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Non-Chemo Cancer Treatment, Simple as Flu Shot, Moves Closer to Reality
Imagine treating cancer as easily as taking a monthly shot in the arm.
Doctors in Texas have been cleared to move forward with another round...
Top 10 Health, Cancer, and Science Breakthroughs of 2015
This past year saw giant leaps in how we cure cancer, with breakthroughs in treating Alzheimers and preventing Ebola. These technological developments – both big...
Stanford Engineers Create Artificial “Skin” to Allow Prosthetics to Feel
Stanford engineers have created a plastic "skin" that can detect how hard it is being pressed and generate an electric signal to deliver this...
Cooking Indian Food At Home: 7 Easy, Good-For-You Recipes
Indian food may seem elaborate to make, intimidating to eat, and overall, too exotic.
But there are good reasons to get past all that: multiple studies have shown that...
Oil Aboard: Aromatherapy Is a Cheap, Easy Way to Unwind at Home
Relax! You don't have to hire a masseuse to reap the benefits of aromatherapy.
If you can get your hands on a bottle of lavender or cardamom...
Harnessing a Virus Like Herpes Has ‘Cured’ Skin Cancer
As scientists on both sides of the Atlantic look for ways to replace chemotherapy, one strategy is becoming paramount: using the body’s own immune...
Cuban Cancer Vaccine Could Soon be Available in U.S.
A new cancer vaccine may soon be available to American lung cancer patients thanks to thawing relations between the U.S. and Cuba.
Cuba’s Center for...
In Successful Cancer Trial, Therapy “Dissolves” Stage IV Tumor in 3 Weeks
An experimental drug combination dissolved a cancerous tumor so fast, it caught researchers completely off-guard. The two-drug combo completely eliminated a woman’s melanoma —...
Honey on Tap Directly From Your Beehive Without Disturbing Bees
Veteran beekeepers are calling it "mindboggling." A father-son team in Australia invented the Flow Hive which allows users to collect honey on tap directly...
Nature, Art and Spirituality May Boost the Body’s Defenses
Taking in the spine-tingling wonders provided by a redwood forest, the Sistine Chapel ceiling or a guided meditation may give a boost to the...
Scientists ‘Delete’ HIV Virus From Human DNA for the First Time
The HIV-1 virus has proved to be tenacious, inserting its genome permanently into its victims' DNA, forcing patients to take a lifelong drug regimen...
New Biotech Co. Plans To Find Treatment for Alzheimer, Parkinson and ALS Proteins
Diseases affecting the brain and central nervous system represent one of the largest healthcare challenges and greatest unmet medical needs in the world today....
Curry Power: Turmeric Compound Boosts Brain Cell Growth
"Scientists have found that a chemical component in the spice turmeric—commonly used in Indian cuisine and curries—increases the regeneration of new neurons in cell...
Solar Energy That Doesn’t Block the View
A team of researchers at Michigan State University has developed a new type of solar panel that when placed over a window creates solar energy...
Approved Leukemia Drug Boosts Immunity Against Many Cancers
A class of drug currently being used to treat leukemia has the unexpected side-effect of boosting immune responses against many different cancers, reports a...
Breakthrough Discovery Uses Sunlight to Create Solar Devices Themselves
Researchers at Oregon State University have found a way to make the sun a “one-stop shop” that both produces the materials for solar devices...
Simple Pine Branches Can Filter Out 99% of Bacteria Producing Clean Water
If you’ve run out of drinking water during a lakeside camping trip, there’s a simple solution: Break off a branch from the nearest pine...
New York Bans Solitary Confinement for Juveniles
Corrections officials in the New York State prison system Wednesday took a major step toward reform by agreeing to new guidelines for the maximum...
FDA Approves Eye Implant That Restores Vision in Some Blind Patients
People who have lost their sight due to retinitis pigmentosa could benefit from government approval this week for an implantable device that takes the...
Girl, 14, is America’s Top Young Scientist: Her Solar-Powered Jug Cleans Water
A 14-year-old New York student was named “America’s Top Young Scientist” for inventing a solar-powered water jug that changes dirty water into purified drinking...