Health & Fitness
Gradual smoking cessation may be possible with nicotine addiction pill
February 18, 2015
Gradual smoking cessation may be possible with nicotine addiction pill
A nicotine addiction pill can help smokers quit gradually when they can't go cold turkey, a study finds, suggesting that it…
Long-term meditation tied to less brain loss
February 18, 2015
Long-term meditation tied to less brain loss
Meditation over many years is tied to smaller age-related decreases in brain volume, according to a new study.People who reported…
Anti-gravity fitness combines yoga, ballet moves
February 17, 2015
Anti-gravity fitness combines yoga, ballet moves
AIRBarre, a new group fitness class, combines the dance-based moves of a ballet barre class with the suspension hammocks of…
Stem cells offer promising key to new malaria drugs: U.S. research
February 15, 2015
Stem cells offer promising key to new malaria drugs: U.S. research
Human stem cells engineered to produce renewable sources of mature, liver-like cells can be grown and infected with malaria to…
26% of Egyptians suffer hypertension
February 15, 2015
26% of Egyptians suffer hypertension
Dr. Mohamed Mohsen Ibrahim, head of the Egyptian Society of Hypertension, said official statistics indicate that 26 percent of Egyptian…
Hormone drugs boost ovarian cancer risk by 40%
February 13, 2015
Hormone drugs boost ovarian cancer risk by 40%
Menopausal women who take hormone replacement therapy (HRT) boost the risk of ovarian cancer by 40 percent, even if they…
Lifestyle puts 1 in 4 Saudis at heart attack risk, study says
February 13, 2015
Lifestyle puts 1 in 4 Saudis at heart attack risk, study says
Social media are turning Saudis into "electronic potatoes" and contributing to unhealthy lifestyles which leave one in four at risk…
51 patients cured after 3-month treatment with Sovaldi
February 12, 2015
51 patients cured after 3-month treatment with Sovaldi
Medhat Hosny, director of the Hepatic Viruses department of the Kabbari General Hospital in Alexandria, said in a statement on…
Fatal smoking risks may be higher than thought
February 12, 2015
Fatal smoking risks may be higher than thought
A new study suggests that smoking may be responsible for 60,000 to 120,000 more deaths in the U.S. each year…
Award-winning Egyptian scientist says nanotechnology working against tumors
February 11, 2015
Award-winning Egyptian scientist says nanotechnology working against tumors
Egyptian scientist Mostafa al-Sayed, who won the US National Medal of Science, the highest decoration in science in the United…