23andMe, a company that makes personalized DNA tests, has asked the Food and Drug Administration to approve their kits for at-home use. Scientists and medical professionals are skeptical about the kits, which they say don't give accurate results about risk factors for diseases and other health...
New Zealand Post is making good progress towards bringing a new digital service to the market this year that will benefit both sending and receiving customers.
Today is National HIV Testing Awareness Day, and it's also the start of the first-ever*HIV Awareness Month, founded by Dawn Averitt Bridge, mother of two and chair of the board of The Well Project, who's been living with HIV since 1988. Dawn—and The Well Project—is on a mission to change the...
Nurses at a North Carolina hospital noticed something strange recently: more and more newborns testing positive for marijuana during screening tests. In fact, the spike was so drastic that researchers decided to look into the matter. Turns out that certain soaps – surprisingly popular ones from...
Two clinical trials led by Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center researchers in collaboration with other medical centers, testing experimental drugs aimed at restoring the immune system's ability to spot and attack cancer, have shown promising early results in patients with advanced non-small cell...
More than one-fifth of people who have received referrals to test for cancer-causing genes say they will only undergo testing if their insurance covers the cost - just as more insurers are instituting cost-sharing for medical services like genetic testing, according to new findings from Fox...
Well, this is disturbing. UK-based handmade, all-natural cosmetics company Lush*has teamed up with the Humane Society *to help bring an end to animal testing. But they didn't stop at a petition or a small demonstration--the multi-national company has staged a pretty shocking protest in one of...
NASA has a new trick up its sleeve: a GPS system that is designed to locate the exact positon of serious earthquakes. Known as the Real-time Earthquake Analysis for Disaster (READI) Mitigation Network, it's being tested in the western US—and it's hoped it will save lives in the process. More »
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1) Who did Shawn Michaels face at Summerslam 92 with a 'No hitting in the face' match?
2) The Undertaker was a surprise entry at the Survivor Series when he debuted in 1990, though who was his team captain...
In October 2010, a Pulse investigation caused a national stir after releasing figures that just 23% of EU doctors that are registered as GPs in the UK had been tested for language skills and only 17% for clinical competence. The investigation took place during rising concerns, after the Daniel...
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I had one drag of a cigarette about 7 hours ago. I have to get a blood and urine test for cigarettes in 3 days. Will that one drag show up anywhere on each of the tests? Other than the one drag I haven't smoke a cigarette in 8 months.
For a full year, A.J. Jacobs followed every piece of health advice he could -- from applying sunscreen by the shot glass to wearing a bicycle helmet while shopping. Onstage at TEDMED, he shares the surprising things he learned. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post...
Scientists have shown that over expression of a specific human protein in the brain of a transgenic mouse leads to overeating and excessive body weight gain. Led by researchers at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, the mouse study may be ideal, they say, for testing new obesity...
The era of widely available next generation personal genomic testing has arrived and with it the ability to quickly and relatively affordably learn the sequence of your entire genome. This would include what is referred to as the "exome," your complete set of protein-coding sequences. But as...
In 2009, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) recommended that Hemoglobin A1c be exclusively used for the diagnosis of diabetes in children. The simple test measures longer-term blood sugar levels -- without requiring patients to fast overnight. However, a new U-M study has shown that these...
...software.? I am starting to write android applications and have an ACER ICONIA A500 tablet and considering buying a LG-P970 phone to develop and test my applications. Can someone advise a better choice ?