A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences last Thursday voices concern over the fact that worldwide growing use of antibiotics on livestock will make the animals more resistant to them, and also increase chances for the emergence of deadly pathogens immune to medication. The research calculates that at current rates, […]
2015 Allergy Season Might Be More Severe
Medical experts claim that this spring’s allergy season, officially started after yesterday’s Spring Equinox, will be harder than usual for people allergic to pollen, as a precipitation-rich winter might make pollen spread more and have more potent characteristics. Amongst researchers voicing their concern for a harsher allergy season is Dr. Tanya Laidlaw, Translational Research in […]
CDC Approach to Lab Safety Slammed by Expert Panel Report
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been deemed inconsistent in its approach to lab security and has been criticized for offering insufficient training by a safety committee report recently published on its website. The paper– titled „Recommendations of the Advisory Committee to the Director Concerning Laboratory Safety at CDC” was realized by a […]
MyHeart Counts, a New App That Could Save Lives, Was Launched by Apple. Privacy Concerns Were Voiced About It
Apple created a new ResearchKit software platform, which gathers data from a health app and shares it with doctors and researchers. The ResearchKit creates an app that asks users’ permission to register and interpret information about their body weight, blood pressure, physical activity, and mood fluctuation, as well as data about their medical conditions, from […]
Energy Drinks Have a Negative Effect on Cardiac Health, New Study Shows
A recent study conducted by specialists at the Mayo Clinic showed that energy drinks increase the risk of cardiac events, even in younger people. The strong effect energy drinks have on blood pressure is augmented in the case of consumers who are not used to caffeine. Since it has become a habit among young people […]
Loneliness Can Shorten Your Life, Experts Proved
Researchers at Brigham Young University in Utah have conducted a meta-study to observe the effects of long-term loneliness upon people’s health. They analyzed the results of 35 years of research in the field and came to the conclusion that isolation is at least as harmful to one’s physical condition as obesity, inactivity or smoking are. […]
Kathy Griffin Takes Kelly Osbourne’s Lead and Quits “Fashion Police”
Kathy Griffin has left E’s most popular program, Fashion Police. Less than a week ago, another presenter of Fashion Police, Kelly Osbourne, left. Griffin announced yesterday on Twitter that she wasn’t planning to remain in her seat, as presenter for Fashion Police. Many thought her account got hacked, but her publicist verified her tweet and […]
Biotech Company 23andMe Will Use Its DNA Database for the Creation of New Treatments
Founded in 2006, 23andMe is a genomics company which developed a saliva-based personal genome test, deemed the invention of the year in 2008 by the Time magazine. However, because the test had not received FDA approval, it was withdrawn in 2013. Now, the Google-backed company has announced its intention to search its very large DNA […]
Ads for E-Cigarettes Make Smokers Want to Smoke Tobacco Cigarettes, New Study Reveals
While, it is not yet known if electronic cigarettes are safe or not, a new study has revealed that ads for e-cigarettes make smokers want to smoke tobacco ones. The results of the study were published in the journal Health Communications. It appears that advertisements for electronic cigarettes will entice current and former tobacco smokers […]
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