Health Care Blog

Pig’s brain cells could be implanted into human brains by the start of next year if trials of a pioneering treatment for Huntington’s disease are approved in the US.

Researchers at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm reports that women who drink two or more cups of tea per day may cut their risk of ovarian cancer compared with non-drinkers after a long-term study which began in 1987, of more than 61,000 women among whom two-thirds were reportedly tea drinkers.

Acetaminophen / Paracetamol, an extremely popular over-the-counter painkiller, is now the leading cause of acute liver failure in US. Almost half of those cases are due to accidental overdoses.

Is it really ADHD or just that your child lacks quality sleep? That is the key question researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Sleep Laboratory say doctors should ask before prescribing Ritalin or other drugs used to treat children with Attention Deficit / Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD).

Technion-Israel Institute of Technology researchers, under the direction of Professor Yehuda Assaraf, discovered two mechanisms developed by cancer cells via mutation to become resistant to various chemotherapy drugs and how to prevent it; a breaktrhrough which could lead to new approaches for fighting drug-resistant tumors.

Are you aware that too little vitamin D from the sun may increase the risk of rickets, cancer, heart disease and diabetes? Research at Harvard Medical School found 24% of adolescents deficient in Vitamin D.