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New drug regimen 'reduces early menopause risk' for breast cancer patients
Date: Jun-01-2014Researchers find that adding a drug called goserelin to chemotherapy treatment could reduce risk of early menopause and infertility for breast cancer patients.
Smoking, passive smoking linked to hearing loss
Date: May-31-2014Smokers and passive smokers are more likely to develop hearing loss than non-smokers, according to a new study by researchers from the University of Manchester in the UK.
Industry-funded study implies diet soda is 'superior to water for weight loss'
Date: May-30-2014A controversial study has reported that participants who consumed diet drinks lost more weight on average than a control group who drank mostly water. Could the results be biased?
New forensic tool detects ethnicity and gender in single hair
Date: May-30-2014Scientists in Canada are developing a new forensic test that combines spectroscopy and statistical analysis to determine gender and ethnicity from a single thread of hair.
Stress linked to male fertility
Date: May-30-2014It is well known that stress can influence health. But now, new research suggests stressful life events may reduce semen quality, which may have implications for male fertility.
People with diverse compulsion disorders have similar decision and brain patterns
Date: May-30-2014People with compulsion disorders seem to have decision patterns that favor habits rather than goals and fewer brain cells in regions that keep track of goals and rewards.
Open letter to WHO insists e-cigarettes are 'part of the solution, not the problem'
Date: May-30-2014An international group of 53 scientists have put their opposition to WHO's rumored crackdown on e-cigarettes in writing, claiming that these products could save millions of lives.
3D model provides new insight into King Richard III's spinal condition
Date: May-30-2014A new study, led by researchers from the UK's University of Leicester, gives new insight into how the spinal condition scoliosis affected Richard III's appearance and mobility.
Scientists identify compound that 'inhibits MERS and SARS'
Date: May-30-2014Researchers from Sweden and Switzerland report promising results from a compound that could inhibit coronaviruses - the viral family to which MERS and SARS belong.
Researchers use lasers to coax teeth into repairing themselves
Date: May-29-2014Non-invasive lasers are set to transform dental treatment as a study showing how they can coax stem cells to regenerate tooth tissue lays the foundation for a host of applications.
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