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Use of cocaine is prone to blindness
Medicine - Health

Use of cocaine is prone to blindness

People who have been taking cocaine are at a higher risk of glaucoma - one of the most common causes of blindness, the latest study by US scientists said.

December 14, 2018
Coal mining and burning are very harmful to health
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Coal mining and burning are very harmful to health

Australian Medical Journal recently published a new study that there is a lot of evidence that the exploitation and burning of coal is very harmful to health and can ser…

December 14, 2018
Create heart cells who first respond to light
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Create heart cells who first respond to light

In the small lab space of Stanford University, PhD, medical doctor Oscar Abilez trained a microscope to collect cells on a petri dish. A video player plays back what the…

December 14, 2018
Medical equipment for poor countries
Medicine - Health

Medical equipment for poor countries

The World Health Organization estimates that up to three quarters of medical equipment donated from the West are completely useless in the world's poorest countries.

December 14, 2018
Stents increase the risk of death twice
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Stents increase the risk of death twice

A stent, a wire mesh tube, is placed in a narrowed or blocked artery, designed to reduce the risk of stroke. However, it is the culprit that increases the risk of second…

December 14, 2018
Making blood from human skin
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Making blood from human skin

From skin cells, a group of scientists at McMaster University, Canada, successfully produced human blood.

December 14, 2018
New mathematical model against cancer
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New mathematical model against cancer

A new mathematical model, which helps medical professionals understand and predict the development of a tumor, from the beginning of formation (stage 1) to metastasis.

December 14, 2018
83 people died in the US syphilis experiment
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83 people died in the US syphilis experiment

The US investigating committee on human medical experiment in 1946-1948 in Guatemala has announced that there are 83 Guatemala people conducted unethical medical experim…

December 14, 2018
Excess fat diet causes type 2 diabetes
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Excess fat diet causes type 2 diabetes

Researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA and the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, have discovered a link between a high-fat diet ...

December 14, 2018
The mutant child shocked in England
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The mutant child shocked in England

Alfie Clamp, a 2-year-old boy who suffered a very severe form of disability that shocked even the top medical scientists in England.

December 14, 2018