 - 21:46
Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Risk of Multiple Sclerosis

Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Risk of Multiple Sclerosis

  A UK and Canadian team of researchers have managed to put forward evidence of a link...
» read full story February 05th, 2009 - 20:15
Weight Loss Improves Urinary Incontinence In Women

Weight Loss Improves Urinary Incontinence In Women

Doctors often advise patients to lose weight if they’re at risk of developing certain...
» read full story January 30th, 2009 - 15:42
FDA Finally Approves Geron’s stem cells therapy

FDA Finally Approves Geron’s stem cells therapy

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just tapped a Northern Californian biotech company to...
» read full story January 26th, 2009 - 13:30
Strange Disease Leads to Warnings and Parents are Encouraged to Vaccinate their Children

Strange Disease Leads to Warnings and Parents are Encouraged to Vaccinate their Children

Five cases of the infectious children's bacterial disease known as HiB, or Haemophilus influenza...
» read full story January 25th, 2009 - 12:59
FDA Approves First Phase Of Stem Cells Treatment

FDA Approves First Phase Of Stem Cells Treatment

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just approved the first clinical trial using human...
» read full story January 24th, 2009 - 13:16
Calif. Company Granted Federal Permission For First Stem-Cell Trial

Calif. Company Granted Federal Permission For First Stem-Cell Trial

It appears that embryonic stem cell research is gaining grounds in the United States as a...
» read full story January 23rd, 2009 - 13:40
Wyeth Vaccine Helped Slash Pneumococcal Meningitis Rates

Wyeth Vaccine Helped Slash Pneumococcal Meningitis Rates

Pneumococcal meningitis rates have declined substantially since a new vaccine was introduced in...
» read full story January 15th, 2009 - 13:30
9-Year-Old Boy Recovers From Orthopedic Decapitation

9-Year-Old Boy Recovers From Orthopedic Decapitation

Amazing as it seems, a 9-year-old boy from Hillsboro, Texas, who suffered an orthopedic...
» read full story December 23rd, 2008 - 12:10
Epilepsy Drug in Pregnancy Increases Autism Risk

Epilepsy Drug in Pregnancy Increases Autism Risk

Pregnant women taking valproate, a drug used to treat epilepsy, may significantly increase their...
» read full story December 02nd, 2008 - 15:46

Growth Hormone Doesn’t Help ALS Sufferers

A two-year study of the growth hormone known as insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) on patients...
» read full story November 26th, 2008 - 15:30
Trial Shows Antigenics’ Oncophage Extends Survival in Cancer Patients

Trial Shows Antigenics’ Oncophage Extends Survival in Cancer Patients

A small study of patients with brain cancer showed that Antigenics Inc’s Oncophage vaccine helped...
» read full story November 24th, 2008 - 15:45

Mind power can help keep pain in check

Boppard, Germany - Hardly anyone lies voluntarily on a bed of nails or runs 40 kilometres without...
» read full story November 17th, 2008 - 08:06
Wyeth: New Version of Prevnar Has Positive Results in Study

Wyeth: New Version of Prevnar Has Positive Results in Study

A news study presented Monday at the joint annual meeting of the Interscience Conference on...
» read full story October 28th, 2008 - 13:40
Scientists Say Mind Power Can Render Paralysed Limbs To Move

Scientists Say Mind Power Can Render Paralysed Limbs To Move

Researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle have published a report via the online...
» read full story October 16th, 2008 - 09:21
Stems Cells Made from Human Testicles

Stems Cells Made from Human Testicles

Providing a way out of a thorny ethical dilemma, scientists have developed a kind of cells called...
» read full story October 10th, 2008 - 10:30
FDA Study: Statins Don’t Pose Risk Of Lou Gehrig’s Disease

FDA Study: Statins Don’t Pose Risk Of Lou Gehrig’s Disease

Cholesterol-lowering drugs or statins do not increase the incidence of amyotrophic lateral...
» read full story September 30th, 2008 - 14:30

The End of West Nile Season Is Approaching

The West Nile situation continues to represent a threat because the weather is still warm...
» read full story September 24th, 2008 - 17:00
Officials Say: Take West Nile Threat Seriously

Officials Say: Take West Nile Threat Seriously

While cases of West Nile detections are being reported all over the country, it appears that...
» read full story August 14th, 2008 - 18:25
Update: West Nile Danger Is Definitely Not Over

Update: West Nile Danger Is Definitely Not Over

West Nile season is definitely not over, as reports are pouring in from all over the country....
» read full story August 07th, 2008 - 17:39
Researchers Created Stem Cells Using Skin Samples from ALS Patients

Researchers Created Stem Cells Using Skin Samples from ALS Patients

Scientists at Harvard and Columbia universities announced yesterday that they created the first...
» read full story August 01st, 2008 - 14:32
New Research Says Brain Chemical Could Determine SIDS

New Research Says Brain Chemical Could Determine SIDS

In a new attempt to explain the cause of SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) the researchers of...
» read full story July 03rd, 2008 - 21:34
West Nile Warning Stronger than Ever

West Nile Warning Stronger than Ever

Warm weather brings with it not only the joy of living but also waves of mosquitoes that could be...
» read full story June 21st, 2008 - 11:10
Senator Kennedy Awaits Treatment News

Senator Kennedy Awaits Treatment News

With just a few days after the announcement of his recently found brain tumor, Senator Edward M....
» read full story May 22nd, 2008 - 16:15
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