Category: Medical News

Cell Phones Are Hazardous To Humans?

May 31, 2011 8:37 pm | Medical News | No comments

A medical report that has just been released by the World Health Organization states that radio frequencies and electromagnetic fields – including those routinely emitted by cell phones – are “possibly” carcinogenic to humans. This is something we should all be aware of. Check out the radiation level (SAR) that comes from your cell phone [...]

Drinking Coffee May Reduce the Risk of Stroke

February 20, 2009 11:36 pm | Health News, Medical News | No comments

This could be great news for older women who over the years have loved to sip their cappuccinos. Studies seem to indicate that as long as a woman does not smoke, drinking coffee may actually lower the risk for a stroke. After a 24 year study using data and charts from Nurses Health it was [...]

New Drug to Treat MS?

October 23, 2008 12:29 pm | Medical News | No comments

A drug developed to fight leukemia appears to stop multiple sclerosis in its early stages and restore lost function to patients, British researchers said on Wednesday. The three-year study of Bayer AG and Genzyme Corp‘s alemtuzumab for the first time show long-term improvement in disability, Alasdair Cole, a neurologist at the University of Cambridge, said [...]

AIDS Vaccine Trial Cancelled

July 21, 2008 3:58 pm | Medical News | No comments

The US government has decided not to go ahead with a proposed AIDS vaccine trial called “PAVE 100.” The decision comes a few weeks before the 17th International AIDS Conference in Mexico City – and after a controversy earlier this year about the safety of another AIDS vaccine trial. To find out what it means [...]

New Alzheimer Drug?

July 18, 2008 4:22 pm | Medical News | No comments

Alzheimer’s Disease is robbing Bonnie Lowe of her memories. But the 89-year-old is not giving up. “I want to be like I used to be,” said Bonnie. She joined a new study and will soon start taking an experimental drug called Bapineuzamab, basically an Alzheimer’s vaccine. Currently the only way to treat Alzheimer’s is by [...]