Thomas Carannante : Science World Report

Mar 21, 2014 01:27 PM EDT

Ocean Conservation Group: 20 Percent of All Captured Fish is Trashed

Oceana has found that what hte United States wastes annually is nearly equivalent to what the rest of the world catches in the same time period.

Mar 21, 2014 12:38 PM EDT

Argentine Woman Dies After Injecting Vaseline into Her Breasts: Deadly Boob Job

Spending $10,000 has never sounded so good before. It was reported earlier today that a 39-year-old Argentinian woman died several weeks after injecting her breasts with Vaseline in hopes of increasing her bra size.

Mar 21, 2014 11:50 AM EDT

Malaysia Airlines Aircraft Disappearance May Encourage Better Flight Technology

Despite the availability of technology that can track planes and other aircraft in real time, the technology has not been widely utilized by airlines or their regulators because of concerns over cost as well as the small likelihood of flight crashes and disappearances.

Mar 21, 2014 10:38 AM EDT

Women at Risk for Breast Cancer Can Benefit From Frequent Mammograms

The National Health Service is comprised of the four publicly funded healthcare systems in the countries of the United Kingdom. They recently conducted the largest breast cancer study in the UK and seek to help those with a higher risk.

Mar 21, 2014 10:30 AM EDT

Texas 12-Year-Old with 'Hypothalamic Obesity' to Receive Gastric Bypass Surgery

Approximately 12.5 million children aged 2-19 in the United States are considered obese or overweight. Yet few of them are as overweight as Alexis Shapiro, who will be receiving gastric bypass surgery because of her hypothalamic obesity condition.

Mar 21, 2014 10:23 AM EDT

New Meningitis B Vaccine Introduced in the UK for Children

Novartis, a world leader in providing healthcare solutions for patients and societies, will soon offer the new Bexsero vaccine that defends against meningitis B. The National Health Service may offer it for free.

Mar 20, 2014 08:32 PM EDT

Weight of Children Isn't Necessarily Indicative of Physical Health

It’s never a good sign when a child is overweight or obese, but a new study shows that weight isn’t a deciding factor of physical health, nor does it indicate an imminent risk of type-2 diabetes.

Mar 20, 2014 08:31 PM EDT

New Guidelines for Heart Disease Could Mean More Statin Prescriptions

The American College of Cardiology recently revised its guidelines on risk factors for heart disease and stroke, which loosened the eligibility for those with heart disease to be treated with cholesterol-reducing statins.

Mar 20, 2014 08:01 PM EDT

Genetic Disorder Discovered for Children Who Don't Cry

Researchers at Duke University are crediting a blog created by an associate professor at the University of Utah for their discovery of a new genetic disorder that is responsible for a child’s inability to cry.

Mar 20, 2014 04:07 PM EDT

Human Nose Can Sniff Out Over 1 Trillion Smells: Odors from Fragrant to Acidic

Ernest C. Crocker and Llyod F. Harrison were two American chemists. In 1927 they published a paper noting that the human nose can tell the difference between four different odors (fragrant, acidic, caprylic, and burnt) allowing them to detect over 10,000 different scents.

Mar 20, 2014 03:05 PM EDT

Earliest Case of Cancer Found in 3,000-Year-Old Human

Archaeologists have now discovered that complete cases of cancer existed over 3,000 years ago after finding the ancient remains of a human who died from the disease.

Mar 20, 2014 01:25 PM EDT

Protective Brain Molecule Could Fight Alzheimer's Disease and Save Cognitive Function

The cause for Alzheimer’s disease is still unknown, but researchers have been looking for ways to maintain a healthy brain to prevent the sixth leading cause of death in the U.S. from affecting one of the body’s most vital organs.