Young men shouldn’t have operations as soon as they start losing hair, according to one of the country’s leading hair transplant surgeons.
Samsung's Galaxy tablet computer pulled from show
Samsung Electronics will not promote its new tablet computer at one of the world’s largest electronics shows after sales of the product were blocked in Germany.
Tuberculosis relative could be new vaccine
Injecting modified bacteria related to those which cause tuberculosis could protect against the lung disease, US scientists say.
Experiments on mice showed the injections could completely eliminate tuberculosis bacteria in some cases, Nature Medicine reports.
'Skinny Gene' Discovered by Scientists
The genetic cause of extreme thinness was discovered by British and Swiss researchers, who hope that the breakthrough may lead to new treatments for obesity.
Researchers at Imperial College London and Switzerland’s University of Lausanne said Thursday that people with duplications of chromosome 16 were more likely to be skinny.
Sony rolls out 'personal 3-D' goggle set
A shiny headset that lets you watch 3-D video, play video games or listen to music — not to mention looking at home on an extra from your favorite sci-fi film — is on the way.
Sony on Wednesday announced the HMZ-T1, a head-mounted “personal 3-D viewer,” will be rolled out later this year.
Natural Way to Dye Your Hair
Not long ago I was riding in a boat with a group of Shipibo natives on the Ucayali River in Peru’s Amazon. Sitting beside an older man named Alberto, I commented on his lustrous black hair and lamented that mine was graying while his remained youthful-looking. “Oh, no, man,” he laughed. “I dye my hair!”
Scientists: New Virus Hunts, Kills Cancer Cells
A virus that hunts down and treats cancer was used in patients for the first time, with encouraging results, Canadian researchers said Thursday.
Doctors at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute found that an intravenous injection allowed the JX-594 virus to spread through the bloodstream and infect tumor cells anywhere in the body.
Facebook to Launch Music Service on September 22
Facebook is planning to launch a new online music service on Sept. 22, Forbes reported Wednesday, citing someone familiar with the social network’s plans.
The announcement is expected to come at Facebook’s annual f8 Developer Conference.
PRC schedule of examination for 2011
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Here are the schedules of examinations conducted by the Professional Regulation Commission for this year.
UP-DOST telemedicine project discovers rare skin disease in Mindanao tribe
“A dermatologist may not see this disease in his/her lifetime.” This is how Dr. Belen Dofitas, dermatologist of the University of the Philippines – Philippine General Hospital (UP-PGH), describes Tinea imbricata, a disease found infecting a tribe in Kiamba, Sarangani Province in Mindanao through the telemedicine project of the Philippine Council for Health Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology (PCHRD-DOST) and the University of the Philippines National Telehealth Center (UP-NThC).