October 2015

With increasing interest in health and fitness to counter the effects of a modern stress-filled lifestyle, various fusion and experimental fitness methods like aqua aerobics, with its "therapeutic" effects, have become a "growing trend", say experts.

Thirty three percent of a total of 1,252 Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus cases reported over the past four years in Saudi Arabia took place within hospitals, a media report said on Saturday.

Eli Lilly and Company plans to add 30,000 square feet and approximately 50 new jobs to its research and development presence at the Alexandria Center for Life Science in New York, New York.

Researchers have found a way to use diamonds to act as beacons in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans and identify cancerous tumours before they become life-threatening.

A compound that blocks the Ebola virus's ability to replicate has been found to provide full protection to monkeys when treated three days after the deadly infection, researchers have reported.

The US Food and Drug Administration approved Alkermes Inc's Aristada (aripiprazole lauroxil) extended release injection to treat adults with schizophrenia.  Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe and disabling brain disorder affecting about one percent of Americans. Typically, symptoms are first seen in adults younger than 30 years of age. Aristada is administered by a health care professional every four to six weeks using an injection in the arm or buttocks.

Researchers at Britain's University of Exeter and the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology say that edible gifts given by male crickets to their female partners during mating contain unique proteins which could affect the females' behavior. The study was published in the journal PLOS ONE.