It’s an ordinarily overcast day, but the artificial lights of the lab radiate a crude brightness for Professor Stephen Taylor and his team. The room is bustling and busy. Scientific equipment and bottles filled with striking liquids are spread across the work benches, and there’s a machine in the corner that seems to be sucking […]
We all have dreams and goals about the way we want to achieve flatter abs. Forget six-packs — we’re talking about flatter, paunch-free midsections. And if, like us, you’ve considered that the road to a sexy, trim midsection is marked by endless targeted exercises, experts say it may be time to rethink our collective strategy […]
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West invited Architectural Digest on an intimate tour of their $60 million mansion in Calabasas, California, which is featured in the magazine's February issue. Much of the family of six's 15,000-square-foot home is minimalist in design, and most of the rooms are swathed in white and beige hues. But 6-year-old North […]
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and the University of Milan in Italy have identified a gene in human neurons that protects against the degeneration of motor neurons in the deadly diseases ALS and SMA. Gene therapy in animal models of these diseases was shown to protect against cell death and increase life expectancy. The […]
The rise is a sign females are now postponing motherhood to focus on their careers, experts said. Private healthcare firm Pall Mall Medical found more and more women are preparing to freeze their eggs by having fertility testing. Analysis reveals the number of under-35s seeking testing has risen by 25 percent, with many women prioritising […]
The researchers said the findings have major implications for therapy to positively influence the mood and body experience of people suffering from eating disorders. Excessive and obsessive exercise is very harmful to health, particularly for people suffering from eating disorders, according to a study which has uncovered for the first time the psychological mechanisms behind […]
Researchers have provided new insight on the role of cyclic AMP (cAMP) in regulating the immune response. Their study, published today in eLife, reveals that cAMP shifts the type of immune system t-helper (Th) cells created in response to a threat by repressing gene transcription by key proteins. The findings may help scientists develop new […]
In the early 1990s, more than 100,000 children in Romania were living in overcrowded, under-funded orphanages. They suffered from severe neglect, having little interaction with caretakers. This lack of nurturing altered the structure and function of their brains. These children developed a host of behavioral and emotional problems that many of them are still coping […]
THURSDAY, Feb. 13, 2020 — After charting a slight decline in growth earlier this week, new coronavirus cases in China jumped by almost 15,000 in a single day, while the death count spiked to 1,367, Chinese health officials reported Thursday. Meanwhile, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced late Wednesday that a 14th […]
Integrated Health Information Systems (IHiS), the national HIT agency in Singapore, has partnered with local healthcare AI startup Kronikare to pilot iThermo – an AI-powered temperature screening solution that screens and identifies those having or showing symptoms of fever. iThermo is currently being piloted at IHiS headquarters in Serangoon North and St. Andrews Community Hospital […]
