Penn State College of Medicine has received Phase II funding through Grand Challenges Explorations, an initiative created by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that enables researchers worldwide to test unorthodox ideas that address persistent health and development challenges. Jose A. Stoute, M.D., associate professor of medicine, microbiology and immunology will continue … [Read more...]

In a phase II study conducted by researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, 41 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), a liver cancer that often does not respond well to chemotherapy, were treated with very low levels of an electromagnetic field emitting from a spoon-like device placed in the patients’ mouths.After six months, the tumors in 14 patients had … [Read more...]

In the first study of its kind, scientists strapped magnetic field monitors on pregnant women to determine their level of exposure, and studied whether it was associated with the risk of asthma in their children. They found that children born to women with the highest levels of exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMF), including from microwaves, hair dryers and power lines, had … [Read more...]

Four Corners, Australia’s television current affairs program, recently visited several wind-farming hot-spots across Australia to meet the people who claim they are simply collateral damage as the nation scrambles to embrace renewable energy.People forced to live close to wind farms have been expressing concern that the noise from the turbines is affecting their health. They … [Read more...]

An initial animal study of a next-generation transcutaneous C-Pulse® Heart Assist System conducted at Texas Heart Institute in Houston showed that a combined driver and C-Pulse cuff implanted around the heart's aorta can be successfully powered from a wireless, external battery unit. The driver, which controls the C-Pulse cuff, was miniaturized and implanted inside the animal … [Read more...]