For a lucky few with a gene mutation, six hours of sleep is enough, while an average person requires anywhere from 8 to 8.5 hours of sleep.  A recent study was the first ever to identify a relationship between gene mutation and sleep patterns. Although the gene mutation was found in only two women,...

Have you ever wondered why Asians are so smart?  Well new research could possibly have the answer to this common stereotype.  Contrary to what you may have heard, high-fat diets are both malignant for our health in the long-term and short-term, a new study reveals. A new research on rats discovered...

Ever been struck by a toothache?  If not consider yourself lucky, because they are nothing but pain and misery.  A toothache is usually caused when the central region of the tooth, known as the pulp, becomes irritated or inflamed.  The pulp is the location of several nerve endings, therefore, inflammation...

The healthcare system in the United States isn’t the only thing under heat right now because the FDA decided to join the game.  The Food and Drug administration has tackled a variety of issues over the past few months and very recently Daniel G. Schultz, director of FDA’s Center for Devices...

A new study shows a link between breast-feeding and lower risk of breast cancer, among a group of young women who were at a particularly high risk due to family genetics. Many researchers have discovered that lactation helps protect against breast cancer, however, this new study did not find much of...

Pacemakers have been around for years, and they aren’t the most ‘consumer friendly’ gadgets in the market, however, a new innovation by Medtronic, a key pacemaker and defibrillator producer, has changed that, at least to some extent.  In July of 2009 the company’s new innovation, a wireless...

You probably thought that drinking green tea daily would help lower your chances of acquiring cancer; however, according to recent studies, you could be wrong. In a new review, researchers looked at 51 medium-to-high quality researches conducted with more than 1.6 million participants from 1985-2008...

Have you ever wondered why you are the only one being hunted down by blood sucking mosquitoes, while people around you seem to be suffering no trouble?  Is it really because your blood is sweeter?  Recent studies show that sweet blood may not exactly be the problem. Jerry Butler, a PhD professor at...

In late March of 2009 the Novel H1N1 swine influenza was discovered in the small town of La Gloria, Mexico.  Since then the ‘swine flu’ has spread across the globe to over 168 countries, killing reportedly 1154 people with 436 in the United States alone.  The World Health Organization and Central...

From supermodels to surgeons, everyone has been searching for the fountain of youth… or at least some type of anti-aging treatment. The answer to this question could lie in a compound called resveratrol. For years, researchers have been trying to understand how rats that eat a low calorie diet lived...