Posts Categorized: Health News

Selfies Can Improve Your Oral Health

Selfie Health Benefits

“Selfies” have become a pretty common occurrence due to the quality of today’s camera phones. While many people tend to lament the younger generation’s affinity for taking selfies all the time, there are some benefits to doing so besides vanity. For example, recent studies have shown that taking a video selfie while brushing one’s teeth can…

Brain Machine Helps Paralysis Patients

Paralysis Patients

Continuing advancements in the field of robotics has led to some incredible medical results over the last few years. Just take for example the Walk Again Project, which is a research project currently taking place in São Paulo, Brazil, in which patients suffering from paralysis of the lower limbs have regained partial sensation and muscle control after…

FDA: Raw Cookie Dough a Major No No

FDA on Raw Cookie Dough

Anyone who bakes cookies knows, there’s nothing quite like eating a bit of raw cookie dough from the spoon. However, it may be that raw cookie dough isn’t the healthiest thing to eat. The Dangers of Raw Cookie Dough The FDA recently released a warning against the consumption of raw cookie dough. There are a…

Liquid Aspirin a Potential Breakthrough in Treating Brain Tumors

Treating Brain Tumors

The Brain Tumour Research Centre of Excellence, located at the University of Portsmouth in England, recently revealed potentially groundbreaking research in regards to the use of a new liquid aspirin in the treatment of brain tumors. There will be 23,770 new brain tumor cases and 16,050 deaths related to brain and nervous system cancers this year…

Compound in Marijuana May Treat Alzheimer’s Disease

Medical Marijuana

Alzheimer’s disease continues to be a serious problem, especially with experts believing that Alzheimer’s patients will triple in the United States alone by 2050. Because of this, there has been a large effort by the medical community to identify an effective treatment. In fact, a recent study revealed that marijuana may be the key to…