China Lifts ban barring entry to Foreigners with HIV and AIDS
Fri, 30/04/10 – 9:49 | No Comment

China, which has had a strict regulation for the past 20 years of not allowing foreigners with either HIV, AIDS sexually transmitted diseases and leprosy has changed it. The regulation has been relaxed recently after …

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English Boy Ages % Times Faster Due To Rare Condition
Wed, 28/04/10 – 19:00 | No Comment
English Boy Ages % Times Faster Due To Rare Condition

11-year-old Harry Crowther, from Mirfield, West Yorkshire is ageing five times faster than the average person. He suffers from a rare and incurable condition, Atypical Progeria Syndrome (APS). He is the only person in the …

Sleeping in Your Contacts May Fix Farsightedness, says Spanish Optometrist
Sat, 24/04/10 – 21:00 | No Comment
Sleeping in Your Contacts May Fix Farsightedness, says Spanish Optometrist

According to a Spanish Optometrist, it is possible to to sleep with a vision problem and wake up with a crystal-clear view of the world. According to him, wearing his patented contact lenses, designed to …

Life Threatening Fungus Found in the Pacific
Sat, 24/04/10 – 20:58 | One Comment
Life Threatening Fungus Found in the Pacific

A life threatening fungus has been sighted in the Pacific Northwest, according to scientists. Although rare, this tropical fungus can cause lung infections in both people and animals.
In fact, this fungus, known as Cryptococcus gattii …

Spanish Doctors Perform Full Face Transplant
Sat, 24/04/10 – 20:56 | No Comment
Spanish Doctors Perform Full Face Transplant

A team of 30 doctors from Spain have claimed success to performing the world’s first full face transplant. The surgery was performed on a man whose face had been disfigured in an accident.
Face transplants so …

Results of ‘Seek and Destroy’ Cancer Gene Therapy Hailed
Sat, 24/04/10 – 20:54 | No Comment
Results of ‘Seek and Destroy’ Cancer Gene Therapy Hailed

Scientists believe that they may have created a breakthrough in the use of gene therapy to treat cancer tumors.
Scientists at Strathclyde University in Glasgow have been able to identify a unique technique that delivers genes …

Brain Games Don’t Enhance IQ, Study Finds
Fri, 23/04/10 – 19:01 | No Comment
Brain Games Don’t Enhance IQ, Study Finds

A study has found that while brain games may be extremely entertaining, they do precious little to boost your IQ, no matter what their marketing department may say. A study conducted over a period of …

Substance In Breast Milk Found To Kill Cancer Cells
Fri, 23/04/10 – 18:57 | No Comment
Substance In Breast Milk Found To Kill Cancer Cells

Researchers at Lund University and the University of Gothenburg, Sweden have discovered that a certain substance found in breast milk is capable of killing cancer cells.
The substance is known as HAMLET (Human Alpha-lactalbumin Made LEthal …

Pepsico Develops New Shape for Salt
Fri, 23/04/10 – 18:56 | No Comment
Pepsico Develops New Shape for Salt

In a stunning move, Pepsico has developed a new shape for sodium chloride crystals that the company hopes will allow it to reduce salt by 25 percent in its Lay’s Classic potato chips.
This comes as …

UK Police Worried About New Drug ‘Sparkle’
Thu, 22/04/10 – 20:12 | No Comment
UK Police Worried About New Drug ‘Sparkle’

After mere hours that the ban on party drug mephedrone came into force, the police have been warned about a new drug doing the rounds on the party circuit. Word is coming in from around …

Man Loses Testicle Due To Surgeon’s Mistake
Thu, 22/04/10 – 20:11 | No Comment
Man Loses Testicle Due To Surgeon’s Mistake

A patient lost his testicle because a surgeon cut it off by mistake during a surgery, as was heard at the General Medical Council recently.
The patient was in surgery to remove a cyst from his …