Can a blood test detect cancer? Scientists use nanoparticles of gold for new early warning method

A blood test can detect cancer within just 10 minutes, scientists have found, raising hopes that hard-to-spot diseases could be picked up early when treatment is most effective. Currently, doctors use symptoms and a range of tests and biopsies to determine if cancer is present, a process that can sometimes take months. The new method… Read More: Can a blood test detect cancer? Scientists use nanoparticles of… »

The Filthiest Things You Can Touch at the Gym, According to a Real Employee

Getty ImagesHenn Photography The high traffic of people that your gym services could make it a breeding ground for germs and viruses, with the equipment serving as a petri dish for bacteria to thrive as you pump iron. Those germs and viruses could result you contracting a common cold or something far more serious, like… Read More: The Filthiest Things You Can Touch at the Gym, According… »

A nutritionist said a serving of French fries should be six pieces and we are still reeling, to be honest

The New York Times recently came to a realization that will be not-at-all-surprising to most. Although potatoes are a vegetable, eating them with wild abandon in deep-fried form may not by the wisest of things to do — nutritionally speaking, anyway. The inflammatory article, entitled “You Don’t Want Fries with That,” offers an overview of… Read More: A nutritionist said a serving of French fries should be… »