Health News

Several mental disorders share changes in certain brain regions

Date: Feb-05-2015
A review of multiple brain imaging studies has found that some mental disorders share gray matter loss in the same three brain regions, raising the possibility of common therapies.

Scientists create eyeglasses that become shaded 'on command'

Date: Feb-05-2015
Scientists are developing a material that allows wearers of eyeglasses to make them turn from clear to shaded and back again when they want them to, rather than reacting to light.

Paramedics could deliver life-saving drugs to stroke victims

Date: Feb-05-2015
An NIH trial shows paramedics could safely deliver drugs to stroke victims before they arrive at the hospital, reducing the delay between stroke event and treatment.

Smartphone accessory diagnoses HIV and syphilis in 15 minutes

Date: Feb-05-2015
Researchers have developed a low-cost smartphone accessory that can rapidly diagnose HIV and syphilis from just a finger prick of blood.

What are the health benefits of cobalt?

Date: Feb-05-2015
Find out about the potential health benefits of consuming cobalt in foods, including preventing abnormal development of red blood cells, which causes macrocytic anemia,

Researchers associate CFS with symptoms of early menopause, gynecologic problems

Date: Feb-05-2015
Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is most common among women in their 40s. Now, researchers say they have found a link between CFS and early menopause, which may explain why.

'15 million unwanted pregnancies' created by low contraception in 35 poorer countries

Date: Feb-05-2015
Some 90% of the 16.7 million unwanted pregnancies across a third of the world's population every year are due to a failure to use modern contraception, study suggests.

Secondhand smoke exposure falls but still affects 1 in 4 nonsmokers

Date: Feb-04-2015
A new report from the CDC states that exposure to secondhand smoke in the US has fallen dramatically, although 1 in 4 nonsmokers are still exposed to these fumes.

'1 in 2 people will develop cancer in their lifetime'

Date: Feb-04-2015
A new study finds 1 in 2 people in the UK will get cancer at some point in their lives, while another study claims that in women, lung cancer claims more lives than breast cancer .

Health inequality 'is widening' among young people in rich countries

Date: Feb-04-2015
An international report looking at half a million adolescents finds that, despite rising wealth among high-income countries, the gap in health between rich and poor has widened.