Category: Medical Updates

The Nose Knows?

21 March, 2008 (03:35) | Medical Updates | By: webadmin

A study published in the British Journal suggests dogs can sniff out bladder cancer in people. Urine from 36 bladder-cancer patients and 108 volunteers was used. Each dog had to sniff seven samples and lay down next to the one from the cancer patient. The dogs’ average success rate was 41% compared [...]

Migraine Is Good For The Memory

20 March, 2008 (03:24) | Medical Updates | By: webadmin

People with migraine suffer less memory loss over time than the unafflicted. Researcher from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that while migraineurs scored lower on memory tests at the start of their study, they showed 17 percent less cognitive decline than non-migraineurs 12 years later.
Source : Reader’s Digest, August 2006, pg [...]