The US government has decided to recognize around 50 different types of cancer that victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks have been diagnosed with after more than a decade-long wait that has left hundreds dead without proper care or diagnosis. Civilians and first responders that survived the September 11, 2001 attacks but developed cases of varying cancers in the aftermath will now be covered by a... 

A screen shot shows how the Foldit program posed the monkey-virus molecular puzzle. Video-game players have solved a molecular puzzle that stumped scientists for years, and those scientists say the accomplishment could point the way to crowdsourced cures for AIDS and other diseases. “This is one small piece of the puzzle in being able to help with AIDS,” Firas Khatib, a biochemist at the... 

A sweetener used in Diet Coke and many other products is to undergo a safety review over fears that it has harmful effects on human health. An artificial sweetener used in Diet Coke is to undergo an urgent EU safety review. Aspartame is ingested every day by millions of people around the world in more than 6,000 well-known brands of food, drink and medicine. However, it has been the subject of a number... 

A startling ‘hate fact’. Don’t mix with black people unless you want to get an STD. Herpes is just one of them, there are plenty others. According to CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) 50% of all African American women are infected with herpes. In English, that means 1 in 2 are infected. Are you willing to take the risk?  Read More »

Have you ever wondered where do all those viruses, bacteria, parasites and all kind of pests originate from? This is not necessarily cause by warmer climate but more by bad hygiene and disgusting cultures which eat just about anything that moves, including insects and rats which are full of parasites. Here is a partial list with origins of diseases, pests and parasites: Swine Influenza A (H1N1) –...