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Category Archives: Medicine
Sweet, sweet medicine
Sweet news for those looking for an alternative to customary medicinal antibiotics. Honey, an ancient remedy for the treatment of infected wounds, has recently been rediscovered by the medical community.
Ultrasound could be the male pill
High frequency sounds waves stop sperm production. Is this the new vasectomy?
Filed under Biology, Health, Innovation, Medicine, Science, Technology
A Darwinian approach towards emotions?
Emotions are not as biologically “basic” as we might think.
Strawberries can save your stomach from alcohol
The compounds in strawberries may be the answer to stomach ulcers.
Filed under Health, Medicine, Nutrition, Science, Science Update
Upending physics? Spectacular aspects of neutrinos below, at, or above speed of light
A neutrino beam from one of CERN’s laboratories in Geneva, Switzerland, seemed to travel 0.0025 per cent faster through earth than the speed of light in a vacuum. Its final destination was the remote INFN Gran Sasso lab in Italy, … Continue reading
Vintage Science: A Giving Hand
The birth of the goodwill and health care giant: the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.
Filed under Articles, In the mag, Medicine
No more fear of walking
Virtual reality could help Parkinson’s patients.
Filed under Health, Innovation, Medicine, News, Science, Science Update
Rogue cells are eating our eyes
Identification of rogue immune cells has given macular degeneration sufferers hope.
New hope for coeliac disease sufferers
The first potential vaccine for coeliac disease has shown promise in the Phase I clinical trials.
Understanding how HIV evolves could lead to a vaccine
HIV is a slippery customer, but it’s being forced to change.
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