Health News

Team sources killer disease using criminal profiling

Date: Jun-20-2014
A geographic profiling technique - designed to locate criminals' home-base from their crime patterns - successfully locates the mosquito breeding sites of a malaria outbreak.

Arthritis drug helps hairless man grow full head of hair

Date: Jun-20-2014
Using an arthritis drug, doctors have restored hair growth in a 25-year-old man left bare of body hair from the uncommon disease alopecia universalis.

How should 'technology addiction' be treated?

Date: Jun-20-2014
Though the term 'Internet addiction disorder' was coined 20 years ago, professionals are still divided on whether excessive technology use can be considered an 'addiction.'

Researchers discover 6,200-year-old schistosomiasis parasite egg

Date: Jun-20-2014
Researchers have uncovered a 6,200-year-old schistosomiasis parasite egg from a grave by the Euphrates river in Syria, providing clues as to how the schistosomiasis burden began.

Cancer testing mistakes lead to patients missing out on treatment

Date: Jun-20-2014
Some breast cancer patients have been missing out on specific treatment after 4% of study participants had their tumors classified incorrectly, researchers find.

Should 'junk food' companies be sponsoring major sporting events?

Date: Jun-19-2014
Partners and sponsors of the 2014 World Cup include Coca-Cola and McDonald's. But are such companies encouraging sports fans to eat and drink unhealthy products? We investigate.

Deaths from prescribed painkillers 'higher than heroin and cocaine combined'

Date: Jun-19-2014
In a first-of-its-kind review, researchers have revealed exactly how much deaths due to prescription painkillers have increased in recent years and call it an 'epidemic.'

Adult stem cell regulation 'contributes to lung cancer formation'

Date: Jun-19-2014
A new study by UCLA researchers explains how disruptions to an adult stem cell repair process can result in the formation of pre-cancerous lesions in the lungs.

Scientists discover muscular 'switch' that controls birth contractions

Date: Jun-19-2014
The discovery of an electrical switch in the muscle of the uterus that controls labor may explain why many overweight pregnant women have difficulty giving birth.

'Smart glasses' for the near-blind start trials in public spaces

Date: Jun-19-2014
Scientists in the UK are testing smart glasses that can help people with limited vision navigate their environment in public spaces, such as shopping malls.