Archive for February, 2010

The FDA is currently reviewing a new device that tests fertility problems in men. This device, according to scientists, targets couples who are struggling to conceive. Dr John Herr of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, who helped developing the test said ” it would suit those couples who have tried to get pregnant for a few months but aren’t ready to seek professional help [...]

Today millions of people in the world still have to do serious financial and/or physical efforts to obtain water. approximately 1.1 billion people are not provided with safe water, while a staggering 2.6 billion suffer from inadequate sewerage. As a consequence Lack of clean water kills 2 million children a year. Too much of the world lacks access to clean drinking water. Engineer Michael Pritchard [...]

Whether you are happy because you have a great job, happy family , or successful business, you are making your heart also happy. Being a happy person in life has astonishing benefits on your heart. As you probably aware of, heart disease is the number one killer in the United States and around the globe.

Even though the world is still in economic challenges, private investors are considering building the world biggest and most expensive yacht in the world. These investors are saying that there are many people around the world who have a billion dollars to spare on a Yacht.

Louisa Ball, a 15 year old girl, was diagnosed with a very rare disease called “Kleine-Levin Syndrome“. Patients with this syndrome sleep for days and they just wake up to eat, shower and use the restroom. This syndrome is also referred to as “sleeping beauty syndrome“, and until now doctors don’t know exactly what causes it or how to treat it, they say  hopefully she [...]

Doctors at Jackson Memorial Medical Center in Miami kept a U.S teenager called D’Zhana Simmons from South Carolina alive for 118 days without a heart. They used custom-built artificial blood-pumping machine, until she was able to have a heart transplant.

Listen to this: Eat anything you like, sit and relax and do nothing and lose weight at the same time. Is this real? Scientists say yes. But How? Spending a week at a high altitudes place could do magic to your body, you can lose weight and till eat your favorite delicious food without restrictions what so ever. Scientists long time ago have known that animals lose weight at high altitudes. Mountaineers [...]

Is your child carrying too heavier load during the school week? Scientists reporting in the journal of spine said that heavy backpacks can lead to back pain and other back issues in children. Previous research has shown that most American school kids carry backpacks containing the equivalent to 20-30% of their body weight. In a new study, 8 children who are 11 years old stood strait in front of the  [...]