A newly-developed Israeli device allows even the severely paralyzed or disabled to communicate with the world and control devices, including wheelchairs, all by easily-learned nasal breathing techniques. Researchers at Rehovot’s Weizmann Institute of Technology, which is considered a world-leader in life science technology, have designed a system that recognizes and translates minor changes in air [...]
Japanese women are expected to live almost 86 1/2 years, topping the world longevity ratings for the 25th straight year, the government reported Monday. The statistics for 2009 compiled and published by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare showed both Japanese women and men extended their average life expectancy to new records — 86.44 [...]
A research review by The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists had found that moderate caffeine consumption probably won’t increase the risk of a miscarriage or premature birth. Until recently, studies have had conflicting findings about the effect of moderate caffeine consumption on pregnancy complications but a College committee has reviewed the evidence. “I think [...]
The results of the project were published in the latest edition of Nature magazine: a research team led by Dr. Mark Prausnitz of the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, USA and supported by the National Institutes of Health, have developed a painless device which is placed on the skin and which delivers [...]
Some men like eating ample tasty meals and drinking in a cheerful company, others are regular smokers, while some work to rapidly build muscle mass, using hormones and anabolic. Such careless attitude to health, according to urologists, will inevitably reflect on male strength over time. Beer lovers are at a great risk since regular consumption [...]
Long hours in front of the television, whether channel surfing or gaming, can make it difficult for kids to concentrate in school, psychologists say. While researchers are still divided on the issue, the findings are similar to most earlier work on the effects of television watching in kids. “What we don’t know at this point [...]
Taking erectile dysfunction (ED) drugs such as Viagra may enhance the possibility of developing sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), a new study shows. But it’s the behavior that raises STDs rates, not the medication itself, according to the study jointly conducted by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and the University of Southern California. The researchers examined [...]
Overall cancer mortality rates continued to drop in the United States mainly due to enhanced prevention efforts and better treatment. The drop in cancer mortality rates over the last 20 years has averted more than 767,000 cancer deaths, the ACS said in its annual Cancer Statistics 2010 report. The overall death rate from cancer in [...]
If you’re feeling depressed, you might feel better if you take fish oil supplements, a new study shows. Some patients in the study, but not all, got relief from the omega 3 fatty acids in the fish oil. The ones who did improve – about half the group – were those who didn’t also have [...]
Walnuts contain a great deal of minerals. They include iron, copper, cobalt, potassium, sodium, phosphorus, magnesium, calcium, and iodine. Many of them are antioxidants. In addition, walnuts contain unsaturated fatty acids, more than 20 amino acids, and vitamins A, E, B, P and C. By the way, they contain nearly 50 times more vitamin C [...]
