Flesh-eating bug that you can catch on the bus or train is spreading in the UK Strain of MRSA from the U.S. causes large boils and is resistant to several front-line antibiotics Survives on surfaces so can be picked up on public transport By Lauren Paxman A flesh-eating form of pneumonia that is easily passed between healthy people on...
Coffee prevents Type 2 diabetes? Decaf is fine too. Your early cups of coffee may now do more than simply clear the morning haze. According to a group of Chinese researchers, a few cups of coffee per day may help prevent the onset of Type 2 diabetes. Funded by various Chinese authorities, the study has been...
Darkness ‘encourages lying and crime’Darkness encourages people to lie and commit crime because it creates a feeling of anonymity, according to scientists. Researchers found that darkness makes people think we can get away with doing the wrong thing. They found that even wearing sunglasses made people feel they could get away with more because they...
London: If you think sleeping on a problem is the best way to solve it, think again, for a new study has claimed that it could actually make matters worse. This is because a team at the University of Massachusetts Amherst say that sleeping on a problem causes painful memories to remain more vivid, contradicting previous...
Kelley Chinn/Special Contributor Dr. Sam Roach works on patient Alma Arellano with the help of Rana Malik. By DIANNE SOLÍS RICHLAND HILLS — Inside the Al-Shifa Medical Clinic, Alma Arellano slides into a dental chair with a painful molar that needs immediate care. The woman, who lacks health insurance, gets help at the clinic from an all-volunteer crew...
ScienceDaily (July 6, 2011) — It’s like a Brownie camera for the digital age: The microscopic device fits on the head of a pin, contains no lenses or moving parts, costs pennies to make — and this Cornell-developed camera could revolutionize an array of science from surgery to robotics. The camera was invented in...
How Can We Protect Ourselves From Diabetes? Children who usually drink juices are experiencing drinking and urinating a lot. Some parents are very worried that this could be a sign that their child has the symptoms of diabetes though, the big sign of having such illness can be notice if your child is...
BY BOB HOLT NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Are you afraid to go to the dentist? If the sound of that dentist’s drill makes you nervous, things are looking less painful for the future. Researchers at the University of Missouri are in the process of developing a tool that will take much of the pain out of getting a cavity filled....
Relaxation Techniques Help You Sleep Better 40 million people in the U.S. experience sleep problems each year, according to the FDA. The 2007 Sleep in America Poll found that two-thirds of women surveyed experienced sleep difficulty at least a few nights a week during the last month. Stress is one of the main causes of...
Efforts to create self-cleaning cotton fabrics are bearing fruit in China. Engineers have created a chemical coating that causes cotton materials to clean themselves of stains and remove odours when exposed to sunlight. The researchers say the treatment is cheap, non-toxic and ecologically friendly. Retail experts say the innovation could prove a hit with retailers thanks to...
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