TECH & INNOVATIONWith the annual ministerial meeting of the United Nations General Assembly merely days away, eyes and ears around the world are looking for answers about issues related to the global climate crisis and the sustainability of our existence. And while we typically find a separation between the ministerial powers of faith and those of government, it appears the environmental movement may have allies in high places; perhaps as high as the heavens.
Study after study has proven it true: exercise is good for you. But new research from University of Pennsylvania scientists suggests that exercise may have an added benefit for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.
New research into the Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV), a tick-borne virus which causes a severe hemorrhagic disease in humans similar to that caused by Ebolavirus, has identified new cellular factors essential for CCHFV infection. This discovery has the potential to lead to novel targets for therapeutic interventions against the pathogen.
Taking daily supplements of selenium and/or vitamin E appears to have no significant effect on the development of age-related cataracts in men, writes Author William G. Christen, Sc.D., of Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, and colleagues.
A key step in understanding the nature of the fight for superiority between mutated genes and normal genes could lead to new therapies to combat leukaemia, say researchers from the University of Birmingham and Newcastle University.
What used to be a private sanctuary for families of 9/11 victims is now open to the public. What used to be a private sanctuary for families of 9/11 victims is now open to the public.
The James Bond movie villain has died at the age of 74. The James Bond movie villain has died at the age of 74. Fox News reported that the actor was confirmed to have died at St.
Ebola Virus Crisis: West African Nations Struggle to Contain Epidemic Ebola continues its rampage through West Africa as three nations struggle to contain it and other nations take precautions to prevent it from reaching their borders.
High levels of estrogen in the pills could lead to breast cancer, study finds. A new study has revealed the possibility that a pill used to prevent pregnancies could also cause breast cancer among some women.
The virus has appeared in New Jersey, New York and Maine. Though Ebola has been on everyone's mind since the outbreak began in West Africa, another tropical disease has reached the United States.
Ebola has surfaced in the Nigerian capital of Lagos putting 21 million people at risk. As the deadly virus continues to advance through West Africa, many in one stricken nation have begun to protest, not because of their country's handling of the epidemic, but because of a rumor.
The country has already seen a spike in drug sales overall in the past few years, but the latest to be on the list is the sale of the morning after pill, following a law in 2010 that allowed access to minors.
A Texas doctor contracted the virus while treating patients in Liberia, and is under observation. The virus has killed more than 600 so far and the survival rate is 10 percent.
A new study defines stronger links to schizophrenia in relation to a persons immunity and to genetics. A persons risk can be defined by the analysis of the human genome.
