Source: BBC By James Gallagher, Health editor, BBC News website One in two people in the UK will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in their lives, analysis suggests. Cancer Research UK said this estimate, using a new calculation method, replaced a forecast of more than one in three people […]
Source:BBC MPs have voted in favour of the creation of babies with DNA from two women and one man, in an historic move. The UK is now set to become […]
By Michelle Roberts, Health editor, BBC News online A study has linked commonly used medicines, including over-the-counter treatments for conditions such as insomnia and hay-fever, to dementia. All of the types of medication in question are drugs that have an “anticholinergic” effect. Experts say people should not panic or stop taking […]
Source: BBC Doctors have warned of a “lack of knowledge” about the dangers of mixing some medications with grapefruit. The fruit can cause overdoses of some drugs by stopping the medicines being broken down in the intestines and the liver. The researchers who first identified the link said the number […]
Editor’s note: Please locate a 5 minute, very recent video in CNN, about this issue. Does Christianity cause children to die, like Islam promotes terrorism? It is a rhetorical question; […]
Source: BBC For 75 years, Finland’s expectant mothers have been given a box by the state. It’s like a starter kit of clothes, sheets and toys that can even be […]
By James Gallagher, Health editor, BBC News website The decades-long drought in antibiotic discovery could be over after a breakthrough by US scientists. Their novel method for growing bacteria has yielded 25 new antibiotics, with one deemed “very promising”. The last new class of antibiotics to make it to clinic was […]
Source: The Telegraph By Keith Perry, Nov 2014 World-famous biologist James Watson said he is selling the Nobel Prize medal he won in 1962 for discovering the structure of DNA because […]
Source: OnIslam.net Seems that 2014 was a fruitful year from a scientific point of view for Muslim scientists and Muslim countries. This is a summary review of some of the […]
In a nondescript grey box of a building on an industrial estate in Sheffield, a medical revolution is in progress. “Things have been done the same way for hundreds of years. We want to change it. We think it could change the world,” says Ash Kovind, the man in charge. […]
Scientists at the University of Cambridge working with the Weizmann Institute have created primordial germ cells – cells that will go on to become egg and sperm – using human […]
Source: BBC By Michelle Roberts, Health editor, BBC News online Our brains are adapting to touchscreen smartphone technology say researchers who have carried out a study on human volunteers. The scientists […]
Hong Kong (CNN) — Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen has called for an inquiry into a suspected mass HIV infection in a remote village in northwestern Battambang province. The infected cases […]
We all know that exercise can make us fitter and reduce our risk for illnesses such as diabetes and heart disease. But just how, from start to finish, a run […]
BBC News: Drug resistant infections will kill an extra 10 million people a year worldwide – more than currently die from cancer – by 2050 unless action is taken, a study says. They are currently implicated in 700,000 deaths each year. The analysis, presented by the economist Jim O’Neill, said the […]
The study is “a stepping stone towards clinical trials”, according to researcher Malin Parmar. Continue reading the main story in BBC Related Stories Use ‘old drugs’ to treat cancer call […]
By Laura Smith-Spark updated 4:06 AM EST, Wed November 5, 2014 (CNN) — It’s not the news that any shift worker wants to hear. Not only is working irregular hours bad for your social life and likely your health, but it has a chronic effect on your ability to think, […]
Source: BBC News A paralysed man has been able to walk again after a pioneering therapy that involved transplanting cells from his nasal cavity into his spinal cord. Darek Fidyka, who was paralysed from the chest down in a knife attack in 2010, can now walk using a frame. […]
Scientists have discovered genetic links that could put them closer to finding better treatments for a range of diseases, including multiple sclerosis, juvenile diabetes, lupus and arthritis. Their genetic research […]
Epigraph: And most of them follow nothing but conjecture. Surely, conjecture avails nothing against truth. Indeed, Allah is well aware of what they do. (Al Quran 10:37) Pope Francis Thanks […]