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Every Drop Of Blood Can Identify Every Virus You've Ever Hosted, Study

By R. Siva Kumar - Jun 06, 2015 11:54 PM EDT

Your blood can be full of all the viruses that have made you ill---and even recovered from--- according to scientists.

Drug Abuse Is Fuelling Rise In HCV Infections

By Peter R - Jun 06, 2015 11:55 PM EDT

The Appalachian states Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia saw a 364 percent rise in number of acute HCV infections during 2006-12.

Researchers Discover Previously Unknown Immune Connection To The Brain

By Peter R - Jun 06, 2015 11:56 PM EDT

The discovery is set to alter textbooks and help throw light on some of the less understood aspects of conditions like Alzheimer's and multiple sclerosis.

Eating Placenta Has No Proven Health Benefits, Researchers Confirm

By Kamal Nayan - Jun 06, 2015 02:06 AM EDT

Eating the placenta might be trendy but there's not any scientific evidence that it protects against depression, pain or has any other benefit.

Flu Shots To Be Tweaked For Greater Efficiency Next Season: CDC

By Peter R - Jun 05, 2015 06:23 PM EDT

During last season health agencies did not expect the H3N2 strain to predominate, rendering vaccines less effective against the flu.

VirScan Blood Test Can Reveal Viral Infections History During Lifetime

By Peter R - Jun 05, 2015 03:26 PM EDT

With just a single drop of blood it is possible to know the entire list of viruses that infected a person up until the moment of testing.

FDA Panel Endorses ‘Female Viagra’ Pill

By Cheri Cheng - Jun 05, 2015 11:31 AM EDT

The advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has voted in favor of approving flibanseri, dubbed the "female Viagra" pill.

Placenta Eating Fad May Do More Harm Than Good: Study

By Peter R - Jun 05, 2015 10:39 AM EDT

Researchers said sans studies to show benefits and risks, women eating placenta are ingesting something they know nothing about.

US Doctors Perform World’s First Skull Scalp Transplant

By Ashwin Subramania - Jun 05, 2015 08:21 AM EDT

A team of doctors from the US performed the world’s first successful skull-scalp transplant on a 55 year old patient who had earlier developed a large head wound during his cancer treatment.

Stephen Hawking Would Consider Assisted Suicide

By Ashwin Subramania - Jun 05, 2015 08:20 AM EDT

Eminent physicist Stephen Hawking has said that he would consider the possibility of ending his life through assisted suicide but only if he felt he had become a 'burden' to his loved ones.

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