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The Medical Skills of the Malabar Doctors in Tranquebar, India as Recorded by Surgeon T L F Folly, 1798 The research paper on the medical skills of Tamil people of 17th century AD was recorded by A Danish surgeon T L F Folly. NIKLAS THODE JENSEN, a PhD scholar of Department of History, The Saxo Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark traced out the foot...
By Emma WilkinsonHealth reporter, BBC NewsUS researchers have for the first time encouraged substantial regrowth in nerves controlling voluntary movement after spinal cord injury.By manipulating an enzyme involved in cell growth, researchers were able to regenerate spinal cord nerves in mice, Nature Neuroscience reports. It follows similar work on repairing the optic nerve to restore sight.UK experts said the next challenge would be to...
A breath test could one day be used to detect four of the most common types of cancer, say scientists.Researchers have developed sensors that can spot chemical signs of lung, breast, bowel and prostate cancer in a person's breath.They believe further work could lead to a cheap, portable "electronic nose" that can help doctors diagnose cancer at an early stage.The scientists carried out tests...