A recent study showed that marijuana can help in reducing memory loss in old age. The study showed that specific elements of marijuana can help in reducing inflammation in aging brain. Chronic inflammation in the brain is believed to contribute to memory impairment. Findings reveal that it can also stimulate the formation of new brain cells.

The American and Ugandan scientists have recently spotted a new species of the deadly Ebola virus. 

Back in 2007, wide region in western Uganda was badly affected from the new virus, named Bundibugyo ebolavirus. The scientists from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Columbia University, the Uganda Virus Research Institute, and the Uganda Ministry of Health, informed that the new virus is different from all other known Ebola virus species, differing by more than 30 percent at the genetic level.

A recent study has articulated that taking pine bark extract for a few days prior to a long flight could reduce the severity and the duration of jet lag symptoms. According to Dr. Gianni Belcaro, a lead researcher of the study, Pycnogenol's combined activities for better circulation and antioxidant potency are the reasons for such remarkable results.

A new study in the November issue of Journal of American Geriatrics Society revealed that parents who live to be 100 may pass on the "good genes" to their children. The study which is the first to examine the health of centenarian offspring, found that these children tended to live longer and were substantially less likely to develop diabetes or suffer a heart attack or stroke over four years.

In what is being seen as a revolutionary innovation that will allow patients, paralyzed in accidents which damage the spine, to relearn how to move. A group of engineers in the UK have contributed to the development of a micro technology that could well enable amputees to move artificial limbs through the power of their brains.