Modified gut flora could end malnutrition
A new study conducted in sub-Saharan Africa found that bacteria living in the intestine are an underlying cause of childhood…
Aspirin and vision loss: a significant association
In a new study, regular aspirin use (defined as once or more per week) was shown to be “significantly” associated…
Parasitic worms could treat obesity disorders
On the list of unwelcome medical conditions, a parasitic worm infection ranks fairly high. But according to an international team…
Ultrasound used to stimulate tactile sensations in brain
Scientists have provided the first neurophysiological evidence for something that medicos have long suspected: ultrasound applied to parts of the…
Braille patterns transmitted directly to retina
For the first time scientists have wirelessly streamed Braille patterns directly into a blind patient’s retina, allowing the patient to…
Lack of sleep causing obesity epidemic?
Challenging the long-held notion that the main function of sleep is to give rest to the brain, researchers have found…
Antibiotic oomph: the eyes have it
Berkeley scientists have found that small fragments of a keratin protein in the eye are exceptionally efficient at killing off…
Iris recognition shows its age
It was generally assumed that the iris was a “stable” biometric over a person’s lifetime but new research from the…
Breakthrough in stabilizing vaccines and antibiotics without refrigeration
A new chemical stabilizer – based on silk – keeps the bioactive molecules in vaccines and antibiotics stable for long…
Nicotine vaccine mooted for children
A novel genetic vaccine that modifies the liver to produce antibodies to clear nicotine from the bloodstream could be administered…
Insomnia caused by fear of the dark?
Canadian researchers say that an adult fear of the dark may be a contributing factor in cases of insomnia. The…
Body odor reveals age
Reporting their findings in the journal PLoS ONE, researchers from the Monell Center say that humans can estimate the age…
Synthetic excrement touted as solution to gastric woes
Typically acquired after a course of antibiotics,Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) infections are skyrocketing, and medicos from Queen’s University in Canada…
Cholesterol’s cancer fighting properties revealed
In an intriguing new study published in theJournal of Biological Chemistry, scientists investigating cholesterol’s binding properties within cells say that…
Oxytocin has “blockbuster potential” as lifestyle drug
A case report in The Journal of Sexual Medicinedetails how “significant, broad-spectrum improvements in sexual function” were apparent in a…
Exercise induced female orgasm is real, say scientists
Indiana University (IU) researchers say they have confirmed that exercise alone – without any sexual act or fantasy – can…
Nuke decontamination pill “highly effective”
Rapid, mass decontamination following a nuclear reactor accident or terrorist “dirty bomb” attack may be in the offing with Berkeley…
Wireless breakthrough in self-propelled implantable medical devices
Stanford scientist Ada Poon this week demonstrated a tiny, wirelessly powered, self-propelled medical device to attendees at the International Solid-State…
Cancer drug reverses Alzheimer’s
In a discovery the researchers describe as “unprecedented,” a cancer drug (bexarotene) already approved by the FDA has been shown…
Stem cell injections produce robust anti-aging effects
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine scientists say that mice injected with stem cell-like progenitor cells seemed to have “sipped…
Smart bandage grows new blood vessels
Describing their work in the journal Advanced Materials, researchers say they have developed a bandage that actively stimulates and directs…
Bacterial “disabler” treatment side-steps antibiotic resistance
It’s not an antibiotic, but it accomplishes the same thing as an antibiotic. A compound that disables bacteria instead of…
Language transforming medicine… for the worse
Senior medicos in the United States have launched a stinging attack on the use of business buzzwords in medicine, arguing…
Oral bacteria linked to colon cancer
The discovery of a strikingly large number ofFusobacterium cells in colorectal tumor samples has prompted researchers to consider that the…
Schizophrenia created in a petri dish
Neurobiologists are using genetic engineering to reprogram skin cells – of patients with schizophrenia and other neurological disorders – and…
Pain detector accuracy surprises medicos
The need for a better way to objectively measure pain instead of relying on patient self-reporting has long been an…
Researchers warn of clinical mousetrap
Two new studies that compare the immune systems of humans and mice and gene expression in humans and mice directly…
New procedure “rebuilds” teeth
University of Leeds researchers say dentists will soon have access to a new pain-free way of tackling dental decay that…