Category: Education
Meet Frankie, the dog that sniffs out cancer
A dog has been used to sniff out thyroid cancer in people who had not yet been diagnosed, US researchers say. Tests on 34 patients showed an 88% success rate in finding tumours. The team, presenting their findings at the […]
Most people favour positive words: study
All human language favours positive words, according to researchers. This means psychologically we use more positive words than negative ones. Researchers have discovered this when they conducted a study where they analysed Arabic movie subtitles, Russian novels, English lyrics and […]
Origins of AIDS strains traced to African gorillas
Two of four strains of the virus that can cause AIDS come from gorillas in southwestern Cameroon, an international team of scientists reported in studies published Monday in the United States. The new information means that researchers now know the […]
Phthalates may disrupt sex development of male fetus
New research regarding phthalates (pronounced THAL-ates), a known hormone disruptor found in hundreds of plasticized consumer products, adds to the growing scientific consensus of the public health danger they pose. Analyzing data collected from 362 women, scientists at the University […]
Psoriasis symptoms successfully eliminated in one study
Austrian researchers working with an international team were able to successfully eliminate the symptoms of the skin disease psoriasis from a group of study subjects, and the results of their study have been reported in the journal Nature. Psoriasis, a […]
An app for diabetes
A new software tool by Aapple Incmight save your life. U.S. health researchers said on Monday they are targeting millions of smartphone users with Apple Inc’s new software tool, hoping to collect an unprecedented amount of data on major diseases […]
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 […]
