International research team has manufactured a new protein that can combat deadly flu epidemics. Scientists used manufactured genes as antivirals, which disable key functions of the flu virus. The most potent design has proven effective on the vulnerable sites on
International medical aid group Doctors Without Borders said Thursday that 1,500 children in a mining village in northwest Nigeria have suffered lead-poisoning and are not receiving care. The deaths, affecting children working in artisanal gold mines and those living
A recent study published in the May/June 2012 issue of General Dentistry, the peer-reviewed clinical journal of the Academy of General Dentistry, found that an alarming increase in the consumption of sports and energy drinks, especially among adolescents, is causing
It has been almost 12 months since the Fukushima nuclear disaster began. The nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi plant that began unfolding on March 11, 2011 is the biggest since the Chernobyl disaster of 1986. Although the Great Tohoku earthquake and the
Measles, a highly infectious vaccine-preventable disease, remains one of the leading causes of childhood mortality, leading to an estimated 450 deaths each day worldwide. Rubella is an infection that is usually mild when experienced in childhood, but it can often
Goverment of Zimbabwe has banned 40 water bottling firms for failing to meet safety and quality standards. This follows an influx of bottled water suppliers in response to a surge in demand. Acting Secretary for Health and Child Welfare Dr Davis Dhlakama said only
Perhaps it is best to introduce quantum healing from the viewpoint of Deepak Chopra, who has literally written the book on the subject. Chopra was a Western-trained physician who was unsatisfied with what western doctors and nurses had to offer the patient. Chopra
The source of arsenic in India’s groundwater continues to elude scientists more than a decade after the toxin was discovered in the water supply of the Bengal delta in India. But a recent study with a Kansas State University geologist and graduate student, as well as
Biologists at the University of Alberta accidentally stumbled upon a newly discovered cell property that could change the way scientists approach disease research and how we look for cures.
The study was published in early October in the Public Library of Science
I was recently speaking to my friend Darielle Archer, a guided imagery specialist, who reminded me that back in the 1970’s it was a provocative notion to suggest a connection between the mind and the body to heal the effects of a disease like cancer – if anyone spoke
