The Gulf News has reported that now during pregnancy, women in UAE can take a test to determine the sex of their unborn baby. The test, ‘pink or blue’ is offered for…
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An innovative development of treatments for Type I diabetes.
Diabetes is a disorder of metabolism, the way our bodies use digested food for energy. Most of the food we eat is broken down into glucose, the form of sugar in the…
DNA microarray and Western blotting merges to new Micro-Western Array
Genomics is rapidly becoming a mature research area, whereas proteomics techniques are only at the beginning to identify the protein encoded within the genome and their various interactions. A proteome refers to…
Smart Pill Technology – A Quick Look
The Economist is profiling the latest efforts to develop smart pills that can wirelessly communicate information about the state of their absorption in the GI tract, as well as be designed to…
Prescription or Over the Counter, Pain Pill Mistakes Common
It’s been a hard day, and Joe’s back is killing him. His wife has some Percocet left over from a trip to the dentist, and there’s that big bottle of Tylenol under…
Electronic Health Records at a Glance
For several years, the healthcare industry has been talking about Electronic Health Records. This article mainly deals with what exactly is Electronic Health Records or EHR and what are its key building…
Electron Cryotomography to Study and Obtain the 3D Images of Synapsis
Electron cryotomography is an emerging technique that allows the structures of unique biological objects such as individual macromolecules, viruses, and even small whole cells to be reconstructed in their near-native states in…
A new target for Childhood Leukemia
Leukemia is the most common form of cancer in childhood. The term leukemia refers to cancers of the white blood cells, which are also referred to as leukocytes or WBCs. When a…
How the US exports its mental illnesses
By Ethan Watters For NewScientist.com IN THIS age of globalisation, you would expect people to value and be sensitive about their local differences and diversity. And few areas could be more critical…
Meatball Surgery of the Mind
By Scott McLemee In the 1990s, the anthropologist T.R. Luhrmann did a period of fieldwork among psychiatrists in residency at a hospital, observing young members of that tribe as they acquired its…
Severe form of Skin disease ups heart disease risk
NEW YORK – A new research shows that People with severe forms of the inflammatory skin disease psoriasis are more likely to die of heart-related causes and stroke than those without the…
Food And Mood: The Direct Co-relation Between Emotions And Hunger
Not all eat to satiate hunger. Some of us eat to feed our feelings and not a growling stomach. Such an eating habit, also called ‘emotional eating’, is defined as excessive eating…
Prescription or Over the Counter, Pain Pill Mistakes Common
It’s been a hard day, and Joe’s back is killing him. His wife has some Percocet left over from a trip to the dentist, and there’s that big bottle of Tylenol under…
Heart surgeon wants butter to be banned to save lives
According to Shyam Kolvekar a leading heart surgeon, Butter should be banned to protect the nation’s health, Lolvker says only radical action can save growing numbers of young adults from heart attacks…
Using cell phones can be as hazardous as smoking
In the last 20 years, cell phones have dramatically changed the way people communicate. Now you can stay in contact with your friends, family and colleagues 24/7, from virtually anywhere in the…