Chimps and Humans Share Basic Brain Skills Essential for Cooking

Chimps and Humans Share Basic Brain Skills Essential for Cooking

A new study has proven that chimpanzees actually have the mental capacity to cook. The study conducted by a pair of scientists out of Harvard and Yale actually found that chimps and humans share some of the basic brain skills needed for cooking. This finding could actually explain a turning point in the story of man kind.

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Ebola Survivors Should Use Condoms Indefinitely

Ebola Survivors Should Use Condoms Indefinitely

Liberian officials have declared that with 42 days free of Ebola, that the country may be rid of this disease. However, scientists and health officials are monitoring any effect that may spark a relapse. New findings support that the ebola virus may be living in semen for many days after.

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Will you be able to change your blood type?

Will you be able to change your blood type?

Scientists have been trying to find a solution to blood transfusions and other health issues that require blood. But if hospitals and other healthcare providers don't have their particular blood type, what can they do? Well researchers think they're closer to being able to interchange blood types.

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Personal genome sequencing – the next trend in healthcare?

Personal genome sequencing – the next trend in healthcare?

Angeline Jolie had everyone talking a few weeks ago when she announced the removal of her ovaries. Many wondered how she came to understand her aggressive family history of Cancer so well. Personal genome sequencing. Not sure what that is? We explore for you.  

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Medical breakthroughs on the horizon for 2013

Medical breakthroughs on the horizon for 2013

Medical research is an ongoing, ever-challenging process, filled with endless peaks and valleys of success and failure.  

When an experimental treatment proves ineffective, researchers must re-evaluate their methods and try something slightly different, or even start from scratch.  On the other hand, when it’s successful, it’s big news in the medical community, and provides promise for people afflicted with the condition it’s aimed at treating.  

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What Does Health Care Reform Mean for Patients?

What Does Health Care Reform Mean for Patients?

The debate surrounding the passage of the health-care reform finally comes to an end. Now that it has passed, let's take a look at how the bill will affect the average patient. The stated goals of reform were to insure more Americans while reducing the costs of the delivery of health care. Does it do so?

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