A new clinical trial headed by scientists from the United States is hoping to find treatments to prevent Alzheimer’s disease, a type of dementia that…
According to a May 2012 study published in the journal Neurology, nearly 1 out of 3 adults in the United States sleepwalk or, as the authors say,…
An American study on the distance people drive to work and the amount of healthy exercise they get each week has resulted in some not-so-surprising…
MIT researchers fed some mice yogurt on a daily basis, while others got a regular mouse diet. They found that these yogurt-eating mice had shinier…
Visually blind people may be able to see through an Australian developed bionic eye by as early as 2013, according to researchers at the University…
Melbourne medical project wins Australian round of Imagine Cup contest
By Stephen Withers
The winning team in the Australian round of Microsoft's Imagine Cup developed a digital stethoscope that can diagnose pneumonia, the largest killer of children under…
Two studies relating to TV watching and negative behaviors in kids are to be reported at the 2012 Pediatric Academic Societies annual meeting. One stated that…
An Australian research paper published in April 2012 concludes that the consumption of resistant starch could help to protect damage to the bowel, which may lead…
A 2012 U.S. study of melanomas showed a six times higher incidence in young adults than what was shown 40 years ago. The study points…
According to a U.S. study performed at Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond), taking a dog to the workplace helps to make the workplace a better place…
