Soccer is basically medicine, some researchers argue
LONDON: Compared to inactive people, recreational soccer players have lower cholesterol, blood pressure and resting… Read More
7 years ago
Medicine
Twice-weekly workouts may be best medicine for cognitive decline
NEW YORK: There’s little evidence that medications improve mild cognitive decline associated with aging, according… Read More
7 years ago
Researchers discover method of targeting cancer without destroying healthy cells
A unique approach to targeting the abnormal T-cells that cause T-cell lymphomas could offer hope… Read More
7 years ago
Scientists develop glue which seals wounds in 60 seconds without the need for common staples or stitches
Biomedical engineers from the University of Sydney and the United States collaborated to develop a… Read More
7 years ago
Meet the Robot Who Prescribes and Dispenses Medicine
Dubai recently inaugurated a smart pharmacy with a robot for dispensing and prescribing medicines in… Read More
7 years ago
Artificial leaf copies nature to manufacture medicine
AMSTERDAM: Dutch scientists have developed an artificial leaf that can act as a mini-factory for… Read More
8 years ago
Alfred Nobel used dynamite fortune to create prizes
STOCKHOLM: Swedish inventor and scholar Alfred Nobel, who made a vast fortune from his invention… Read More
8 years ago
One new drug for three deadly tropical diseases
PARIS: Scientists unveiled findings Monday that could lead to a single treatment for a trio… Read More
8 years ago
GSK and Google parent forge $715 million bioelectronic medicines firm
LONDON: GlaxoSmithKline and Google parent Alphabet's life sciences unit are creating a new company focused… Read More
8 years ago
Mexico debates legalizing opium poppy for medicine
MEXICO CITY: Fed up with drug-related violence, a growing number of Mexican politicians see one… Read More
8 years ago
Turkish prosecutor opens investigation into Novartis: media
The Ankara Chief Prosecutor has launched an investigation into the Turkish unit of Swiss drugmaker… Read More
9 years ago
At least eight children die in Thar due to gastroentritis, malnutrition
THAR: At least eight children have lost their lives due to outbreak of gastroenteritis and… Read More
9 years ago
Pharma bad-boy Shkreli quits Turing after fraud charges
NEW YORK: Reviled US pharmaceutical and hedge fund figure Martin Shkreli resigned as chief executive… Read More
9 years ago
CEO — who hiked price of life saving medicine — arrested over fraud
NEW YORK: Martin Shkreli, the boyish pharmaceutical entrepreneur who caused a public uproar after he… Read More
9 years ago
WWF-trained fisherman release mobula ray in waters off Pasni
KARACHI: World Wildlife Fund (WWF) trained fishermen released a five five feet long spinetail mobula… Read More
9 years ago
Meningitis epidemic kills 45 in Niger
NIAMEY: A meningitis epidemic that broke out in January in Niger has so far killed… Read More
10 years ago
Nobel Prize for medicine goes to discoverers of brain’s internal GPS
STOCKHOLM: Anglo-American John O'Keefe and Norwegian couple May-Britt and Edvard Moser won the 2014 Nobel… Read More
10 years ago