Some of the pharmaceuticals intended to treat minor illnesses of astronauts in space may have shorter shelf-life than they do on Earth, finds a new study.
Catherine Zeta-Jones follows several celebrities including Ben Stiller and Sting into treatment for Bipolar Disorder. The actress was reportedly hit by the stress of husband Michael Douglas' throat cancer battle.
A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency draft assessment of the potential health effects associated with formaldehyde exposure needs substantial revision, says a new report from the National Research Council, which recommends improvements for EPA's final assessment.
Many of the world's fast-growing urban areas, especially in developing countries, will likely suffer disproportionately from the impacts of changing climate, a new study said.
In what would have been a scary repetition of the tragedy that unfolded after the quake-tsunami last month, two out of three power lines to Japan's Onagawa nuclear plant were knocked out in the fresh aftershock that occurred in Japan's north-east on Thursday night.
The International Atomic Energy Agency said on Wednesday the leak of highly contaminated water from the cable storage pit located next to the Unit 2 inlet point at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has stopped.
A new study published by the American Heart Association has found that about one in 44,000 college athletes suffer sudden cardiac death each year, which is higher than what earlier estimates supposed.
If experiments going on at the University of Minnesota's heart lab succeed, there could be a way to 'grow your own heart' in due course of time, a development that will find a way around heart transplants that force lifetime use of anti-immunity drugs.
Japanese authorities informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Sunday that external power supply was being used to power the pumps that are injecting fresh water into reactors 1, 2 and 3, thus replacing temporary electrical pumps. It was also informed that some lighting has been reactivated in the turbine buildings of Units 1, 2, 3 and 4.
The Tokyo Electric Power Co.(TEPCO) said on Sunday the bodies of two workers at the damaged Fukushia nuclear plant have been found. The bodies of the two young workers, Kazuhiko Kokubo and Yoshiki Terashima, were found a week ago, but they had to be decontaminated before being handed over to the relatives.
China is facing an obesity crisis of magnanimous proportions, an issue best underscored by Lu Zhihao, a 4-year-old from Foshan in Guangdong province who weighs 132 lbs and is 3 feet 7 inches tall.
University of North Florida's student newspaper the Spinnaker has run into trouble after printing a picture of simulated oral sex on its front cover.
Indicating the distressing trend of size zero has gone global, a new research has found how stigmatization of fat and obesity has spread from western countries across more accepting cultures.
The recent nuclear disaster in Japan has put a spotlight on measuring radiation dosage and the health effects, and how to diagnose thousands of people at a time.
The Japanese nuclear safety agency said on Wednesday it is clueless why radiation in waters off Fukushima nuclear plant has gone more than 3,000 times above the legal limit.
The Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO), which has been in uneasy spotlight since the quake-triggered nuclear crisis unfolded in Japan, has decided to scrap its four damaged nuclear reactors at the Fukushima power plant.
An exoskeleton could end carpal tunnel syndrome as we know it.
Two Japanese nuclear workers have been hospitalized after getting exposed to high levels of radiation while working on the cooling system in one of the damaged reactors, according to reports.
A Dallas man received a full face transplant, the third time such a procedure has been performed in the U.S.
The Fukushima reactor buildings are square, not circular, and had to absorb the force of the tsunami wave straight on.
Panic gripped the U.S. West Coast despite a fraction of media's active campaign to quell the fears of harmful radiation from earthquake-torn Japan blowing in the wind.
The everyday reality of mild-to-serious doses of harmful radiation that people everywhere in the world are exposed to pops into limelight only when a possible Armageddon shakes everyone up! Following is a sneak peek into some of the ways in which human beings are exposed to radiation in their everyday lives:
Leading Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun has said in an editorial the worsening nuclear crisis is comparable to the Chernobyl disaster, saying four nuclear reactors standing in a line are simultaneously spinning out of control.
The radiation level at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, which was hit by the earthquake, has exceeded the legal limit on Sunday, posing extreme danger to the people in a multi-kilometer radius and spawning long-term environmental hazards.
Scientists are reporting an important step toward development of a universal blood product that would eliminate the need to type blood to match donor and recipient for transfusion.
Lady Gaga has apparently threatened to sue the makers of ice cream - titled Baby Gaga - made from human breast milk.
A new technology, originally used for plant growth experiments on space shuttles, can reduce the pain that comes from chemotherapy.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the leading global risks for mortality in the world are high blood pressure, tobacco use, high blood glucose, physical inactivity, and overweight and obesity.
A previously unknown flaw in DNA could affect our knowledge and beliefs leading to wrong decisions, according to a discovery by Fred Spagnoletti.
Scientists have created the world’s most powerful optical microscope that may provide new opportunities to see live viruses.
