Instead of taking a biopsy and waiting on the results to come back, doctors could someday use a special, flat microscope to scan the skin to check for skin cancer right there in their office. German researchers have developed a microscope that can scan large areas. The team of researchers at the ... Read more...
It’s official: cell phone radiation can actually lead to cancer, according to an extensive study by the World Health Organization. WHO’s International Agency for Research of Cancer team that worked on the study included 31 scientists from 14 countries. The results, which found that exposure... Read more...
Melanin saves the day again... Tiny, melanin-covered nanoparticles may protect bone marrow from the harmful effects of radiation therapy, according to scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University who successfully tested the strategy in mouse models. Infusing these pa... Read more...
So, I was coming home and I came across some young men, singing the new Lil Wayne song. I guess blurting out ignorance in public is the new trendy thing to do. A funny feeling came over me, I was young once, but never so disrespectful. As I was walking, I realized this ignorance isn’t their fa... Read more...
Cancer is a man-made disease fuelled by the excesses of modern life, a study of ancient remains has found. Tumours were rare until recent times when pollution and poor diet became issues, the review of mummies, fossils and classical literature found. A greater understanding of its orig... Read more...
Jeff, Eric (It’s The Real) and Jensen sit down with Just Blaze for their latest Hype Men podcast and honestly, this is probably the best one. EPISODE 7: super producer Just Blaze joins the Hype Men to discuss what he owes the Diplomats + his portrayal in Jay-Z’s movie Fade To Black + early ... Read more...
According to Urban Dictionary, the above video is a Saturday Night Live skit written by Robert Smigel which was intended to be a parody of the educational cartoon series “School House Rock.” The stimulus for the video, according to a few sources I read, may have been the firing of N... Read more...
The following is a transcription of a conversation between Credo Mutwa and Steve, who is helping him to communicate his information through this website. It was recorded on Sunday, April 29th 2001 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Credo: "I wish to appeal to the world. First, I am not a quack or... Read more...
Insufficient exposure to sunshine, resulting in low levels of vitamin D, could play a part in a wide-range of diseases, from multiple sclerosis to rheumatoid arthritis, some cancers and even dementia, scientists say today. A study funded by the Medical Research Council, the Wellcome Trust and o... Read more...