Health & Medicine

Rush-hour pollution increases risk of heart disease: study

10 Dec 2014

Peptide shows great promise for treating spinal cord iknjury

10 Dec 2014

Scientists discover brain mechanism that drives us to eat glucose

10 Dec 2014

Genetic errors linked to more ALS cases than scientists had thought

09 Dec 2014

‘Patients-in-waiting’: Even the perceived risk of disease prompts intention to act

09 Dec 2014

Type 2 diabetes risk starts in pregnancy

09 Dec 2014

Indian scientists develop cheap tongue test to diagnose diseases

08 Dec 2014

Scientists evolve new cancer-fighting pill from broccoli

08 Dec 2014

Glassy protein solution may cause eyesight deterioration

08 Dec 2014

New revolutionary sensor links pressure to colour change

08 Dec 2014

‘Superbugs’ getting more resistant to antibiotics, research shows

06 Dec 2014

Fat a culprit in fibrotic lung damage

06 Dec 2014

Air pollution in Delhi worsens during winter: study

05 Dec 2014

New Approach for Treating ALS

05 Dec 2014

Obesity fuels silent heart damage

05 Dec 2014

Laboratory breakthrough offers promise for spinal cord injury patients to breathe on their own again

04 Dec 2014

Breakfast increases brain chemical involved in regulating food intake, Cravings: researchers

04 Dec 2014

Blood vessel receptor that responds to light may be new target for vascular disease treatments

03 Dec 2014

AIDS virus evolving to become less harmful to humans

03 Dec 2014

The HIV virus is slowing in its ability to cause AIDS, according to a study of more than 2,000 women in Africa

Thermal paper cash register receipts account for high bisphenol-A levels in humans

03 Dec 2014

Researchers found a rapid increase of BPA in the blood of research subjects after using a skin care product and then touching a thermal paper store receipt with BPA

For docs, more biology info means less empathy for mental health patients

03 Dec 2014

Doubling saturated fat in the diet does not increase saturated fat in blood: study

02 Dec 2014

New research links diabetes, heart disease risk to diet high in carbs, not fat

Study finds high incidence of campylobacter contamination in chicken in UK stores

01 Dec 2014

Researchers develop inhalable measles vaccine

01 Dec 2014

Stem cell transplants for Parkinson’s disease edging closer

01 Dec 2014