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New mathematical model against cancer
Medicine - Health

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
Prevention of disease from the fetal stage
Medicine - Health

Prevention of disease from the fetal stage

Scientists at the University of Toronto, Canada and Dai Brown, USA, have discovered that adult germs may have occurred during the fetal period.

December 14, 2018
The woman owns elephant legs
Medicine - Health

The woman owns elephant legs

A rare disease has caused an English woman's legs to grow at an alarming rate, reaching over 45kg per leg, completely oversized for the slender upper body.

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

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
Create human heart from stem cells
Medicine - Health

Create human heart from stem cells

Stem cell researchers in Hong Kong and the United States are trying to develop replacement parts for people with stem cell heart disease within the next five years.

December 14, 2018
New drug use program
Medicine - Health

New drug use program

Scientists at Stanford University in the United States have developed a computer program that can compare information about a patient's gene with the facts of the medica…

December 14, 2018
Early death 5 years by watching TV
Medicine - Health

Early death 5 years by watching TV

Studies conducted at ages 25 and older in Australia recommend that watching too much television will reduce your life expectancy by 5 years. Just watch TV for 1 hour, yo…

December 14, 2018
Little girls brush their heads and die
Medicine - Health

Little girls brush their heads and die

Most teenage girls often like to groom their hair every time they go out. But with Megan Stewart in Scotland, combing hair is a matter of life and death.

December 14, 2018
Male learners help men with less allergies
Medicine - Health

Male learners help men with less allergies

Men have long observed that men are less likely to have infections than women, but only by recent studies, explains Dr. Carlo Pergola, Jena University's School of Pharma…

December 14, 2018
People have no fingerprints
Medicine - Health

People have no fingerprints

By analyzing the genetic code of 16 members in a 9-born Swiss family without fingerprints, researchers from Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center in Israel found mutations in…

December 14, 2018