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Intermittent hypoxia therapy (IHT) – from sports performance to cardiac rehabilitation
IHT has been found to have positive effects on coronary heart disease (CHD) patients For decades, athletes have been using hypoxic training or the practice of limiting oxygen availability while training, to improve their performance. Training in an environment with […]
Invention inspired by sneezing fits that nearly caused an accident to debut at MEDICAL FAIR ASIA 2016
By John Battersby Joseph Moore was inspired to invent something to protect himself from allergens when his own allergies almost killed him. It wasn’t anaphylactic shock, just a severe sneezing attack while driving which almost resulted in his car being […]
Some ‘healthy foods’ might not be as healthy as you think -survey
The New York Times collaborated with the polling firm Morning Consult to survey 2,000 Americans and nearly 700 nutritionists from the American Society for Nutrition to find out what each group considered healthy versus unhealthy food. The results showed that […]
First medicine sports conference by Medical Fair Asia to launch in Singapore
The inaugural Medical Fair Asia Medicine + Sports Conference, organized by Messe Düsseldorf Asia (MDA), will be held on the September 1and it will be co-located with Medical Fair Asia, the region’s premier medical trade fair at The Sands Expo […]
3D-printed kidney helps save woman’s organ during tumor removal
Doctors from the Intermountain Medical Center in Murray used a 3D-printed kidney to save a patient’s organ during a complicated tumor removal procedure. The printed model allowed the doctors to study the patient’s kidney in 3D to determine how to […]
Long work hours have more negative impact on women
A new research says that working long hours, especially for women, may take a steep toll on one’s health. Study researcher Allard Dembe, who is also a professor of health services management and policy at the College of Public Health […]
WHO: Fractional dosing for yellow fever vaccine proposed for emergencies
An approach, known as fractional dosing, is under consideration as a short-term measure in case of yellow fever vaccine shortages for use in emergencies.Experts agreed with the proposal at a meeting convened by WHO to consider potential shortages in yellow […]
Scientists can predict disease outbreak using climate, population changes
According to British scientists from the University College London’s genetics, evolution and environment department, they have developed a model that can predict outbreaks of zoonotic diseases – those such as Ebola and Zika that jump from animals to humans – […]
US FDA flags 4,402 illegal prescription drug websites
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), together with its international regulatory and law enforcement agency partners, announced that it targeted 4,402 websites that illegally sell potentially dangerous, unapproved prescription drugs to US consumers. This effort was part of Operation […]
Researchers develop game-changing animal model for HIV vaccine research
We look to vaccines as medicine’s best defense against the world’s deadliest microbes. But HIV is so mutable that it has effectively evaded both the human immune system and scientists’ attempts to make an effective vaccine to protect against it. […]
