This is your brain on religion
How Religious Belief Can Affect Health Source: Next Avenue According to Newberg, a number of studies point to an association between religious involvement and decreased morbidity and mortality. By Debbie […]
Why is ADHD missed in girls?
Source: BBC News By Kelly Oakes Emily Johnson-Ferguson’s mind has been racing for as long as she can remember. The eating disorders she began suffering from as a teenager were […]
‘World’s smallest’ surviving premature baby released from US hospital
Source: BBC News A baby born weighing just 245g (8.6oz), believed to be the tiniest on record to survive premature birth, has been discharged from hospital in the US. Baby […]
Artificial intelligence diagnoses lung cancer better than radiologists
Artificial intelligence diagnoses lung cancer Source: BBC By James Gallagher, Health and science correspondent, BBC News Artificial intelligence is better than specialist doctors at diagnosing lung cancer, a US study suggests. […]
How Muslims with type 2 diabetes can navigate fasting for Ramadan
Source: Independent Understanding people’s different cultural backgrounds, lifestyles and religious practices plays an important role in their healthcare, and this time of year is no different Ahmed Hussein and Sue Lynn Lau […]
Lifetime of drinking California water could raise cancer risk, study finds
Source: MSN By Vivian Ho in San Francisco Drinking California tap water over the course of a lifetime could increase the risk of cancer, according to a study published Tuesday. […]
In touching obituary, woman who died of cancer at 35 celebrates life: “Damn, it was good”
Source: MSN News By Muri Assunção Life is good! The amazing attitude of a 35-year-old woman who died of cancer early this month will make you look at life differently — […]
New Jersey law allows terminally ill to get life-ending meds
Source: Associated Press By MIKE CATALINI TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Phil Murphy on Friday signed legislation making New Jersey the seventh state to enact a law permitting terminally ill […]
This drug-resistant fungus is spreading. Scientists warn of new superbugs to come
Source: CNN By Michael Nedelman, CNN (CNN)It began in 2009, when doctors in Tokyo swabbed the ear of a 70-year-old woman and found an unknown strain of fungus that can infect […]
Precise brain stimulation boosts memory
Source: BBC News By James Gallagher Health and science correspondent, BBC News Image copyrightSPL Using electricity to precisely stimulate the brain can boost people’s working memory, a study suggests. […]
Women Die From Heart Attacks More Often Than Men. Here’s Why — and What Doctors Are Doing About It
Source: Time BY BARBARA SADICK Lilly Rocha was 37 years old in 2008 when she began having strange symptoms. When people asked her questions, she knew the answers but couldn’t articulate […]
Scientific evidence keeps pilling against alcohol: Now it is about stroke
Even one drink a day increases stroke risk, study finds Source: BBC Even light-to-moderate drinking increases blood pressure and the chances of having a stroke, according to a large genetic […]
NJ approves bill allowing medically assisted suicide. Gov. Murphy says he’ll sign it
Source: North Jersey BY Dustin Racioppi, Trenton Bureau New Jersey is poised to become the eighth state to allow terminally ill patients to legally end their lives after a vote Monday that […]
Daily aspirin to prevent heart attacks no longer recommended for older adults
Source: CNN By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) If you’re a healthy older adult looking for ways to reduce your risk of heart attack and stroke, don’t turn to that age-old standby: […]
Can acupuncture help menopause symptoms?
Source: BBC News By Laurel Ives For some women, the menopause and the years leading up to it, can be a time of troubling emotional and physical symptoms. Hormone replacement […]
Experts Are Calling for a Ban on Gene Editing of Human Embryos. Here’s Why They’re Worried
Source: Time By Alice Park In November 2018, Chinese biophysicist Jiankui He stunned the world when he announced that he had used a controversial gene-editing technology, called CRISPR, to genetically alter the […]
BBC Video: The Most Ambitious Trial for Parkinson Disease
Tom Isaacs was diagnosed with Parkinson’s aged 27. And for 17 years he’s been desperate to find a cure. Now along with 41 others he’s volunteered for a ground-breaking medical […]
Has Trump hypnotized his base with repeated suggestions — Watch a Ted Talk?
Suggested reading by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The contagious thought that could kill you Kripkean Dogmatism: The Best Metaphor to Understand Religious and Political Debates Ted Talk: Homeopathy, Quackery […]
Loneliness as Severe a Health Hazard as Smoking and Obesity
One in Three Seniors Is Lonely. Here’s How It’s Hurting Their Health Source: Time By Jamie Ducharme Loneliness and social isolation are growing public-health concerns for people of all ages in the […]
Why Food Could Be the Best Medicine of All
Source: Time By ALICE PARK February 23, 2019 When Tom Shicowich’s toe started feeling numb in 2010, he brushed it off as a temporary ache. At the time, he didn’t have […]