Yardloo

Although prevalent belief insists that humans shed 100 hairs daily, no one is quite sure, according to a new study. The current belief also lacks scientific basis and does not indicate whether shedding remains constant with age or if it is similar for men and women.
A better and more reliable way of calculating hair loss [...]

China is emerging as the leading destination for outsourcing in Asia, the big pharmaceutical companies agree. The trends came to light with the release of a PWC report which rates Asian nations on cost, risk and market opportunity of the industry.

China is followed by India and the Asian tigers Korea and Taiwan. And what’s [...]

One-and-a-half-month-old Junaid Alam was barely able to breathe because of his increasing abdominal swelling. But neither he nor his parents knew that the infant was actually carrying the foetus of his sibling inside him.One of the worlds’ bizarre medical conditions, a fetus-in-fetu - that is, a partly formed foetus inside a fully developed human body [...]

Recently, the first patient in the New York City area received incision free surgery for obesity as part of the ongoing multicenter TOGA Pivotal Trial at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (NYP)/Columbia University Medical Center.
TOGA procedure stands for “transoral gastroplasty.” Performed without creating incisions with surgical instruments, it is designed to alter the patient’s stomach anatomy to give [...]

A breakthrough imaging technology may now enable doctors with to diagnose osteoarthritis (OA) so early that they could prevent or reduce permanent damage to patients’ joints.
Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint condition causing inflammation, swelling, pain, and stiffness. It’s often treated with musculoskeletal system drugs and/or surgery.
Recently, scientists from New York University (NYU) reported about the [...]

According to a new study, happiness and optimism may play a role against breast cancer while adverse life events can increase the risk of developing the disease.
Breast cancer is the second most common type of cancer after lung cancer and starts in the cells of the breast in men and women. The mainstay of [...]

Being overweight is a pain, and trying to lose flab is an even bigger pain. However, now if scientists are to be believed, then the world could finally be greeted with a pharmaceutical drug that makes you lose wait.

As appears in the news, the U.S. government researchers reported that, an epilepsy drug when tested for [...]

Canadian youths aged 18 – 30, are now being encouraged online to practice safer sex and get HIV tested. The Internet makes for just the right hang out for the young people where most of them can be found listening to music and more.

Many are concerned about the Canadian youth’s sexual health because of misconceptions [...]

Exceedingly detested but true, when diseases once treatable cease to respond to pharmaceutical drugs, the consequences can be devastating. However, things could change if the scientists succeed in successfully testing a newly developed mechanism to thwart drug resistance.It’s impossible to talk of drug resistance and not mention the super bug, “Staphylococcus aureus.” Often it’s the [...]

Biotechnology is the science of making use of living organisms and their constituents to produce services and goods.Biotechnological products are produced by manipulating and modifying organisms, usually at molecular level. It is a vast discipline and has numerous practical applications in agriculture, medicine and industry.

Biotechnology brings together the knowledge, procedures and practices a large array [...]