A new study where embryonic stem cells were turned into functioning neurons and successful implanted into the brains of laboratory mice represents a crucial step toward deploying customized cells to repair damaged or diseased brains.
If you're one of those people who scoff at the saying, "the early bird catches the worm," you might want to take a look at these examples.
Psychopaths are the stuff of suspense movies. Painted as cold and calculating, they can dispatch people without any trace of remorse. But that depiction in the movies may not be purely fictitious as research finds evidence inside the brains of psychopaths.
Thanksgiving is already here, and right this very moment people are all busy grabbing a turkey, getting ingredients, and of course, looking for stretchable pants to wear for dinner. It's no secret that almost everyone indulges a little too far every year in this joyous holiday. But like a hangover, people live to regret the fact that they overate the next day.
Some people cannot stand coffee. They're either not used to its taste, or didn't form the habit of drinking it to begin with. However, with new research arising, some people, more specifically women, might want to pick up a cup and start the habit.
Eating soft food can increase the possibilities of having too many teeth that a normal human mouth can handle. UK researchers found out that as time goes by, people’s lower jaws have become smaller that teeth are most of the time compressed. But it was also said that soft food can affect the formation of teeth.
Meditating is a practice that enables people to go to a deeper state of relaxation and awareness. It has been practices for the longest times by monks, and is now fast becoming a way of life for people practicing the peaceful state.
Acne is a problem that most teenagers go through with shame and ridicule. And to treat this problem, teenagers, with their parents, often resort to oral antibiotics - little do they know that that is just the start of another problem.
The AIDS global epidemic is witnessing a dramatic reversal, according to the latest assessment issued on Monday by United Nations AIDS (UNAIDS), which also noted that millions of HIV patients are dealing with the virus successfully.
When people come to see me all clogged up and on eight different pills, and they’ve got chest pain when they walk half a block, they usually don’t need a whole lot of convincing.
Felicity Aston, a 33-year old British adventurer, is attempting to become the first woman to do a successful solo crossing of Antarctica.
The oat is rich in protein, has lots of beneficial minerals such as calcium and magnesium, trace elements like silicon and potassium as well as iron - while also being very high in vitamin content. The presence of these bodybuilding nutrients in the oats makes for strong bones and teeth, most of these vital minerals found in the oats are also necessary for the maintenance of a healthy nervous system in a human being.
The connection between diet and diabetes is that, if you eat a high-fat, high calorie diet, which a lot of us do today, you put yourself at risk for weight gain, and if you are more than 120% of your desirable body weight, in simple terms, more than 20 pounds over what you should weigh, you become more insulin resistant, you use your own insulin at less capacity than you should, and you will have higher blood sugars, which will lead to diabetes. Diabetes is on the rise, and women with diabetes h...
Australian children suffering from systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (sJIA) now have access to Actemra, a biologic treatment recently approved by the Therapeutic Goods Administration.
New undercover video shows factory farm horror
Seniors are often associated with taking it easy - slowing down. More often than not, people also think that with age, married seniors also slow down when it comes to love making. But a new survey might just change that, as it found that sex is a significant indicator of happiness among married seniors.
Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute and the US Army's Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases have isolated and analyzed an antibody that neutralizes Sudan virus, a major species of ebolavirus and one of the most dangerous human pathogens.
The use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, better known simply as MRI, for breast cancer screening is increasing and so is its use in guiding breast surgery when cancer is discovered.
Rabbits are, arguably, one of the cutest, most harmless animals in the world. That is why people were shocked when they saw splashed across news agencies a case of a disease known as rabbit fever.
Do you get up to do something, walk into another room and then don't remember what you were going to do? Don't worry you're not going senile yet because it's actually the door's fault.
Heart attacks run rampant across the world. In fact, according to the Women's Heart Foundation, 1.5 million heart attacks occur in the United States yearly with one-third of the figure leading to deaths. But what people don't know is that deaths from a heart attack maybe caused by the heart itself.
Millions of Americans use scented candles, air freshener sprays, plug-in deodorizers and diffusers to make their living spaces smell clean and pleasant, but are the chemicals in these products safe?
People who fear the unknown or view uncertainty as especially negative or threatening are more likely to report symptoms of eating disorders, according to new ANU research.
Much of the attention concerning the dangers of getting vaccinated for human papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical cancer has been focused on Merck & Co.'s Gardasil.
During his closing remarks for the 2011 Society for Human Resources Management's Strategy Conference, Don Tapscott, the author of the bestseller Wikinomics, said, "I believe that the future is something that must be achieved and not predicted."
On Wednesday, the RSC (Royal Society of Chemistry) proposed that Britain's cheapest meal was none other than the toast sandwich.
At first glance Jukusui-Kun looks like the perfect children's toy. He's cute, cuddly and shaped like a polar bear. But Jukusui-Kun has another purpose aside from looking so adorable; he's also designed to help sleepers suffering from sleep apnea from snoring too loud.
A group of scientists from Australia and the U.S. report finding two related genes that cause the dangerous skin cancer, squamous cell carcinoma.
The 27-member countries of the European Union will start using millimeter-wave scanners after the EU announced the ban on the use of X-ray body scanners in all European airports due to health and safety reasons.
Queensland scientists are a step closer to finding a cattle tick vaccine that could save the national beef and dairy industries approximately $175 million per annum and reduce the need for pesticides.
