Category: Top Story
To beat the biological clock, women are freezing their eggs for later
At a recent party at the Viceroy Santa Monica in the United States, the guests, almost all female, were chatting quietly, hesitantly, in pairs or trios. This wasn’t a group of good friends – Prosecco and hors d’oeuvres aside. The […]
How to cope with eczema
Operations manager Fatisyah Yahaya’s youngest child is three years old but he still keeps her up at night. Sleepless nights are quite the norm in their family because all three of Fatisyah’s children have eczema which disturbs their rest. “My youngest […]
How TV ads make you fat
Can TV ads for greasy, cheesy foods actually make you consume more calories? Yes, according to a new study—and the heavier you are now, the more likely it is that food ads will trigger you to eat even more. The […]
Brain-reading implant controls arm
A man has been able to control a robotic limb with a mind-reading chip implanted in his brain. It allowed Erik Sorto, from California, to sip a drink unaided for the first time in 10 years. The details, published in Science, […]
Soy supplements do not help asthma sufferers
New research disproves recent findings that suggested soy could play a role in reducing the seventy of the disease. The study, from Northwestern Medical medicine and the American Lung Association Asthma Clinical Research Network, published Tuesday in the Journal of […]
New study backs risk estimate for contraceptive pills
The broadest study of its kind on Wednesday backed estimates that newer kinds of contraceptive pills carry a higher risk of dangerous blood clots. But it also confirmed past advice that the risk is very low in real terms and […]
Some blind individuals see using echoes: study
As scientists discover ways to transfer sensory elements such as sight and sound across bone, converting one to the other in the central nervous system, a new study says this could occur naturally in certain blind individuals in a process […]
Smokers who quit may have brains hard-wired for success
Smokers who kick the habit could be hard-wired for success, thanks to greater communication between two regions of the brain that may play a role in controlling the urge to reach for cigarettes, a U.S. study suggests. Researchers reviewed brain […]
The right meditation technique helps you soar
A first-of-its-kind study has identified meditation techniques that could put you in the mindset to adapt from moment to moment depending on your goals. The team set out to assess whether meditation creates immediate changes in behavior, even for first-time […]
China puts new lupus drug to clinical tests
BEIJING – Chinese researchers are submitting a new drug for lupus to clinical trials, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) said on Wednesday. The new drug SM934, a water-soluble artemisinin derivative, has been approved by the China Food and Drug […]
