Archive for category: Medicine
For most of us, lotions and topical creams are used for minor skin problems such as dryness and other cosmetic issues. For patients suffering from Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB), a breakthrough topical cream called SD-101 can [...]
Recent news of an HIV cure has given hope to in the fight against AIDS. However, amidst much celebration, it should be noted that the cure does not really eradicate HIV. Instead, those cured are [...]
A Harvard Medical School study indicate that it may be possible to stop type 1 diabetes and renew the insulin-producing beta cells that are destroyed by the disease. The scientists used a mix of three [...]
Vitamin D is significant when it comes to the development of our organs. This vitamin is the regulator of calcium and phosphorous which is essential for the development of our bones. Vitamin D is also [...]
Many of today’s super-bugs have evolved resistance to some of our most potent and safest antibiotics mainly due to misuse of such medication that is worrying medical experts. Super-bugs are called such due to their [...]
People with poor vision now have an alternative to wearing corrective eyeglasses and contact lenses with a medical breakthrough in the field of ophthalmology. In the recent years, various research and trials have led to [...]
Although it is sometimes difficult to determine when a medical procedure is considered surgery, a medical treatment that involves a cutting of a patient’s live tissue (e.g., hair and nails are dead tissue) is usually [...]
A report released by the WHO and UNAIDS last year stated that studies show that male circumcision can lower the risk of transmission of HIV from female to male. There is half a chance that [...]
Scientists have figured out how mice that lose the ability to walk after a spinal-cord injury can regain it, a finding that could someday help human patients, Scientific American reports. When the long nerves that [...]
Scientists are hard at work developing a new vaccine that can actually help cure a patient of a devastating illness – brain cancer. The experimental vaccine specifically affects glioblastoma, a very deadly type of brain [...]