Latest Health, Medical & Science News www.medicaldaily.comTumblr (3.0; @dailymedical)http://dailymedical.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/71f88e98bc03415c09bb3c2c52619fe5/tumblr_mgsg6iAi4w1rwibjgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><h1><strong><a href="http://www.medicaldaily.com/articles/13937/20130117/danger-lurking-tank-disturbing-number-pet-fish.htm" target="_blank">Danger Lurking in Your Tank: “Disturbing” Number of Pet Fish Carry Deadly Superbug That Can Infect Humans</a></strong></h1> <p>People who keep tropical fish in tanks at home or at work may be at risk from bacterial infections and life-threatening disease, according to a new study.</p> <p>Scientists from Oregon State University found that a “disturbing” number of ornamental tropical fish in the U.S. are already resistant to antibiotics.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.medicaldaily.com/articles/13937/20130117/danger-lurking-tank-disturbing-number-pet-fish.htm" target="_blank">Read more</a></strong></p>http://dailymedical.tumblr.com/post/40784677402http://dailymedical.tumblr.com/post/40784677402Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:11:05 -0500sciencemedicinehealthfish<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/eb871db1338e9bc7d928b3e34f1d28d3/tumblr_mgbtcrtssq1rwibjgo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><h1><strong><a href="http://www.medicaldaily.com/articles/13813/20130108/modern-medicine-roots-2200-year-old.htm" target="_blank">Modern Medicine Has Roots in 2,200-Year-Old Tuscan Shipwreck</a></strong></h1> <p>We like to believe that modern medicine is a drastic improvement over the methods employed by ancient civilization. In fact, in many ways, modern medicine is a huge step up, since we no longer perform lobotomies, use leeches, and have lead in our beauty products. However, the finding of a shipwreck discovered off the coast of Tuscany indicates that our ancestors also knew a thing or two about medicine. Ingredients found in treatments that would have been used to soothe sore eyes are some of the same ones that we still use today.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.medicaldaily.com/articles/13813/20130108/modern-medicine-roots-2200-year-old.htm" target="_blank">Read more</a></strong></p>http://dailymedical.tumblr.com/post/40036893727http://dailymedical.tumblr.com/post/40036893727Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:36:27 -0500sciencemedicinearcheology<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/5454f7bec66206aee01da926ecb9b907/tumblr_mg7zxwRuEN1rwibjgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><h1><strong><a href="http://www.medicaldaily.com/articles/13762/20130104/breast-milk-contains-over-700-bacterial-species.htm" target="_blank">Breast Milk Contains Over 700 Bacterial Species</a></strong></h1> <p>It is well-known that breastfeeding gives infants nutrients. However, for the first time Spanish researchers created a map of the bacterial microbiota in new mothers’ breast milk. They found that, on average, women’s breast milk contains about 700 bacterial species.</p> <p>Researchers had previously been well-aware that mothers’ breast milk is instrumental in creating a baby’s bacterial flora, or the unique bacterial community that exists in each person. However, until this study, it was not known what types of species existed in breast milk and what exactly their role was. </p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.medicaldaily.com/articles/13762/20130104/breast-milk-contains-over-700-bacterial-species.htm" target="_blank">Read more</a></strong></p>http://dailymedical.tumblr.com/post/39860176712http://dailymedical.tumblr.com/post/39860176712Sun, 06 Jan 2013 15:08:00 -0500medicinesciencehealthpregnancybreastfeeding<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8ebe065292c4b05c5c6722aad0c780d6/tumblr_mg4em2kRQp1rwibjgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><h1><strong><a href="http://www.medicaldaily.com/articles/13766/20130104/way-pronounce-letter-s-reveals-gender.htm" target="_blank">The Way You Pronounce the Letter ‘S’ Reveals Your Gender</a></strong></h1> <p>How can you tell if a person is male or female just by their voice? In general, men have deeper voices than women. However, according to a study conducted by Lal Zimman, a doctoral student at The University of Colorado - Boulder at the time of his research, the style of speech can impact perceptions of a person’s gender as well, not simply the pitch of his or her voice. In fact, the letter “S” can, on its own, impact people’s perception of the speaker’s gender.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.medicaldaily.com/articles/13766/20130104/way-pronounce-letter-s-reveals-gender.htm" target="_blank">Read more</a></strong></p>http://dailymedical.tumblr.com/post/39683844156http://dailymedical.tumblr.com/post/39683844156Fri, 04 Jan 2013 16:34:50 -0500sciencevoicegendersound<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/883e0afdcf807f177c9f4271ada0ed12/tumblr_mfwyzhtCUj1rwibjgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><h1><strong><a href="http://www.medicaldaily.com/articles/13712/20121231/panda-blood-hold-potent-assailant-against-superbugs.htm" target="_blank">Panda Blood May Hold Potent Assailant Against Superbugs</a></strong></h1> <p>Pandas have long been the face of conservation efforts by environmental activists, but a recent finding may boost even further the need for pandas to evade extinction. Researchers have discovered a powerful antibody in panda blood that could serve as the next frontier in the fight against increasingly prevalent superbugs.</p> <p>The compound is called cathelicin-AM. Discovered when researchers analyzed the creatures’ DNA, it has been found to kill fungus and bacteria. It is believed that the antibiotic is released to protect the animal from infections in the wild and, in studies, it has been found to kill both standard and drug-resistant strains of microbes and fungi. The compound also worked extremely quickly, killing off strains of bacteria in just an hour, while conventional antibiotics needed six.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.medicaldaily.com/articles/13712/20121231/panda-blood-hold-potent-assailant-against-superbugs.htm" target="_blank">Read more</a></strong></p>http://dailymedical.tumblr.com/post/39331931137http://dailymedical.tumblr.com/post/39331931137Mon, 31 Dec 2012 16:14:05 -0500sciencemedicinepanda<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b79128ffa899cfb12b76f9dc214d5531/tumblr_mfee39sF7J1rwibjgo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><h1><strong><a href="http://www.medicaldaily.com/articles/13614/20121221/ancient-bones-show-caring-disabled-old-society.htm" target="_blank">Ancient Bones Show That Caring for the Disabled Is as Old as Society Itself</a></strong></h1> <p>While violence seems to be as old as humanity itself, so too does kindness and compassion. While evidence suggests that human hands, for example, evolved to throw punches, other studies show that it is in our genetic nature to stand up to bullies. Indeed, a growing pool of archaeologists are finding evidence that, even in ancient times, humans have banded together in order to take care of severely ailing and disabled people, many of whom were unable to take care of themselves.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.medicaldaily.com/articles/13614/20121221/ancient-bones-show-caring-disabled-old-society.htm" target="_blank">Read more</a></strong></p>http://dailymedical.tumblr.com/post/38485461876http://dailymedical.tumblr.com/post/38485461876Fri, 21 Dec 2012 15:25:56 -0500sciencearcheologyhumanity<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/622002aa2feacfe5aa24fc1e4ec26524/tumblr_mfc2h9OcTa1rwibjgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><h1><strong><a href="http://www.medicaldaily.com/articles/13595/20121220/human-cloning-will-possible-within-50-years.htm" target="_blank">Human Cloning Will Be Possible Within 50 Years, Nobel Prize-Winning Scientist Claims</a></strong></h1> <p>Sir John Gurdon, the British developmental biologist whose research cloning frogs in the 1950s and 60s led to the later creation of Dolly the sheep in 1996, believes that human cloning could happen within the next 50 years.</p> <p>He said that parents who lose their children to tragic accidents might be able to clone replacements in the next few decades.</p> <p>Gurdon, who won this year’s Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, said that while any attempts to clone a human would likely raise complex ethical issues, he believes that in the near future people would overcome their concerns if cloning became medically useful.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.medicaldaily.com/articles/13595/20121220/human-cloning-will-possible-within-50-years.htm" target="_blank">Read more</a></strong></p>http://dailymedical.tumblr.com/post/38382726834http://dailymedical.tumblr.com/post/38382726834Thu, 20 Dec 2012 09:19:56 -0500sciencecloningmedicine<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3bbdb010637b14964e3b4208f735eb03/tumblr_mf8u8dogR71rwibjgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><h1><strong><a href="http://www.medicaldaily.com/articles/13571/20121218/scientific-explanation-rudolph-red-nose.htm" target="_blank">The Scientific Explanation for Rudolph’s Red Nose</a></strong></h1> <p>Rudolph may be the most famous red-nosed reindeer of all time, but there are others. A small amount of reindeer, Rangifer tarandus - native to the Arctic regions in Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Russia, and Scandinavia - do have noses with a distinctively red coloring. In fact, a study published in BMJ, delves into the scientific reasons that this phenomenon exists.</p> <p>Thermal imaging revealed that reindeers - even outside of the arctic region - really do have red noses. While exercising, their noses can reach 75 degrees Fahrenheit, warm for reindeer. This finding indicates that the function of these blood vessels is to regulate body temperature.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.medicaldaily.com/articles/13571/20121218/scientific-explanation-rudolph-red-nose.htm" target="_blank">Read more</a></strong></p>http://dailymedical.tumblr.com/post/38245265543http://dailymedical.tumblr.com/post/38245265543Tue, 18 Dec 2012 15:29:00 -0500scienceRudolphChristmasreindeeranimals<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/55384cf8bad96aaf4fe829cdfae9ead8/tumblr_mf6xuy6zE41rwibjgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><h1><strong><a href="http://www.medicaldaily.com/articles/13551/20121217/single-microbe-triggered-worlds-largest-mass-extinction.htm" target="_blank">Single Microbe May Have Triggered World’s Largest Mass Extinction</a></strong></h1> <p>About 251 million years ago, 90 percent of the Earth’s species became extinct. The mass extinction, called the “Great Dying” or the more scientific-sounding Permian-Triassic extinction event, made 96 percent of marine animals and 70 percent of land-dwelling animals extinct in just a few thousand years, and it took the earth as much as 10 million years to regain the biodiversity that it had lost. Researchers believe that they may finally know why the event occurred, but the theory is not without controversy.</p> <p>There are several theories, including the possibility of a meterorite hitting the planet. Previously, most researchers believed that the Permian mass extinction was a result of a series of volcanic eruptions in what is now Siberia. These eruptions would have caused a dramatic rise in the amount of greenhouse gases which would have, in turn, killed off a bulk of species.</p> <p>However, Daniel Rothman from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is floating around a different theory. As he presented in a meeting for the American Geophysical Union, he believes that the mass extinction could have been caused by something much smaller. His theory is that the extinction was caused by a single strain of bacteria.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.medicaldaily.com/articles/13551/20121217/single-microbe-triggered-worlds-largest-mass-extinction.htm" target="_blank">Read more</a></strong></p>http://dailymedical.tumblr.com/post/38163588845http://dailymedical.tumblr.com/post/38163588845Mon, 17 Dec 2012 14:52:10 -0500sciencemass extinctionmicrobes<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7a58d522d8a9821a7c0987023c654a53/tumblr_mexnnmsPNC1rwibjgo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><h1><strong><a href="http://www.medicaldaily.com/articles/13490/20121212/scientists-make-life-saving-injectable-foam-fight.htm" target="_blank">Scientists Make Life-Saving Injectable Foam to Fight Soldiers’ Internal Bleeding</a></strong></h1> <p>The military has set its sights on a group of scientists working on powerful injectable foam designed to temporarily limit internal bleeding of soldiers wounded on the battlefield. Experts say that if the expanding foam technology proves successful in trials, it may also be used to save the lives of many civilians injured in serious accidents far from a medical facility.</p> <p>The foam is made of two different liquids. Once the liquids are injected into the body, they mix, expand and harden to create an internal dressing.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.medicaldaily.com/articles/13490/20121212/scientists-make-life-saving-injectable-foam-fight.htm" target="_blank">Read more</a></strong></p>http://dailymedical.tumblr.com/post/37802859458http://dailymedical.tumblr.com/post/37802859458Wed, 12 Dec 2012 14:33:21 -0500sciencemedicinetechnology<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/af31733ecad88abac0a805bbf3372667/tumblr_metztsv62c1rwibjgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><h1><strong><a href="http://www.medicaldaily.com/articles/13461/20121210/researchers-create-contact-lens-lcd-display.htm" target="_blank">Researchers Create Contact Lens With LCD Display</a></strong></h1> <p>Call it your future eye phone.</p> <p>Contact lenses that display information have long been a trope in science fiction. However, science is one step closer toward making that a reality. Researchers from Ghent University in Belgium have developed a way to convert contact lenses into LCD screens that can project information. The technology could rapidly change medicine and even cosmetics.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.medicaldaily.com/articles/13461/20121210/researchers-create-contact-lens-lcd-display.htm" target="_blank">Read more</a></strong></p>http://dailymedical.tumblr.com/post/37654223065http://dailymedical.tumblr.com/post/37654223065Mon, 10 Dec 2012 15:05:51 -0500sciencetechnologymedicineeyeshealth<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/858f59d9b96f2c153b85f6be148163a3/tumblr_meof6fTaoV1rwibjgo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><h1><strong><a href="http://www.medicaldaily.com/articles/13434/20121207/dogs-learn-drive.htm" target="_blank">Dogs Are Able to Learn How to Drive</a></strong></h1> <p>It is possible to teach an old dog new tricks, after all.</p> <p>The Auckland Society for the Prevention of Cruelty for Animals has turned three dogs from their shelter into the cutest chauffeurs ever. That’s right - the shelter has taught three dogs how to drive a car.</p> <p>Local dog trainer Mark Vette picked three dogs who would learn how to drive. The SPCA said that they have done this to show that shelter dogs are every bit as smart and obedient as nurtured dogs or dogs from breeders.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.medicaldaily.com/articles/13434/20121207/dogs-learn-drive.htm" target="_blank">Read more + VIDEO</a></strong></p>http://dailymedical.tumblr.com/post/37418374761http://dailymedical.tumblr.com/post/37418374761Fri, 07 Dec 2012 14:51:50 -0500dogsanimals<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_meml1w5Pcd1rwibjgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><h1><strong><a href="http://www.medicaldaily.com/articles/13413/20121206/dogs-sniff-out-lung-cancer.htm" target="_blank">Dogs Are Able to Sniff Out Lung Cancer</a></strong></h1> <p>Fido isn’t just man’s best friend - he’s also a cancer-sniffing machine. That’s the finding of one study conducted in Austria, which says that dogs are able to successfully sniff out lung cancer.</p> <p>The test tasked dogs with sniffing out lung cancer from 120 breath samples. The researchers found that dogs were 70 percent successful at identifying which samples belonged to patients with lung cancer and which did not.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.medicaldaily.com/articles/13413/20121206/dogs-sniff-out-lung-cancer.htm" target="_blank">Read more</a></strong></p>http://dailymedical.tumblr.com/post/37347907996http://dailymedical.tumblr.com/post/37347907996Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:03:00 -0500sciencedogscancermedicinehealth<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_memgedd5wC1rwibjgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><h1><strong><a href="http://www.medicaldaily.com/articles/13410/20121206/why-one-more-stop-nyc-subway-death.htm" target="_blank">Why No One Did More to Stop NYC Subway Death</a></strong></h1> <p>This week, New York City was gripped with the news that a man, Ki Suk Han, was hit by a subway train and was pronounced dead by the hospital upon arrival. The moment when Han attempted to lift himself out of harm’s way has been memorialized by the New York Post’s cover the next day, which splashed a picture of Han staring into the face of the train accompanied by the copy “This Man Is About to Die: Doomed”.</p> <p>Since then, much criticism has been directed at the photographer R. Umar Abbasi and other bystanders. Why did no one do anything to help Han avoid his fate? Unfortunately, as much as we would have loved to be heroes on that day, we are not always Good Samaritans like we would like.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.medicaldaily.com/articles/13410/20121206/why-one-more-stop-nyc-subway-death.htm" target="_blank">Read more</a></strong></p>http://dailymedical.tumblr.com/post/37342563517http://dailymedical.tumblr.com/post/37342563517Thu, 06 Dec 2012 13:23:01 -0500psychology<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_meh5f1nuNG1rwibjgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><h1><strong><a href="http://www.medicaldaily.com/articles/13368/20121203/friendliest-grumpiest-cats-revealed-study.htm" target="_blank">Friendliest and Grumpiest Cats Revealed in Study</a></strong></h1> <p>They may look strange and even scary to some, but new research finds that the hairless Sphynx is actually the most affectionate of all cat breeds.</p> <p>While cats are by reputation considered cold and solitary creatures that rarely display affection, a new study finds that this popular perception of cats is unfair and does not apply to all breeds.</p> <p>A new study, published in the Journal of Veterinary Behavior, studied the friendliness of 129 cats from 14 breeds.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.medicaldaily.com/articles/13368/20121203/friendliest-grumpiest-cats-revealed-study.htm" target="_blank">Read more</a></strong></p>http://dailymedical.tumblr.com/post/37134580496http://dailymedical.tumblr.com/post/37134580496Mon, 03 Dec 2012 16:37:48 -0500catsanimals<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/mzKw-UtzchA?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><h1><strong><a href="http://www.medicaldaily.com/articles/13321/20121129/shocking-clip-showing-implant-flipping-inside-out.htm" target="_blank">Shocking Clip Showing Woman’s Implant Flipping Inside Out After Botched Operation Goes Viral</a></strong></h1></p>http://dailymedical.tumblr.com/post/36830927112http://dailymedical.tumblr.com/post/36830927112Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:42:45 -0500implantWTF<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_me7v0rU7ub1rwibjgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><h1><strong><a href="http://www.medicaldaily.com/articles/13304/20121128/military-allegedly-plotted-blow-up-moon.htm" target="_blank">US Military Allegedly Plotted to Blow Up the Moon During Cold War</a></strong></h1> <p>Do you think we are living in uncertain times now? Well, at least it’s no Cold War. In a plot that resembles one that an evil villain in a James Bond movie might love, the United States’ government once planned to blow up the moon with a bomb.</p> <p>The time period was the 1950s and the Soviet Union had just humiliated the United States with their launch of Sputnik 1, the first satellite orbiting in space. The United States’ Air Force approached physicist Leonard Reiffel in 1958 asking him to develop a plot that would show a mushroom cloud explosion from the moon.</p> <p>The United States’ government has never officially confirmed its involvement with this plan, and the plot would have remained secret, if not for Carl Sagan. The renowned astronomer, then a graduate school student, provided mathematical calculations for the experiment.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.medicaldaily.com/articles/13304/20121128/military-allegedly-plotted-blow-up-moon.htm" target="_blank">Read more</a></strong></p>http://dailymedical.tumblr.com/post/36758009436http://dailymedical.tumblr.com/post/36758009436Wed, 28 Nov 2012 16:14:51 -0500militarymoonnews<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_me5xeb0cvt1rwibjgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><h1><strong><a href="http://www.medicaldaily.com/articles/13282/20121127/why-people-fall-bad-boys-mean-girls.htm" target="_blank">Why People Fall for Bad Boys and Mean Girls</a></strong></h1> <p>It seems that it’s a cliché for a reason: “nice guys finish last”. Recent research has found that people with so-called dark personality traits - narcissism, psychopathy, and Machiavellianism - are rated as more attractive than their more ethical, less selfish peers. That finding validates just about everyone’s middle school experience. But why is that true?</p> <p>A new study finds that those three traits, known as the “dark triad”, are linked with an increased ability to successfully enhance a person’s appearance. The study also suggests that people who possess the dark triad are more skilled at presenting and carrying themselves, which is why they are generally immediately liked.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.medicaldaily.com/articles/13282/20121127/why-people-fall-bad-boys-mean-girls.htm" target="_blank">Read more</a></strong></p>http://dailymedical.tumblr.com/post/36681113898http://dailymedical.tumblr.com/post/36681113898Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:10:59 -0500psychologypersonality<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_me3yv17Gm31rwibjgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><h1><strong><a href="http://www.medicaldaily.com/articles/13261/20121126/newly-developed-rna-based-vaccine-offer-lifelong.htm" target="_blank">Could a Newly Developed RNA-Based Vaccine Offer Lifelong Protection From Flu?</a></strong></h1> <p>A new experimental flu vaccine made out of mRNA that may work for life is now being developed.</p> <p>Researchers said that the vaccine, made of the genetic material that controls the production of proteins, protected animals against influenza and, unlike traditional vaccines, it may work for life and can potentially be manufactured quickly enough to stop a pandemic.</p> <p>Researchers explain that the current vaccines on the market work by instructing our immune systems to recognize two virus proteins called HA and NA. However, the problem is that these two proteins are constantly evolving, which is essentially why new vaccines are always needed.</p> <p>Researchers believe that the secret for the everlasting vaccine against the multiple flu virus strains is to target something that never changes…</p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.medicaldaily.com/articles/13261/20121126/newly-developed-rna-based-vaccine-offer-lifelong.htm" target="_blank">Read more</a></strong></p>http://dailymedical.tumblr.com/post/36602832310http://dailymedical.tumblr.com/post/36602832310Mon, 26 Nov 2012 13:47:25 -0500medicinesciencehealthfluvaccine<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdwa96W3uY1rwibjgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><h1><strong><a href="http://www.medicaldaily.com/articles/13229/20121122/guilty-pleasures-feeling-enhances-deliciousness-food.htm" target="_blank">Guilty Pleasures: Feeling Guilty Enhances Deliciousness of Food</a></strong></h1> <p>As the holiday season approaches, many people are going to enter it with a diet in place. Then, with the introduction of a single slice of pie, that diet will be shot. We will demur at first, citing calories and healthy living, but then we will have a bite, then another, and then before we know it, that diet has fallen by the wayside.</p> <p>Research indicates that we do get rewarded for throwing away our winter weight goals, even if our waistlines may not feel the same way. That piece of pie tastes even more delicious if we indulge than it would otherwise. Of course, that is something that we have all experienced - but science indicates that it is true.</p> <p>Researchers said, “People who are primed with guilt subsequently experience greater pleasure than people who are not. People lack awareness of this automatic process.”</p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.medicaldaily.com/articles/13229/20121122/guilty-pleasures-feeling-enhances-deliciousness-food.htm" target="_blank">Read more</a></strong></p>http://dailymedical.tumblr.com/post/36284564580http://dailymedical.tumblr.com/post/36284564580Thu, 22 Nov 2012 10:12:42 -0500sciencefoodpsychologypie