Universal flu vaccine under human tests
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed or E-mail. You will recieve the latest science and technology news and updates. Thanks for visiting !A new universal flu vaccine was developed by Dr Sarah Gilbert at Oxford University, could mean an end to the annual jab. The difference between the [...]
Who Mosquitoes Like Best?
Do Mosquitoes prefer to bite specific people more that others? Do you think they can distinguish among group of people their favorite? Scientists say yes, and they are trying to crack the code behind why mosquitoes like some humans more than others.
Jerry Butler, PhD, professor emeritus at the University of Florida, said “Mosquitoes do exhibit [...]
Chewing gum relieve anxiety and reduce stress
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 [...]
The first of its kind operation shoulder constructed from elbow
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 [...]
Drugs found in drinking water supplies of at least 41 million Americans
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 [...]
Cosmetologists used stem cells for breast augmentation
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 [...]
Psychiatric patient died after being left in chair for 22 hours
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 [...]
