New Vision Correcting “Nanodrops” Could Ultimately Replace Glasses and Contacts
This is a fantastic breakthrough, sometimes it takes something like this to come along and remind us of what a fantastic time we live with regards to technology and science. via Contentbuket: New eye drops produced by experts from the Shaare Zedek center and Bar-Ilan University in Israel can improve both nearsightedness and farsightedness, the inventors claim. However, up to … Continue reading
Dangerous Plague ‘Hiding in Plain Sight’, Scientists Warn
The bacteria that cause plague, or the Black Death, could be lying dormant in common soil and water sources, posing a serious public health risk, scientists have warned. The finding, published in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, could explain why plague suddenly re-emerges without warning in countries such as Madagascar and even the United States. In the middle ages the … Continue reading
Measles Virus Is on The Loose in New York City Thanks to an Australian Tourist
The New York State Department of Health wants people in the New York City area to know that an Australian tourist confirmed to have measles visited numerous hotels and the Metropolitan Museum of Art from February 16 to 21. Measles is notoriously contagious for people without immunity to the disease, with a 90 percent infection rate for nonimmunized people who venture near … Continue reading
Evolution May Be Making Us Too Sick to Drink, According to Study
Though a quick visit to your local pub, bar or nightclub may have you second guessing this study.. HAHA! Okay, so this is quite interesting. I couldn’t help but wonder if it couldn’t be possible that other elements might be to blame or contribute to the change in the genes behavior, for instance, environmental pollution such as chemicals in the … Continue reading
Google’s AI to Use Retinal Scan to Predict Heart Disease and Hypertension
Google always brings tremendous innovations but with like everything they do I can’t help but always feel their intentions might be more than meets the eyes (no pun intended). via USA Today: I can look into your eyes and see straight to your heart. It may sound like a sappy sentiment from a Hallmark card. Essentially though, that’s what researchers … Continue reading
DNA Variants That Cause Poor Health May Also Make You ‘Stupid’
What makes some people smarter than others? A genetic analysis of families in Scotland, UK, hints that brainier people have fewer DNA mutations that impair intelligence and general health, rather than having more genetic variants that make them smarter. “This is one of the most exciting studies on the genetics of intelligence I’ve seen for a while,” says Steve Stewart-Williams … Continue reading
There’s an Amount of Alcohol That’s Good for the Brain, According to Study
Okay, just don’t get all carried away now. via Phys.org: Alcohol helps remove damaging waste from the brain. A couple of alcoholic drinks can help clear the brain of toxins, new research finds. Low levels of alcohol – the equivalent of around 2.5 standard drinks per day – may help to remove waste linked to Alzheimer’s disease and reduce inflammation … Continue reading
The human Race Could be Infertile in Just 50 Years
Modern medicine has long presumed fertility to be the dominion of women, a space ruled by gynaecologists and invasive procedures explained by softly pink pamphlets. But that is only half the story. Possibly even less, according to mounting evidence. Male fertility is dipping, and fast. Sperm may prove to be the greatest casualty of modern life. Last summer, scientists at the … Continue reading
Global Flu Crisis, What We Know and the Many Things We Don’t
We are speaking Italian each time we say “influenza.” It’s the “influence” of the stars on human beings that causes the sickness, according to Italian folklore from centuries past. Influenza entered the English vocabulary in 1703, when J. Hugger of the University of Edinburgh used the word to describe the flu in a medical thesis. Much more is known today about what … Continue reading
Grave Warning Issued by WHO; We’re Officially on The Path to a Global Pandemic
We have a problem. A serious one. At any moment, a life-threatening global pandemic could spring up and wipe out a significant amount of human life on this planet. The death toll would be catastrophic; one disease could see as many as 100 million dead. It sounds like a horrifying dream. It sounds like something that can’t possibly be true. … Continue reading
