Medicine
Female circumcision is banned in Kurdistan, Iraq
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June 25, 2011Elena Vnorovscaia / Chişinău / Moldova.ORG / -- There is a new law, adopted to protect women from one of the most brutal and severe traditions, widespread among the local Muslim population - female circumcision, in Iraqi Kurdistan. For the first time...
Quake-striken Haitians grow desperate for food, supplies
January 15, 2010Haitians are growing increasingly desperate waiting for food, water and medicine after a devastating earthquake left the capital in ruins and killed up to an estimated 50,000 people. International troops and planeloads of supplies are arriving in Port...
3 US Based Scientists Capture the 2009 Nobel Prize in Medicine
October 05, 2009By Tom Rivers Three U.S. based scientists have won the 2009 Nobel prize for medicine for their discovery into how chromosomes are copied and protected. The work casts important light on cancer and the aging process. Elizabeth Blackburn from the University...
Quantum laser nanoantenna demonstrated
October 24, 2007U.S. engineers have created a quantum cascade laser nanoantenna for producing ultrahigh-resolution microscopes for chemical imaging in biology and medicine. Harvard University researchers said their laser is capable of resolving the chemical composition...
Quantum laser nanoantenna demonstrated
October 24, 2007U.S. engineers have created a quantum cascade laser nanoantenna for producing ultrahigh-resolution microscopes for chemical imaging in biology and medicine. Harvard University researchers said their laser is capable of resolving the chemical composition...
Infant cold medicines pulled from market
October 12, 2007The makers of more than one dozen over-the-counter infant cough and cold medicines are voluntarily pulling the products from the U.S. market. The withdrawal comes on the heels of reports by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration suggesting some of...
Report questions Lyme disease treatment
October 05, 2007A review in the New England Journal of Medicine argues there is no scientific evidence that Lyme disease is chronic. The review, written by seven Lyme disease experts, said there is no evidence that Lyme disease is a chronic condition that justifies...
Doc suggests opium for medicinal heroin
January 25, 2007LONDON, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- A leading British doctor says opium from Afghanistan could be the answer to the country's shortage of medicinal heroin. There is currently a severe shortage of legal diamorphine, the medical name for heroin used as a...