Health & Medicine

New tool in the fight against tropical diseases

05 Mar 2013

Born with HIV, child cured in the US

04 Mar 2013

In a medical breakthrough, doctors in the US disclosed at a medical conference on Sunday how they effectively cured a child born with HIV infection

Scientists unlock the why and how of an age-old treatment

By By Robert Perkins | 04 Mar 2013

Seven genetic risk factors found to be associated with common eye disorder

04 Mar 2013

Bowel cancers reshuffle their genetic pack to cheat treatment

02 Mar 2013

A better bone marrow transplant: preventing graft-versus-host disease

02 Mar 2013

Chemists find help from nature in fighting cancer

By By Anne Trafton, MIT News Office | 02 Mar 2013

Study of several dozen compounds based on a fungal chemical shows potent anti-tumour activity.

Yale study reveals origins of body fat

By By Bill Hathaway | 01 Mar 2013

New tool in the fight against tropical diseases

01 Mar 2013

Psychogenic diseases linked to abnormal brain activity

27 Feb 2013

Exposure to antiepileptic drug in womb linked to autism risk

26 Feb 2013

Researchers to pinpoint genetic causes of osteoarthritis

26 Feb 2013

Study finds ‘Internet addicts’ can suffer withdrawal symptoms similar to substance abusers

25 Feb 2013

Study finds ‘Internet addicts’ can suffer withdrawal symptoms similar to substance abusers

25 Feb 2013

Stanford researchers develop tool for reading the minds of mice

By By Bjorn Carey | 22 Feb 2013

Stanford scientists have developed a system for observing real-time brain activity in a live mouse. The device could prove useful in studying new treatments for neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's.

Molecular basis found for tissue specific immune regulation in eye and kidney

21 Feb 2013

New therapeutics that could accelerate wound healing

By By Davin Malasarn | 21 Feb 2013

Analysis links ozone levels, cardiac arrest

20 Feb 2013

Eight years’ worth of data drawn from Houston’s extensive network of air-quality monitors and more than 11,000 concurrent out-of-hospital cardiac arrests has found a positive correlation between cardiac arrests and exposure to both fine particulate matter and ozone

Minimally invasive test provides best alternative to colonoscopy

20 Feb 2013

Stress at work very unlikely to cause cancer

19 Feb 2013

Work-related stress is not directly linked to the development of colorectal, lung, breast or prostate cancers, but can cause other contributing factors, according to a new study

Scientists create MRI for nanoscale imaging

19 Feb 2013

Designer blood clots: artificial platelets could treat battlefield injuries

16 Feb 2013

Scientists are developing new biomaterials, including artificial blood platelets laced with chemicals, packed in an injector the size of an iPhone to speed up clotting from combat injuries

Researchers find genetic key to preventing spine tumours

16 Feb 2013

Smoking intensity and cancer markers predict seriousness of bladder cancer

16 Feb 2013

Not all fat is packaged the same way, Yale researchers find

By By Bill Hathaway | 15 Feb 2013