Do cell phones cause cancer? The question has been addressed by science for several years. Although amongst that question there has been a lot of speculation, so far there is still no concrete answer. The latest evidence, the product of a large study in mice, suggests that there may be a relationship, although its results should be viewed with… Read more »
Two doctors who lost their young son because of the flu last year want parents to listen to their message, one that is born full of pain and suffering: vaccinate your children against the flu. Leon, the four-year-old son of doctors Laura and Anthony Sidari, was not vaccinated against influenza last year. He died at Christmas,… Read more »
Twenty years ago, the Food and Drug Administration of the United States did not approve a drug to keep out the common cold or flu. That just changed, with a pill that promises to be 20 times faster and stronger than the popular Tamiflu. For the first time in 20 years, the United States Food and… Read more »
Surgery for appendicitis is common today. It is very likely that if you have not had the operation, in which the appendix is removed, you know a person who does. Almost 300,000 appendectomies are performed in the United States each year alone. However, a new study published this week in the scientific journal JAMA suggests that these operations are… Read more »
In Spain there have been six deaths from similar cases since 1996. The magazine The Transplant Society of the United States has published the work of several doctors from the Netherlands and Germany in which they expose a rare case of cancer transmission through organ donation. Four patients suffered from this disease and three of them died after receiving… Read more »
Russian researchers have revealed some of the most dangerous ailments that can be caused by tattoos on the skin. A study conducted by the Scientific and Practical Center of Dermatovenereology and Cosmetology of Moscow ensures that this practice can be accompanied by complications ranging from local infectious processes to chronic diseases in the skin, such as psoriasis and… Read more »
According to an article recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine, a 71-year-old man suffered severe poisoning after eating sushi in South Korea. According to the story, the affected person’s hand swelled 12 hours after eating the rolls. After spending the first days with high fever and intense pain, he decided to go to… Read more »
The Chagas disease, caused by the parasite ‘Trypanosoma cruzi’ itches their victims while they sleep, sucks their blood and defecates on their skin, it is spreading just outside of Latin America, and increases the risk of heart disease in different countries of the world, warns the American Heart Association. The agency notes that despite being mainly in South… Read more »
Have you ever wanted to have a dog but are you too lazy to take it for a walk? Do you crave a pet but do not want loose pet hair all over your home? Sony seems to have found the solution to your problem with its renewed robot dog, Aibo. Aibo was introduced at… Read more »
Last weekend, an extremely luminous “fireball”, 40 times brighter than the full moon, crossed the skies over Alabama during the early hours on Friday, August 17. The meteorite passed by at 12:19 AM local time, according to NASA Meteor Watch, which captured the video of the event and shared it on Facebook , calling the meteor the “Alabama Fireball.”… Read more »
