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Prisoners of war were subjected to horrifying ordeals under the nazis, who conducted experiments on them for the purpose of medical research and going against medical ethics.

The book ...  Read more

It is quite unnecessary to force children these days to memorise facts and figures, as they are all available with a click of the mouse, according to Don Tapscott, a popular commentator.

Don Tapscott, author ...  Read more

A Chinese man was left stunned when he woke his wife from a 10-year coma by nibbling on her toes.

Zhang Kui's wife of 27 years Lu Fengshuang fell into coma after she suffered a head injury in an industrial accident.

Zhang, of ...  Read more

A health worker has pleaded guilty to selling medical information from the medical records of celebrities and high-profile patients, including Britney Spears and Farrah Fawcett to a newspaper.

Lawanda Jackson, the former employee of UCLA ...  Read more

A new study that examined the treatment of children at home has led to startling revelations.

In Britain, one among ten children face ill-treatment at home in the form of physical, emotional or sexual abuse but only one tenth of cases are ...  Read more

There is a gene in our bodies that protects us from developing lung cancer- and researchers at the University of Nottingham have identified it!

In the study, the researchers found that the tumor suppressor gene, LIMD1, is responsible for ...  Read more

How often have you reached out for those healthy foods on supermarket shelves and without so much as a second look, dropped the products in your shopping bag?

Here is a line of caution.

Recent analysis of low fat supposedly healthy ...  Read more

High protein diet could help burn away fat, Australian scientists say.

The study, in Nutrition & Dietetics published by Wiley-Blackwell, found higher protein meals...  Read more

A report has cast doubts on the manner in which drugs are released into the market, faster than ever before, raising concerns about patients' safety.

Author David Kao, from the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, says that ...  Read more

Branded drugs are not necessarily superior to the generic in treating cardiovascular disease, US researchers say.

Some doctors and patients have expressed concerns that the drugs may not be equivalent in their effects, although generic drugs ...  Read more

Tufts researchers said that the place of birth is important in determining idividuals' risk of asthma.

In a study, the researchers found that within one inner-city population, blacks born in the US were more prone to have asthma than ...  Read more

A new study has said that consuming a diet that includes eggs and other foods-during pregnancy can impact breast cancer outcomes for the child.

The article in the FASEB Journal shows that the 'genetic impact' of a pregnant woman's diet ...  Read more

An extensive study carried out by Dutch researchers showed that cardiac CT can effectively evaluate coronary artery stenosis.

Experts at Leiden University Medical Center in Leiden, The Netherlands, involved 1,331 patients in their study. ...  Read more

The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI) has warned that if stuffy nose, headache and other symptoms of cold last for more than two weeks, it may be sinusitis. ...  Read more

A multi-centre Canadian study has shown that blood thinners do not cure long-term consequences of Deep venous thrombosis (DVT), the formation of blood clots in the lower limbs. ...  Read more

Australian researchers have identified the enzyme that could be behind infections such as meningitis and bactremia.

Stalling the function of the enzyme called oxidoreductase could help prevent microbial infections, it is hoped. ...  Read more

Nose cells could be used to repair the spinal cord, researchers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) say.

Six weeks after injecting cells from the human nose (olfactory ensheathing glia) into the injured spinal cords of rats, the ...  Read more

An Israeli study has shown the immense benefit of attaching photos of patients on their radiological scan reports that actually lends a personal touch to each case, and more importantly enhancing the level of accuracy of interpretation by ...  Read more

Kids as young as three are so addicted to technology that they themselves turn on the TV and watch it for over nine hours a week, a study has found.

The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children has found that one-third of kids regularly ...  Read more

If you're bored of the regular beers served in pubs and parities, then get ready for another variety of the alcohol that promises a 'heavenly' taste - Japan has recently unveiled the world's first "space beer" cultivated from barley grown in a ...  Read more

Only one in five Britons always make sure that they say please when asking for something, according to a new research, which also found that an ungrateful 91 per cent do not bother to say thank you.

According to the study, Britons are ...  Read more

In the next one year, the number of prostitutes in Queensland will skyrocket as more Aussie women are getting into the legal and illegal sex industry owing to the global financial crisis, according to experts.

It is believed that the ...  Read more

Being too committed in a romantic relationship can be unhealthy, says a new study, which found that people who put too much emotional load on their rapport are prone to depression and anxiety.

According to researchers, people who put ...  Read more

If you’ve been cribbing about those round hips and extra fat, here’s a tidbit. An imperfect body symbolizes a real blessing in disguise.

The report has been published in the December issue of Current Anthropology.

The hormones ...  Read more

Using functional MRI (fMRI), a researcher team, which was led by an Indian-origin scientist, has found that patients suffering from stress-related psychiatric disorders have impaired wiring in the area of the brain behind suppressing memory. ...  Read more