Category: Education
Meditation may cause distressing experiences for some –study
A new study has found that meditation – although widely recommended by wellness experts as a way to reduce stress, increase self-awareness, and encourage a healthy lifestyle – can result in negative and distressing experiences for some people. Nearly 100 […]
Ventilator-associated infections in hospitals preventable – study
A recent study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute of Patient Safety and Quality in the US has demonstrated that ventilator-associated events in hospitals can be prevented by health care providers. Going on a ventilator is often the […]
Scientists to test Zika virus against brain tumor cells
Scientists in the UK are planning to use and test Zika virus against brain cancer cells in an effort to find new ways in combatting an aggressive type of cancer. Zika causes severe disability in babies by attacking developing stem […]
CVDs account for one-third of deaths worldwide
A scientific study that examined every country over the past 25 years has found that cardiovascular diseases (CVD), like stroke and heart diseases, cause one-third of deaths globally. Countries with the greatest number of cardiovascular deaths, after accounting for population […]
Way to create unlimited supply of healthy blood cells discovered
An innovative way to create an unlimited supply of healthy blood cells from blood-forming stem cells has been discovered by researchers at New York’s Weill Cornell Medicine in the US. This breakthrough achievement marks the first time that any research […]
Superbug’s antibiotic resistance mechanism uncovered
Scientists involved in an international study led by Australia’s Monash University have made a significant discovery that moves the global fight against antibiotic-resistant bacteria one step forward. They have discovered the molecular mechanism that makes the deadly superbug “Golden Staph” […]
Tai chi could help treat sleep loss in breast cancer survivors
Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in the US has found tai chi, a form of slow-moving meditation, to be just as effective as talk therapy in treating sleep loss or insomnia in breast cancer survivors. For […]
Improved AIDS drugs increase life expectancy of HIV patients in US, Europe
According to researchers, improved modern AIDS drugs – also known as antiretroviral therapy (ART) – have increased the life expectancy of young HIV-positive adults in the US and Europe by 10 years, meaning many patients can now expect to live […]
Groundbreaking medical scans reveal babies’ brain development
The first batch of groundbreaking medical scans that show the step-by-step process of human brain development in babies has been released by a team of UK scientists from the King’s College London, Imperial College London, and the University of Oxford. […]
Mother’s education can act as “social vaccine” against malaria in children
A new study conducted in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by researchers from the University of Alberta in Canada and the Université Catholique du Graben in the DRC has found that a mother’s education could act as a “social […]
