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Cosmetics May Accelerate Menopause By Four Years

By R. Siva Kumar - Feb 02, 2015 07:00 PM EST

A study shows that women who use lipstick, nail polishes, perfumes, body and hair care products may advance towards their menopause four years earlier.

Super Bowl Snacking Trumps Thanksgiving Dinner in Calorie Counts

By Peter R - Feb 02, 2015 09:43 AM EST

A new study shows that Americans consume more calories per serving, leaving behind Thanksgiving binge by a large margin.

Seattle African-American Sues Cops For Unprovoked Pepper-Spray Attack

By R. Siva Kumar - Feb 02, 2015 09:38 AM EST

After speaking at a Black Lives Matter Rally, Jesse Hagopian was pepper-sprayed while walking and speaking on his cell-phone.

Google Creating 'Synthetic Skin' To Detect Cancer

By R. Siva Kumar - Feb 02, 2015 09:16 AM EST

At its hidden research centre, Google X laboratories is creating a wristband to identify and prevent cancer.

Roald Dahl's Lost A Child To Measles, Pleaded For Vaccinations

By R. Siva Kumar - Jan 31, 2015 07:07 PM EST

The anti-vaxxers have created a false scare that the MMR vaccinations lead to autism, say experts.

Why Your Poop is Worth $ 13,000 a Year

By Peter R - Jan 31, 2015 01:14 PM EST

Non-profit Open Biome which has been mailing frozen human waste across the country for treating C.difficile, pays $ 40 for every sample.

NATO's Bombs Killing Mostly Afghan Children

By R. Siva Kumar - Jan 30, 2015 06:15 PM EST

Although NATO troops have moved out of Afghanistan, they have left a lot of disastrous bombs behind.

How To Earn an Extra $13,000 A Year Off Your Feces

By R. Siva Kumar - Jan 30, 2015 05:11 PM EST

OpenBiome assesses and transports poop all over the country so that doctors can give it to patients that host C.difficile bacteria.

Futuristic hospital with robots opens up in San Francisco: The UCSF Mission Bay Hospital

By Staff Reporter - Jan 30, 2015 04:58 PM EST

University of California at San Francisco's Medical Center at Mission Bay is set to open on Super Bowl Sunday and it will be the first hospital in the world to have a range of autonomous mobile robots programmed to transport items such as meals, medications, linens and lab specimens.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to donate $50 million to Stanford University research unit

By Staff Reporter - Jan 30, 2015 04:29 PM EST

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is donating $50 million to a Stanford University research unit which will work to produce vaccines that make the most out of the human body's natural disease-fighting abilities.

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