WASHINGTON — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a breakthrough cancer medication from Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. that researchers have heralded as the first drug to prolong the lives of patients with melanoma. The federal health agency approved the injectable drug, called Yervoy, for late-stage or metastatic melanoma. The agency has approved only two [...]
Take a trip around the human body with Body Browser Google has answered the call of students of anatomy who would find something like the Autopsy Table or the Visualization Table a useful addition to the educational arsenal, but who can’t afford the huge price tag. Although still very much in the experimental stage, the [...]
We may not always remember them, but dreams may play a very important role in laying down memories and learning new tasks. Dreams can be terrifying, erotic, bizarre or even banal. But what are dreams to the human mind? Are they, as Sigmund Freud suggested, messages from our unconscious mind? Are we opening our mind [...]
Given the upward trend in obesity in the United States, there is a corresponding increase in the incidence of bariatric surgery. Weight loss surgery has been shown to be the only long-term effective means of weight loss for morbidly obese patients, typically working far better than diet, exercise or drugs. These procedures have become safer [...]
The parasite that causes the most lethal strain of malaria among humans crossed the species barrier from gorillas, scientists report. Plasmodium falciparum is the deadliest of the five known strains of malaria parasites, causing several hundred million cases each year, of which around a million are fatal. The parasite passes from one human to another [...]
Losing weight may actually harm your health, claim Korean researchers. But an obesity Australian expert says the benefits of losing weight outweigh any still-unproven risks. Long-term weight loss can lead to the release of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) into the blood, which might in turn damage the internal organs of the body, claim researchers from [...]
Sleep problems in kids don’t just drive parents batty, they also affect children’s health and development. What can be done? Get any group of parents together and before too long the conversation turns to sleep, or how many children don’t seem to get enough. It is hardly surprising that parents are concerned, given that some [...]
Each of us carries a unique mix of trillions of bacterium-killing viruses in our guts, most of which are unknown to science, researchers have found. Using genetic sequencing techniques, US scientists set out to explore the populations of viruses that live in the gastro-intestinal tracts of sets of identical twins and their mothers. Their study, [...]
To most Gizmag readers, mosquitoes are at most a pesky nuisance – for others of course, particularly in more tropical areas, they’re a genuine killer, spreading all sorts of diseases as they feed on the blood of their victims. Either way, the female mosquito’s habit of biting humans puts mozzies high on the list of [...]
The largest study of its kind claims pregnant women who live near a mobile phone mast do not run a higher risk of having a child who develops leukaemia or other cancer in infancy. The British study, published today in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), says parents-to-be should be reassured. The investigation looked at 1397 [...]
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