E-Cigs Are 95% Less Harmful Than Tobacco

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E-Cigs Are 95% Less Harmful Than Tobacco

Electronic cigarettes are around 95 percent less harmful than tobacco and should be promoted as a tool to help smokers quit, according to a study by an agency of Britain's Department of Health. E-cigarettes, tobacco-free devices people use to inhale nicotine-laced vapor, have surged in popularity on both sides of the Atlantic but health organizations have so far been wary of advocating them as a safer alternative to tobacco and governments from California to India have tried to introduce bills to regulate their use more strictly.

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Ebola Returns to Liberia

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Ebola Returns to Liberia

Ebola returns to Liberia — three new cases reported this week in the previously Ebola-free country. People are questioning whether Liberia was really free of the disease to begin with. Liberian health officials reported the death of a 17-year-old boy from Ebola on Sunday, and two other cases of Ebola in people who were with the boy when he died. Liberia is now monitoring more than 100 people who had contact with the boy who died, and this number is expected to increase.

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Listening to the sounds of running water may improve urinary flow

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Listening to the sounds of running water may improve urinary flow

Recent article from Korea says listening to the sound of running water can help improve urinary flow in elderly, which was published in PLOS ONE. Researchers hypothesize that the sound of running water may be effective in the elderly with urination problems. Running water often used to toilet train toddlers.

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Implantable Device Delivers Medicine One Molecule at a Time

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Implantable Device Delivers Medicine One Molecule at a Time

New implantable device, smaller than your index finger, may be able to deliver medicine one molecule at a time. It's a pinpoint-accurate implantable drug pump that could be used to treat fractured spine, pinched nerve, or neurological disorders like epilepsy.

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