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This technology can detect disease by smelling your breath
Like a super-sensitive human nose, an experimental technology can “smell” and identify the chemical composition of a person’s breath and then diagnose up to 17 potential diseases, according to the scientists who developed it. These researchers, led by Hossam Haick of the […]
Healthy lifestyle reduces heart attack, stroke risk after gestational diabetes: NIH study
Women who have had gestational diabetes may be able to reduce or even eliminate their risk for cardiovascular disease by following a healthy lifestyle in the years after giving birth, according to a study by researchers at the National Institutes […]
High brain glucose level means higher risk of severe Alzheimer’s
Scientists have found a connection between abnormalities in how the brain breaks down glucose and the severity of the signature amyloid plaques and tangles in the brain, as well as the onset of eventual outward symptoms, of Alzheimer’s disease. The […]
Dental crowns increase risk of root canal: study
Over 37 million crowns are placed every year by dentists in the United States. Dental crowns are by far the most popular indirect procedure even though they require drilling approximately 75% of the tooth away, turning the tooth into a small […]
New gonorrhea diagnoses among Australians up 63% in five years
Australian health experts highlighted the alarming rise — from 62 to 101 infections per 100,000 people — and the need for people to be more aware of the infection as the reasons behind the trend are not yet fully understood. […]
Alertness, or vigilance, is developed through evolution
Using a molecular method likely to become widely adopted by the field, researchers supported by the National Institutes of Health have discovered brain circuitry essential for alertness, or vigilance – and for brain states more generally. Strikingly, the same cell […]
Research sheds light on how memories are made
A new study funded by the National Institutes of Health has shed light on how memories are formed. Using an innovative “NeuroGrid” technology, scientists showed that sleep boosts communication between two brain regions whose connection is critical for the formation […]
Malaysia launches Phase 1 Clinical Trial Guidelines
The Malaysian clinical research field marked an important milestone with the launching of Malaysian Phase I Clinical Trial Guidelines during the Clinical Research Malaysia’s (CRM) Industry Dialogue 2017. In a statement, CRM said it was part of a much bigger […]
Five million people worldwide lack access to basic surgical facilities
About five million people around the world are still yet to have access to basic surgical facilities, says vascular surgeon of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Assoc Prof Datuk Dr Hanafiah Harunarashid. Dr Hanafiah, who was recently awarded fellowship by […]
Deaths by drinking methanol increase to 15 in Ecuador
The number of deaths in Ecuador from a spate of methanol (industrial alcohol) consumption has risen to 15, with 21 other people under observation, the Ministry of Public Health announced Monday. The first nine deaths occurred on last Thursday in […]
