Scientists have reversed paralysis in dogs after injecting them with cells grown from the lining of their nose. The Cambridge University team is cautiously optimistic the technique could eventually have a role in the treatment of human patients.
A cure for arthritis may be coming soon thanks to a breakthrough in stem cell research from the University of Manchester.
On a cycling website, a man from Minneapolis and his wife told the story of her father, a 79-year-old man with some dementia and how they taught him to ride a bike after 50 years. He still shovels snow and mows the grass… but he didn't remember what childhood bikes were for. But, after a little practice, feeling the wind in his face, he was all smiles.
His brain and body shattered were in a horrible accident as a young boy. He wasn't supposed to live. At 45, Bret Dunlap thought just being able to hold down a job, keep an apartment, and survive on his own added up to a good enough life. Then he discovered running.
Incredible Feat: After Annette Fredskov was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, and perhaps wanting to create an unbreakable bond with her own body to ward off the expected degeneration of nerve cells, she began an incredible streak of marathon running that has landed her in the media worldwide. At 41, the Danish woman ran 26.2 miles every single day for the last year, and a double marathon on day #365.
To promote the February Sochi Olympics, the Russian Olympic Committee has added a machine in the Moscow subway that gives a free ticket if you can complete at least 30 squats within two minutes.
Facebook is making it easier for people who express suicidal thoughts on the social networking site to get help. A program launched Tuesday enables users to instantly connect with a crisis counselor through Facebook's chat messaging system.
You can be as fit or fitter than a much younger person. I firmly believe that we have underestimated as a culture, and maybe even in the field of exercise science, what older adults are capable of doing.
Half of all Alzheimer's disease cases could be prevented by lifestyle changes such as exercise, eating healthily and not smoking, claim researchers.
Primary pupils will receive free school meals as part of a six-month pilot project in Scotland that will improve the diets for all children by providing a nutritious lunch.
Big news on several fronts: against the overuse of antibiotics in agriculture and for healthier food for school children. The Chicago Public Schools announced that its main food-service company, Chartwells-Thompson Hospitality, will begin buying and serving chicken drumsticks from birds raised in the local area without antibiotics. The deal will bring 1.2 million pounds of chicken to 473 schools per year.
After participating in a prevention program at school, European teenagers were about half as likely to attempt suicide or to feel suicidal, according to a new study involving 11,000 students and published in The Lancet.
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