Category: Features
Light at night may interfere with breast cancer drug
Light at night has already been widely linked to poorer sleep quality, but now even dim light is being shown to interfere with a breast cancer drug’s ability to do its job. So says a new study on rats out […]
A test kit to better diagnose and treat kidney cancer
A test kit that can help predict the treatment and survival outcomes in kidney cancer patients has been created, in a collaboration between researchers and doctors at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN), Singapore General Hospital (SGH) and the […]
App that pays you for exercise
Will you miss your workout if you had to pay for it? If money motivates you more than fitness, an app is here to either reward or punish you. Pact is an app which uses money to track your fitness […]
Exercises for better eyesight
You don’t need spectacles, lenses, even surgery. Easy-peasy exercises done daily can smarten up your eyesight, says a vision trainer In the time it will take you to read this page (five minutes, we anticipate, for the slow reader), you […]
Drug-resistant malaria spreading fast in SE Asia
Drug-resistant malaria parasites are now firmly established in border regions in four Southeast Asian countries, imperilling global efforts to control the disease, experts warned on Wednesday. Blood samples taken from 1,241 malaria patients found that parasites which are resistant to […]
Supplement pill made from squid found to improve brain and heart function
Researchers have found that a new supplement made from squid, called Bioglan Calamari Gold pill, was better than cod liver capsules as it contained five times more Omega-3 and could lead to improved brain and heart function. The product would […]
Young people risk death by smartphone
SINGAPORE – More young people are either committing suicide or harbouring suicidal thoughts, and some counsellors have pointed the finger at the smartphone. Iris Lin, 33, who heads the youth division at Fei Yue Community Services, said that being glued […]
Natural methods for air purification
Sure, many aisles in stores smell wonderful, as swirls of cinnamon, vanilla and fresh linen scents waft through the air. However, these pleasantries, which are often designed to reduce unappealing household odors, are not only merely masking the offensive smells […]
Ebola kills Liberian doctor, 2 Americans infected
One of Liberia’s most high-profile doctors has died of Ebola, officials said Sunday, and an American physician was being treated for the deadly virus, highlighting the risks facing health workers trying to combat an outbreak that has killed more than […]
Oral cancer claims one life every six hours in India
ISLAMABAD: One person dies every six hours due to oral cancer in India signalling an alarming rise in the incidence of the disease, according to a top orthodontist. The situation could be still graver as many cases of the disease […]
