More than 5000 people each year die due to abestos. Abestos is a naturally occuring silicate mineral that affects the lungs badly. Abestos was mostly present in construction materials and buildings before 2000 and ususally workers got infected by inhaling it. This disease will not…

Sections of DNA that control when women go through the menopause have been identified by scientists.Their report, in the journal Nature Genetics, identified genes involved in how the body repairs itself. Ultimately the findings could contribute to a fertility or menopause test, or lead to…

Beginning in 1998, Washington, DC, wasn’t permitted to use its funds to support needle exchanges. Changing that policy spared an estimated 120 drug users from HIV infection over a two-year period, per a study by George Washington Universitypublished today in AIDS and Behavior. The change…

Weight loss surgery cures half of patients with type-2 diabetes, for at least five years, a study suggests. The trial, on 60 people, published in the Lancet, found none of those with type 2 had been cured by medication and diet alone. The surgery improves…