Archive for September, 2008

Ashok Agarwal, head of the Center for Reproductive Medicine at clinic’s Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, said researchers found that people who use the hands-free may hurt a man’s sperm quality. According to the study, cell phones emits radio-frequency electromagnetic waves in the talk mode, and people who exposed to this kind of waves may have a negative impact on the motility [...]

According to the U.S today’s article, by 2020 the United States could face a shortage of as many as 4,080 cancer doctors, according to a recent report issued by the American Society for Clinical Oncology. “As of 2007, we were in equilibrium,” says Dr. Dean Bajorin, an oncologist at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City and co-chairman of the society’s Workforce [...]

Researchers from the University of Iowa and the Iowa City Veterans Affairs Medical Center, said that using embryonic stem cells might reduce transplantation rejection. The U.S medical scientists said the immune-defense cells influenced by embryonic stem cell-derived cells helped prevent the rejection of hearts transplanted into mice and without the use of immunosuppressive drugs. Immunosuppressive [...]

This baby turtle found in eastern China, and weighed just 17g. Water World spokesman Jimmy Hu said: ‘We got it two weeks ago and it’s growing fast, probably because it can eat twice as fast as the others.

Did you know that heart disease kills far more people each year than cancer does? People definitely can lower their risk of having a heart attack by simply following a specific diet and consuming healthy food such as garlic and olive oil. These are some natural ways to keep your heart healthy and prevent form future heart diseases.

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Scientists have unearthed a camel jawbone in the Syrian desert that they think may be a previously unknown tiny species of the animal and say dates back a million years. The jawbone was found last month near the village of Khowm in the Palmyra region, about 150 miles northeast of Damascus, said Heba al-Sakhel, the head of the Syrian National Museum who was one of the leaders [...]

A study by the Food Standards Agency found organic products sold under Prince Charles’s Duchy Original brand contain elevated levels of a cancer-causing chemical. The agency published a list of products that contain the cancer-causing chemical “Acrylamide”; probably this list will shock most of you since we including me consume some these products almost regularly.

Archaeologists in Afghanistan have discovered a giant statue of Buddha in a sleeping position and dates back to the Third Century. Back in 2001 Taleban blew up two giant standing Buddha’s carved into the mountainside at Bamiyan. According to the Archaeologists, the statue is about 19m (62ft) tall, but a local Bamiyan official said the statue has been badly damaged but the statue’s neck [...]