Tag: featured
Experts support call for lower cancer drug prices
A group of 118 leading cancer experts have developed a list of proposals designed to reduce the cost of cancer drugs, and support a grassroots patient protest movement to pressure drug companies to charge what they deem a fair value […]
Getting in shape may help reduce irregular heart rhythm
For overweight and obese people with a common heart rhythm problem, improving cardiovascular fitness with exercise may help to eliminate symptoms, a recent Australian study found. Participants with the greatest improvements in their cardio fitness were less burdened by symptoms […]
Toxic co-workers linked to worse mental health for college students
Working college students were more likely to have mental health problems if they had toxic relationships with co-workers than if they were on friendly terms with colleagues in a small new U.S. study. “If you think about a typical 24-hour […]
Cooking rice in a coffee-brewer could erase arsenic
Arsenic in rice is a global health concern, but researchers in Northern Ireland have found a way to remove it by cooking rice the way coffee is brewed, a study said Wednesday. A percolator that cooks rice by passing hot […]
Soybean oil leads to weight gain
Sugar has been blasted in recent years for its link to obesity and a slew of health problems, but now experts say the food world has a new problem child: Soybean oil. Soybean oil, considered a “healthier” alternative to some […]
Clot-busting stroke drug safe, says expert review
A panel of independent experts has decided that a clot-busting drug often used to treat strokes is “safe and effective”. The UK medicines watchdog wanted the benefits and risks of alteplase to be analysed after concerns were raised about its […]
Family vacation safety tips
1. Research, research, research your destination. This will help you to travel more confidently and more safely. 2. Whip out the sunblock for you and your children. 3. If you’re going for a road trip, prepare these items: Water Warm […]
Health specialists call for US$2 billion global fund for vaccines
Global health experts called on Wednesday for the creation of a US$2 billion vaccine development fund to feed a pipeline of potential new shots against priority killer diseases like Ebola, MERS and the West Nile virus. The fund would help […]
High on the menu: cannabis spaghetti features at Italian foodfest
Any Italian will tell you: pasta is healthy and makes you feel good. But what about spaghetti made from cannabis? Farmers from southern Italy presenting their wares at a London food festival this week say their hemp pasta, oil and […]
Bionic eye implant is world’s first
Surgeons in Manchester have performed the first bionic eye implant in a patient with the most common cause of sight loss in the developed world. Ray Flynn, 80, has dry age-related macular degeneration which has led to the total loss […]
