Health News

A single yoga pose each day may improve spine curvature for scoliosis patients

Date: Oct-12-2014
A simple yoga pose, known as the side plank, performed for 1.5 minutes a day may reduce spine curvature in patients with scoliosis, according to a new study.

Could loss of a hormone drive colon cancer?

Date: Oct-11-2014
If findings are verified, colon cancer may be the first cancer to be recognized as being driven by the loss of a hormone that is essential for maintaining colon cells.

Are near-death experiences real? New study investigates

Date: Oct-11-2014
In the world's largest study of mental awareness during resuscitation, researchers find evidence that near-death experiences could be real.

Type 1 diabetes breakthrough as stem cells make billions of human insulin cells

Date: Oct-10-2014
Scientists have successfully used human embryonic stem cells to make billions of pancreatic cells that produced insulin in response to glucose and eliminated diabetes in a mouse.

Regular coffee or decaf? Drinking both may benefit the liver

Date: Oct-10-2014
The debate on whether decaf coffee confers the same health benefits as regular coffee has been put to rest - at least when it comes to lowering liver enzymes.

Schizophrenia: shattering the stigma

Date: Oct-10-2014
For this year's World Mental Health Day, the theme is 'Living with Schizophrenia.' In line with this campaign, we investigate the stigma attached to the disorder.

Molecule promises to speed up discovery of universal anti-Ebola drugs

Date: Oct-10-2014
A synthetic molecule that behaves like a critical piece of the Ebola virus that is conserved in current and future strains, shows promise as a drug discovery tool.

Does diabetes start in the brain?

Date: Oct-10-2014
New research confirms previous suggestions that rising levels of amino acids in the brain are a precursor to onset of diabetes symptoms.

Prostate cancer: high cholesterol, triglyceride levels may raise risk of recurrence

Date: Oct-10-2014
A new study finds that among men who underwent surgery for prostate cancer, those with high cholesterol and triglyceride levels were more likely to experience disease recurrence.

Lung cancer can lie dormant for over 20 years

Date: Oct-10-2014
Researchers have discovered that lung cancer can lie hidden for over 20 years before suddenly turning into an aggressive and active form of the disease.