Ovulating women unconsciously wear sexier clothes when they are most fertile to beat off competition for a mate without even realizing what are they doing – at least, a study says. University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management’s research shows women dress in sexier clothes when they are more likely to become pregnant. “The desire [...]
Good news for people with diabetes – unforunately not a cure – but University of California has teamed up with GlySens Incorporated to make life easier for those living with diabetes. A sensor has been created and tested that will give a constant stream accurate readings of the glucose level in the blood. This sensor [...]
Are you collecting receipts from fast-food outlets or groceries? If yes then next time be careful, because a new study claims the receipts contain high levels of the endocrine-disrupting chemical bisphenol A. Environmental Working Group’s study showed plastic component BPA on 40 per cent of receipts from McDonald’s, CVS, KFC, Whole Foods, Wal-Mart, Safeway and other [...]
“Oscar”, a spanish farmer was given the world’s first full facial transplant, and today he was discharged from the hospital after a succesful operation. Oscar who did not reveal his full identity, before the operation was unable to eat, speak or breathe normally since a gun accident in 2005. Now, he can start a new life; [...]
Researchers meeting at the 18th international AIDS conference this week in Vienna. For decades, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) researchers couldn’t say anything about curing the virus, largely because evidence showed the virus can persist even under intensive treatment. But now they’re – maybe – reconsidering their ideas about the virus. Clinical data showed an apparent [...]
Dozens of people were arrested on Friday in New York, Detroit, Houston, Baton, and in Miami. It was the nation’s largest Medicare fraud crackdown, and 94 people, including doctors, nurses, clinic owners were charged in scams totaling $251 millions. In some cases elderly russian immigrant received expensive treatments, that never occurred, and in one special [...]
President Obama announced the new national strategy for fighting HIV and AIDS. The goal is to cut infection rates by 25% in the next five years, treat 85% of infected people three months after diagnoses, and shift health funds to help gay people and African American men because they are at highest risk of contracting [...]
According to the study of Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, the obesity-related FTO gene affects the body mass index, levels of hormone involved in appetite and metabolism, and vascular risk factors which are linked with the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. The Swedish study is based on the results of a 9 years long research that included [...]
To reduce smoking and combat budget deficits, five states will implement cigarette tax increases on July 1. The five states are: New York, $1.60 increase to $4.35 per pack; Hawai’i, 40 cents to $3 per pack; New Mexico, 75 cents to $1.66 per pack; South Carolina, 50 cents to 57 cents per pack; and Utah, [...]
Less than 10 percent of U.S. adults limit their daily sodium intake to recommended levels, according to a new report, “Sodium Intake in Adults – United States, 2005-2006,” published today in CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. The report also finds that most sodium in the American diet comes from processed grains such as pizza [...]
