MEDICINE & HEALTH

New heart valves can help people avoid surgery

Surgery for heart valves may no longer be necessary in the near future Surgery for certain bad heart valves may soon become a thing of the past. New studies have suggested that it is okay and it is even better to have a new valve placed through a tube into an artery instead.

AR on the Surgical Playing Field

This is the epitome of fun and efficient learning. With all augmented reality gadgets and applications within essentially everyone's reach, gaming is at a very different level today.

E-Cigarettes: Vaporizing the Competition

The less of two evils? We are all familiar with the dangers of traditional cigarettes. And with the increasing bans worldwide on smokers it is no wonder e-cigarettes, more commonly known as vape or vaping, are beginning to be the go to alternative for smokers.

Experts Call for a Ban on Genetic Editing

Ethical ban on genetic tampering Months after a Chinese scientist stunned the world with the announcement that he had genetically altered embryos that resulted in full-term twin girls, genetics experts and ethicists are now calling for a partial ban on the use of a gene-editing technology that can be used to make modified humans.

Colon cancer prevention through microbiota

The presence of microbiota in early life prevents occurrence of colon cancer Georgia State University researchers found out that colon cancer inhibition can happen if a person is exposed to microbiota in the early stages of life.

Dementia can kill you, but how?

Dementia deaths have more than doubled in the U.S. in less than two decades, a new government report shows.
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