Scientists have successfully used stem cells for repairing severe and naturally irreversible damages to heart muscles caused by a recent heart attack. Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore treated 17 heart attack patients with cells grown from their own heart tissue. The new proceeding not only proved that the procedure was safe, but also... 

The combination of fasting cycles plus chemotherapy was either more or much more effective than chemo alone. Lead researcher Valter Longo of the University of Southern California (USC) A new study suggests that fasting for short hours can slow down the growth of cancerous cells and improve the effectiveness of chemotherapy. According to the report published in Science Translational Medicine says fasting... 

Our preliminary results provide evidence supporting a possible mechanism for enhancing memory, particularly as people age or suffer from early dementia. Lead researcher, Dr. Itzhak Fried Scientists say using electrical pulses to stimulate a region in deep brain can boost memory, a finding that may pave way to an effective treatment for Alzheimer’s. A small experiment revealed that deep brain stimulation... 

A postmortem study suggests that children and young adults who are exposed to air pollution experience brain changes similar to those seen in Alzheimer’s patients. A team of North American researchers examined brains of 43 children and young adults who died in accidents in Mexico to study the potential changes in gene expression, immune markers and physical indicators similar to those associated... 

Researchers say eating fried food is not always bad and cooking food in olive or sunflower oil is not associated with heart disease or premature death. Scientists studied cooking habits and health status of nearly 41,000 Spaniard adults who had no heart disease at the beginning of the research. Fried food was about 7 percent of all food eaten and frying methods included deep-fried, pan, battered,... 

South Korean scientists say future touch screen smartphones will be able to examine health status of their owners by doing sophisticated lab and medical exams. A team of researchers from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science of Technology (KAIST) showed that touch screen technology can be used to detect biomolecular chemicals like what has been done in many modern medical labs. While being used,... 

Researchers say Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) is linked to a higher risk of falls in nursing home whose residents suffer from dementia. Many nursing home residents with dementia suffer from depression and are therefore under treatment with antidepressant medications including SSRIs as the treatment of choice. A group of Dutch researchers studied about 248 nursing home residents with... 

A group of preservative chemicals widely used in cosmetic, food and pharmaceutical products has been found in tissue samples from breast cancer. British scientists analyzed tissue samples from 40 women who had mastectomies due to breast cancer, and found traces of the chemicals called parabens in the cancerous tissues. A number of studies since 1980s have suggested a possible association between those...