Health News

Eating extra fruit and vegetables is healthy but may not reduce weight

Date: Jun-28-2014
Increasing the feeling of being full by eating more fruits and vegetables is not an effective diet recommendation, according to a new systematic review.

Wearable computer gloves 'help teach braille'

Date: Jun-28-2014
Researchers from Georgia Tech have created a wearable computer glove that they say can teach people to read and write braille, even when their attention is elsewhere.

How herpes and other dormant viruses 'reactivate' explained in new study

Date: Jun-27-2014
Scientists are mystified by the mechanism that 'reactivates' dormant viruses such as herpes. Now, a new study suggests interactions with other infections may be responsible.

Lab-grown mini beating human hearts 'may lead to a cure for heart disease'

Date: Jun-27-2014
Researchers from Abertay University in the UK have grown mini beating human hearts in which they can induce heart disease, allowing them to test newly created drugs.

Higher education levels linked to increased nearsightedness

Date: Jun-27-2014
Those of us on our computers may want to take a break and head outside; new research suggests the more time spent studying and the less time outside, the higher the risk of myopia.

Clinician's 'primer' to genome and exome sequencing published

Date: Jun-27-2014
To help clinicians make best use of genome and exome sequencing, a new report offers a primer that distils the technology of the Human Genome Project down to practical tools.

Some acne products can cause serious allergic reactions, FDA warns

Date: Jun-27-2014
Over the counter skin products for acne that contain benzoyl peroxide or salicylic acid can cause rare but serious and potentially life-threatening reactions, say FDA.

Blood test to indicate breast cancer risk 'in development'

Date: Jun-27-2014
Researchers have discovered that women both with and without the BRCA1 mutation who go on to develop breast cancer share a common epigenetic signature.

Vaccine needed: noroviruses cause 18% of acute gastroenteritis cases worldwide

Date: Jun-27-2014
In the largest review to date, researchers from the CDC found that worldwide estimates of gastroenteritis caused by norovirus are higher than previously estimated.

CDC: 1 in 10 deaths among working-age adults due to excessive drinking

Date: Jun-27-2014
A new study from the CDC reveals that between 2006 and 2010, excessive alcohol use accounted for 9.8% of total deaths among American adults ages 20-64.