Archive for August, 2008

A new finding by an Australian scientists suggest, chewing gum may reduce stress and anxiety. The study was led by Andrew Scholey, a professor of Behavioral and Brain Sciences at Swinburne University in Melbourne. The study found that gum chewers showed a reduction in anxiety, increased alertness and reduced Stress. Relieved Anxiety: When chewing gum, participants reported lower levels of anxiety. Gum [...]

Doctors in the U.K preformed the first of its kind surgery where they used muscles and tissue from a patient’s unaffected elbow to create a new shoulder after it was amputated after a cancer at Leeds General Hospital in England. Tom Lemm, 15, from Pontefract, lost his left arm after suffering from cancer “a tumor” at the top of the limb. Tom’s surgeons said that they removed [...]

Radi Kaiof, a 41 year old male from Israel paralyzed for around 20 years now walks down the street with a dim mechanical hum. This revolutionary invention by a Amit Goffer, gave Radi his life back and made his dream come true. ‘I never dreamed I would walk again. After I was wounded, I forgot what it’s like,’ said Kaiof, who was injured while serving in the Israeli military in 1988.” ‘Only [...]

After around five months of intensive research, the Associated Press investigation shows that a vast array of pharmaceuticals — including antibiotics, anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers and sex hormones — have been found in the drinking water supplies of at least 41 million Americans. According to the research, people take their medication, then the body absorbs some of that medicine, the rest [...]

Cosmetic surgeons have tried using fat for a long time to enlarge breasts, but the fat would die soon. Now, using stem cells cosmetic surgeons in Japan and Europe are using them for breast augmentation. The Wall Street Journal reported recently that the some surgeons in the United States started using the procedure, the FDA has no power over surgical procedures but but says fat mixed with stem cells [...]

Once the owner of the cat “Yoda” posted her picture on the Internet, they started receiving interview requests from popular TV channels and shows such as Good Morning America, Fox News and The Tyra Banks Show. The cat’s photo has graced the London Guardian and a British tabloid. The Daily Mail said if Batman had a cat, it would be Yoda. “It’s amazing,” Ted Rock said. “For [...]

A 50 year-old psychiatric patient passed away at a North Carolina mental hospital after a nurse left him in a chair without food or water supply for around 22 hours. “The hospital’s security video recorded Sabock’s care from April 28, when he choked on his medicine while a nurse stood by without helping him, and through his day without food until his death from a heart problem,” [...]

Only 27 seconds into the flight, ATC ALV-1 suborbital rocket carrying tow NASA hypersonic experiments exploded off the coast of Virginia. The rocket was carrying the NASA HyBolt Hypersonic Boundary Layer Transition experiment and the SOAREX sub-orbital re-entry experimental package. A video was released showing the explosion.