Eco Friendly & Sustainable Living
medicine, Tag
- Inexpensive new battery generates power with just a drop of saliva Thu, 10 Aug 17, 11:25pmIn addition to aiding digestion, it turns out saliva can also power batteries. Researchers at Binghamton University discovered this while inventing a small, paper-based battery that generates energy when mixed with a drop...
- Lyme disease shot could offer 100% protection Mon, 24 Jul 17, 9:58pmLyme disease is a growing issue in the United States. Since the 1990's, the number of cases has more than doubled. Scientists at a laboratory associated with the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Medical School are working...
- Fresh food prescriptions given to low-income patients to help combat disease Wed, 10 May 17, 12:14amWhat if instead of prescribing medicine to treat a disease, doctors could prescribe fresh food to help prevent one? Geisinger Health System in Pennsylvania is testing their food prescription idea with Fresh Food Pharmacy,...
- Cure cancer with weaponized bacteria that do mass “suicide bombing” at the right site? Thu, 21 Jul 16, 4:46pmBacteria multiply In the West we could try to cure cancer faster with research like this, or we could pour billions into making expensive electricity to try to cool the world by 0.01°C for our grandchildren. Hmm. What...
- 'Nightmare' bacteria found in the U.S. resists all known antibiotics Sat, 28 May 16, 12:55amLast November researchers in China discovered a strain of bacteria that resisted all forms of antibiotics - including the "last-resort drug" colistin. Now, government officials have found the first case of an antibiotic-resistant...
- Antibiotic resistant bugs could kill 10 million people each year by 2050 Fri, 20 May 16, 8:10amEconomist Lord Jim O'Neill recently released a report detailing the costs of not fighting antibiotic resistance. Bacteria resistance to drugs appears to have worsened, and O'Neill's report revealed that by 2050, 10 million...
- Skin cells turned into cancer hunters: Let’s do less politically correct science and more real stuff Wed, 2 Mar 16, 4:32amWhy are we still wasting money trying to change the weather?
- Skin cells turned into cancer hunters: Let’s stop politically correct science and do more real stuff Wed, 2 Mar 16, 4:32amWhy are we still wasting money trying to change the weather?
- How many children died because peer reviewed data was buried and results cherry-picked? Sun, 20 Sep 15, 2:37pmThis example below shows the dangers of cherry picked and buried data. It shows how great news and joy can be reported from rancid results, and the only protection against this is open access. When the taxpayer funds research...
- Shaking the foundation of medical research: Half of failed peer reviewed papers “spun” as success Tue, 1 Sep 15, 2:34amWas that a half-truth or a lie by omission? Trick question…
- Lost knowledge — 10th Century cure for MRSA “Superbug” Sun, 19 Jul 15, 2:36amIf the “leech” doctors circa 1000AD were able to treat superbugs that modern doctors struggle with, I wonder what other knowledge has come and gone and had to be rediscovered?
- Curious world of North Korea's exports – from badger furs to 'strength pills' Fri, 12 Jun 15, 9:30pmThough minerals and machinery dominate international trade, state-run magazine offers insight into the stranger side of the market. NK News reports
- 6 designs that could save your life Fri, 16 Jan 15, 4:06amInhabitat readers know that good design can save the world - but did you know design could also save your life? Engineers, designers, and hackers around the world are harnessing cutting-edge developments in material science,...
- Could this new spinal implant someday help people with paralysis walk? Wed, 14 Jan 15, 12:00amResearchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) have made a breakthrough that could someday help paralyzed people walk, run, or even dance again...
- High risk for a heart attack? Might be better if your cardiologist is away at a conference Wed, 31 Dec 14, 2:05amResearchers at Harvard wondered if high risk heart patients were more likely to die if they turned up at the hospital during national cardiology meetings when most of the experts are not around...