A bone density scan, also known as a DEXA scan, is a procedure that measures the amount of calcium and other minerals in a bone by passing x-rays with two different energy levels through the bone. It shows the strength and thickness of a bone and is usually done in the lower spine, hip, lower...
The buzzword of the year award goes to blockchain It would be a big surprise if the buzzword of the year award would not go to blockchain in 2018. Although the technology is indeed a game-changer, the craze and hype around it remind some experts of the dotcom bubble. As Reuters explained in its analysis, the...
Melody Holmes is hoping her Givealittle crowd funding page will help towards the $100,000 cost of getting stem cell treatment in Russia. “For someone staring into the darkness of a future of pain and disability, that’s an amazing light of hope,” writes Melody Holmes on her Givealittle crowd funding page. She’s talking about the chance to go...
A new treatment which reboots the immune system using stem cell transplantation could relieve MS symptoms Multiple sclerosis (MS), a disease roughly 5,000 people are diagnosed with in the UK every year, is unpredictable and notoriously difficult to treat. That might all be about to change thanks to a breakthrough stem cell study that...
