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September 2013

September 26, 2013

Hookah vs Cigarettes: Studies show Hookah is better and College women are doing more Hookah in US

As if slowing the run into things like cancer is something to rejoice. But then...

April 2013

April 15, 2013

Myriad Genetics patents Breast, Ovarian Cancer Genes: Who Owns Human Genes now?

Myriad Genetics, is a Utah-based biotechnology company. It has discovered and isolated two extremely important...

April 15, 2013

Leukemia patients pay 20 times in US vs India; India’s Drug Patents “Activism” and its impacts

Cancer in India is growing fast and drugs aren't there. Ninety percent of children with...

April 14, 2013

I am Deaf, but not Dumb! – Daily fight of 18 mn deaf people in India that is mentally stone deaf

India has 18 million deaf people but only 250 practicing sign language interpreters! There are...

March 2013

March 31, 2013

The sad state of American healthcare and patients: Bill Maher weighs in

No one can say it like Bill Maher. So here I get his take on...

March 30, 2013

How one Autistic Couple tries to live a “normal” life

Autism is a tough situation, where the person, though living at the high end of...

March 26, 2013

The Curse of living in Industrialized World

Petrozavodsk is a rather poor Russian city of 270,000 on the shores of Lake Onega...

March 25, 2013

Guidelines to tell patients of disease in their genes: right or wrong?

Anyone who is mapping your genomes now, may actually tell you if any genetically identifiable...

March 25, 2013

Food Toxins used on GMO crops found in 93% Pregnant women and 80% unborn Children!

In a new and rather damning study for the GMO foods, it has been found...

March 25, 2013

Even Ancients had Heart disease and arteries clogged; CT scans of ancient mummies shows

Today Heart Attacks because of clogged arteries are the greatest killer in the world. Many...

March 11, 2013

Simple Bedside test to distinguish between a Stroke and innocuous dizziness

To distinguish between a stroke and harmless dizziness is very important and difficult in general. ...

March 10, 2013

Sophie, paralyzed from Waist down, discusses how sensation of sex has changed her

Sophie Morgan has been paralyzed waist down in 2003 at age 18. Now, she is...

March 07, 2013

How Sleep Patterns impacts Memory and Cognition

There is a strong link between sleep, memory and cognition. As we age our sleep...

March 05, 2013

America’s weight problem: Anorexia amidst widespreasd Obesity!

On the one hand, America has an acute Obesity problem. Very young kids are vulnerable...

March 04, 2013

30% of ICU survivors go through PTSD

The Post traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is very common amongst those who have experienced the...

February 2013

February 19, 2013

Are we hard wired to Avoid Exercise?

Are we wired for being against the exercise? It seems that there are individual differences...

February 18, 2013

Scientists transform Skin Cells into Heart Cells to create “Disease in a Dish”!

Researchers at John Hopkins have taken skin cells of some of the patients and transformed...

February 17, 2013

TED Talk: 10 things you didn’t know about orgasm

This is certainly one of the most hilarious talk I have heard on TED. It...

February 13, 2013

Walking over long periods is FAR better than one hour of intense gym exercise

For so many of us who want to take care of their health, what is...

February 11, 2013

Adderall – drug for ADHD – Addiction on US Campuses rising

Kids and youth need to focus in this age of lots of information. So what...

February 06, 2013

Green Tea & Red Wine disrupt the Alzheimer advance

Good news for the Green Tea and Wine drinkers! These two products contain chemicals that...

January 2013

January 31, 2013

British Stiff Upper Lip hurting Cancer survival rate in England

Some cultural traits may be hurtful in the long run. It seems prudish-ness of the...

January 24, 2013

Scientific Breakthrough: After Antibiotics have wiped your digestive bacteria, cure is injecting someone’s poop into your digestive tract

Here is an interesting situation - bizarre one really. We use anti-biotics for a lot...

January 17, 2013

Universe is like a Giant Brain

A news study says that Universe is a giant brain. According to a study published...

January 17, 2013

Concierge Medicine: How low can Doctors stoop to with their work?

Everyone knows that the American Health system is fairly broken. Doctors don't really care much...

January 17, 2013

25% of Leadership Abilities are due to Inherited Genes

Will leader's son be a leader? The Bushes, the Gandhis/Nehrus, the Clintons, the Kennedys, the...

January 17, 2013

Mindful Meditation relieves Chronic Inflammatory Ailments like Arthirities, Asthma etc

We all know that Meditative techniques help relieve chronic ailments. Now, a study by University...

January 16, 2013

The Fallacies of Fat: Myths of Weight Gain

America is fat and obese. One in three adults and One in six kids are...

January 15, 2013

Extent and Impact of Weight Bias and Stigmatizing in the society

We all know that obese people face bias and the obese kids face ridicule and...

January 14, 2013

Trend of Kids Chewing Gutka on the rise in India

This is the result of mindless commercialization without preparing the population or having structures for...