While cranberries and its juice are often recommended as a natural cure for urinary tract infections (UTI), a new study suggests differently. Researchers carried out a study in a nursing home and discovered that efforts to use cranberries to avert infections were futile.
Scientists say that common swifts can apparently fly around the world for as long as 10 months straight in a year.
The largest marine park in the world has been created by 24 countries and the European Union, covering 1.5 million square kilometers of ocean, which is known as the Ross Sea in the Antarctic Ocean. Russia has finally agreed to this conservation proposal after five previous attempts.
Patient Zero (also known as Gaetan Dugas), who is thought to be the source of the HIV outbreak, is one of the most controversial patients in history. However, scientists have cleared his name over two decades after his death.
Eat bananas while you can as you may not be able to taste them again unless Science solves the problem.
As part of a study to understand the effects of space exploration on the human body, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, who was stationed in space for a year, has returned. He brought to light key health issues faced by astronauts. Interestingly, among those facts is that he has grown two inches taller.
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has updated its guidelines on safe sleeping habits for new born infants in a bid to decrease the chances of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).
A nurse in Texas has settled a lawsuit initiated against the hospital where she worked and came into contact with the deadly Ebola virus. Nina Pham was the first known case of human transmission of the disease in the United States.
With more than 2,000 men diagnosed with breast cancer annually, Michael Singer, 56, a breast cancer survivor, is now engaged in efforts to draw attention to this silent killer. While Singer noticed a lump on his chest, he delayed attending to it unaware that men could be prone to the condition, which is primarily associated with women.
Scientists claim that ancient cave lions may have been hunted to extinction by prehistoric people. Researchers believe that they have found the remains of a cave-lion pelt inside a cave. The pelt was evidently used for covering a ritual hut, which may have been built about 16,000 years ago.
