Health and Medicine - New Discoveries, Studies, Research, and Breakthroughs

Curious to find out about recent discoveries and breakthroughs in
health & medicine? Interested in the latest medical research findings?

Please visit us often to get the most interesting research news and updates relating to physical and mental health and the latest medical studies.

Subscribe here to the latest updates to our "Health and Medicine" articles.

FX-Neo Eye Drops Cornea the Market on Cooling Ocular Refreshment

by Steve Levenstein

If you're looking to freeze the competition with a bitterly cold, icy stare, pick up FX-Neo eye drops from Japan. These cooling drops are formulated with chill minty compounds, invigorating amino acids and beneficial vitamins meant to revive and refresh your eyes.

1 comment

Good Lighting Is Key To Staying Active In Your Hobbies

by Boomer Babe

Many persons give up their hobbies or even aspects of their work or chores as they age. While arthritis in their fingers and hands may be one reason they don't build model cars or quilt any more, for most boomers and seniors, it's because of vision changes. As we age, we tend to need more light and more magnification to see clearly and sometimes even our prescription lenses don't quite measure up to what we need for hobby work.

1 comment

USB Foot Warmer Hedgehog Slippers Keep Office Workers' Tootsies Toasty

by Steve Levenstein

Offices can be downright chilly in winter, especially for women. Thank goodness Japan's JTT Online Shop is offering these “Hedge Hot USB” powered foot warmers in the shape of cute boy & girl hedgehogs!

Polymer Shown To Rehabilitate Soil After A Wildfire

by Myra Per-Lee

Wildfires claim hundreds of thousands of farm acres yearly, causing famines and permanent devastation to the soil that produced the farmed crops. But a graduate student at Tel Aviv University (TAU), along with his supervising professors from TAU and the University of La Coruña in Spain, has identified an anionic polymer polyacrylamide (PAM) that seems to enable reforestation more rapidly and less expensively than current methods.

2 comments

Groundbreaking Research Supports Calorie Reduction As Key To Healthy Aging

by T Goodman

It has long been known that calorie restricted diets have positive impacts on better mental and physical health, but now a team of researchers at the Catholic University of Sacred Heart in Rome have discovered the molecule that is triggered by caloric restriction. CREB1 is the molecule and, once activated, it triggers another group of molecules linked to longevity - the sirtuins.

Genghis Khan's Genome Successfully Sequenced by Chinese Scientists

by China.new

Charlie Sheen may have Adonis DNA but when it comes to winning, Genghis Khan DNA conquers all! Chinese scientists have announced they've successfully sequenced the genome of one of the Great Khan's direct descendants, and they didn't need a fossilized mosquito to do it.

2 comments

Tap Water Is OK To Drink, But Watch What You Put Up Your Nose

by T Goodman

Neti-pot nose rinses have recently been reported to have caused the death of two persons in Louisiana. The pots, used by many to drain their sinuses during colds, flu, or allergy flare-ups, convey salt water through the nostrils....

Snore No More with the Snore Stopper Wristband

by Steve Levenstein

Tired of being kicked by bedmates awoken by your snoring? The “Snore Stopper” from Hivox prompts snorers to shift their snore-inducing sleep positions with a gentle electrical zap from a battery-powered wristband.

1 comment

Toshiba's 'Portable Gamma Camera' Takes Snapshots of Radiation Hotspots

by Steve Levenstein

Toshiba has developed a portable radiation-sensing camera that overlays color-coded radioactivity measurements over visual images. The camera is a refined version of a similar concept tested and proven at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

Sensing Microneedles Developed For Continuous Monitoring Of Body Chemicals

by T Goodman

In the future, maybe not too distant, diabetics may be able to monitor their glucose levels continuously, rather than at one point in time, thanks to the researchers from North Carolina State University, Sandia National Laboratories, and the University of California, San Diego. These researchers have incorporated sensors into multiple microneedles, each less than a millimeter long, that may make today's glucose analyzers, the annoying skin prick tests, obsolete.