Powerful New Painkiller Has Addiction Experts Worried
"Drug companies are working to develop a pure, more powerful version of the nation’s second most-abused medicine, which has addiction experts worried that it could spur a new wave of abuse.The...
Brain Scans Help Predict Alzheimer’s Disease Early
"Alzheimer’s disease has always been difficult to diagnose — the only way to identify it definitively is by autopsying the brain after death — but scientists may now have an easier way to spot...
Sun 'stops chickenpox spreading'
"The University of London team found chickenpox less common in regions with high UV levels, reports the journal Virology. Sunlight may inactivate viruses on the skin, making it harder...
States to weigh in on basic health coverage
span class="articleLocation">"U.S. health officials will allow states to select the basic set of medical benefits that must be offered by insurance plans participating in new exchanges mandated...
Haemophilia gene therapy shows early success
"Just one injection could be enough to mean people with haemophilia B no longer need medication, according to an early study in the UK and the US.Six patients were given a virus that infects...
Nintendo's creative leader working on 'Something really new'
"Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of beloved Nintendo game franchises including "Super Mario," "Donkey Kong" and the "Legend of Zelda," wants to make something new."I am really keen to work on...
Scientists Find a Black Hole the Size of 21 Billion Suns
"They're huge. They're voracious. They're blacker than a panther on a moonless night. They're black holes, the mind-bending, space-warping cosmic objects with gravity so insanely powerful that...
Why American Presidents (and Some Oscar Winners) Live Longer
"American presidents seem to age before our eyes. But the common belief that high-office stress grays our leaders faster than usual — possibly even hastening death — may be a myth, new...
Chinese court rejects Apple lawsuit over iPad name
"A court in southern China has rejected a lawsuit by Apple Inc, accusing a Chinese technology company of infringing its iPad trademark, a newspaper reported on Tuesday, the latest...
Stem cell therapy poised to come in from the cold
span class="articleLocation">"A rogue surgeon injects stem cells from a fetus into a sick man's brain. The cells morph and form body parts. When the man dies, the pathologist finds cartilage,...
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