A group of researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology have devised an algorithm that can detect micro-fluctuations in the way a person types on a keyboard. Thus, it can detect early signs of Parkinson's.
Scientists from the University of California discovered that by pulling 200 hairs in a precise pattern and density, researchers can induce up to 1,200 replacement follicles in a mouse.
Middle-aged obese people are nearly 30% less likely to develop dementia and people who are underweight are one third more likely to develop dementia than those who are at a healthy body weight.
For the past couple of months, headlines entail recalls of many products including ice cream and hummus. Public paranoia worsened when three were confirmed dead from eating ice cream and the culprit is Listeriosis or Listeria.
The meat industry increased its purchases of antibiotics that are important to human health by 20% between 2009 and 2013 despite increased regulations and scrutiny on the use of antibiotics in livestock and poultry.
Two new rapid-acting Ebola vaccines have protected laboratory animals against the strain of the deadly virus that caused the recent outbreak in West Africa.
