Category: Education
Spider venom may be key to new painkillers
Scientists who analysed countless chemicals in spider venom say they have identified seven compounds that block a key step in the body’s ability to pass pain signals to the brain. In research they said could one day lead to a […]
Two out of three smokers will die: study
The first large-scale, direct evidence on smoking and mortality in Australia shows up to 1.8 million of our 2.7 million smokers are likely to die from their habit if they continue to smoke, losing on average ten years of life […]
Some humans can adapt to pollution: study
Some indigenous groups in the Andes of northern Argentina have developed increased resistance to arsenic, Swedish researchers found. Researchers at the Karolinska Institute and Uppsala University in Sweden have identified the gene that underlies the altered metabolism of these populations […]
Blood biomarkers that detects chronic fatigue syndrome found
Scientists at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health said their findings represent “the first robust physical evidence” that the syndrome is “a biological illness as opposed to a psychological disorder, and the first evidence that the disease has distinct […]
Some health myths busted
Keep cholesterol low These days, it’s the ratio of ‘good’ (HDL) to ‘bad’ (LDL) cholesterol that doctors worry about. Of course, the more good you have, the better. LDL is known as bad cholesterol because any excess can build up […]
New insight into eye defect coloboma
German researchers gained fundamental new insight into the development of the eye defect coloboma, said a study on Wednesday. Coloboma is a hole in one of the structures of the eye which occurs when the prenatal eye is developing and […]
Flu shot protects against new H7N9 strain: study
A study shows that the flu shot it is effective against the new H7N9 strain that emerged in China in 2013. Antibodies that protect against H7N9 avian flu make up a small portion of people’s immune response to the annual […]
Medical Tourism soaring in Southeast Asia due to government support: GlobalData Analyst
A number of countries in Southeast Asia continue to witness a boom in medical tourism, as affordable healthcare for foreign visitors is being actively promoted by governments in the region, according to an analyst with research and consulting firm GlobalData. […]
New blood test that detects cancer at early stage developed
In a proof-of-principle study, researchers from Stanford University administered a drug called DNA minicircles to mice and found mice with tumours produced a substance that tumour-free mice didn’t make and was easily detected 48 hours later in the blood. The […]
Baby formulas contain higher arsenic: study
Parents, beware. Babies who are fed formula instead of being breast fed have far higher levels of arsenic in their bodies, according to research released Monday. Arsenic in the urine of six-week-old babies who were fed formula was 7.5 times higher […]
