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By Rebecca Jones Ever since the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force announced their recommendation that healthy men shouldn’t get PSA blood tests to screen for prostate cancer the health community has been in a state of fierce debate. After examining all the evidence, the task force was able to find little to no evidence that … Continue reading PSA: The Continuing Controversy
By Rebecca Jones While great strides have been made in the creation of bionic artificial limbs, up until now the chain of information has only flowed in one direction. Scientists have had enormous success with brain to computer communication but have been unable for the computer to return feedback. That is until now. Researchers at … Continue reading Robotic Exoskeleton May Soon Return Movement to Those Paralyzed
By Rebecca Jones In what is sure to be a major scientific breakthrough for the medical community, researchers have announced that they have pinpointed a shark compound that can kill viruses in humans. A cholesterol like compound called squalamine has been found in the tissue of dogfish sharks that when applied to humans can cure … Continue reading Shark Compound May be Able to Fight Viruses in Humans
By Rebecca Jones For years scientists have been unable to decode the structure of a key protein involved in the development of AIDS but a group of gamers were able to do what researchers couldn’t in just three weeks. Developed by the University of Washington, the game Foldit takes a scientific puzzle and turns it … Continue reading Video Games Aiding Scientists in AIDS Research
By Rebecca Jones For years doctors have been telling us what not to eat in order to lower our cholesterol but according to a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association that list of don’t may be replaced by a list of do’s. According to the latest research adding foods like … Continue reading Best Foods for Lowering Cholesterol
By Rebecca Jones In the 1940’s a group of American researchers, backed by the U.S. government went down to Guatemala and deliberately infected 1,300 people with STD’s including syphilis and gonorrhea. Now thanks to an investigation by the Obama administration and the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues a light is finally shining … Continue reading The Guatemalan Syphilis Experiments: The Dark side of Medical Testing
By Rebecca Jones The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization issued a statement on Monday warning that the bird flu is mounting a comeback and its latest incarnation may be immune to current vaccines. This new variation of bird flu, H5N1, is already endemic in China and Vietnam and due to the latest wild bird … Continue reading Bird Flu Makes a Comeback
By Rebecca Jones Good news for Chocolate lovers. The latest study reveals that eating chocolate can reduce your risk of heart attack or stroke but researchers remain cautious of recommending that people add an item high in fat and calories to their diet. It has long been suspected that there are health benefits associated with … Continue reading New Study Finds that Chocolate is Good for Heart Health
By Rebecca Jones Despite doctors best efforts to alleviate parents fears, the rumor has still persists that the MMR vaccine can cause autism in children. Thanks to a new review by the Institute of Medicine hopefully these fears can finally be put to rest. Ever since 1998, when Dr. Andrew Wakefield proposed a link between … Continue reading No Correlation Between Childhood Vaccines and Autism
By Rebecca Jones A verdict was finally announced in the trial of the doctor who removed a Kentucky man’s penis during a routine circumcision and many are left wondering just how common penile cancer is and what kind of screening is available so that they do not have to worry about finding themselves in a … Continue reading Penile Cancer: The Cancer that No One Wants to Talk About
