Health & Medicine

Four common anti-psychotic drugs lack safety, effectiveness in older adults: study

29 Nov 2012

Risk of childhood obesity can be predicted at birth

29 Nov 2012

Study points to potential new therapies for cancer and other diseases

28 Nov 2012

Measles vaccine with micro-needle patch could enhance global immunisation programmes

28 Nov 2012

Engineering a photo-switch for nerve cells in the eye and brain

26 Nov 2012

Researchers link new molecular culprit to breast cancer progression

26 Nov 2012

Blood test predicts level of enzymes that facilitate disease progression

26 Nov 2012

Surgeons perform aortic valve replacement through catheter on 94-year patient

By By Rachel Champeau | 24 Nov 2012

New insights into a virus proteome: scientists identify unknown proteins of the herpesvirus

24 Nov 2012

Medical devices powered by the ear itself

23 Nov 2012

For the first time, researchers power an implantable electronic device using an electrical potential — a natural battery — deep in the inner ear

New injectable gels to aid in drug delivery, tissue engineering

23 Nov 2012

G proteins regulate remodelling of blood vessels

22 Nov 2012

Study finds how bacteria inactivate immune defences

21 Nov 2012

Bacterial DNA sequence used to map an infection outbreak

20 Nov 2012

The first time, researchers have used DNA sequencing to help bring an infectious disease outbreak in a hospital to a close

Transforming Tuberculosis control

20 Nov 2012

Arthritis study reveals why gender bias is all in the genes

19 Nov 2012

Bioprinting has promising future

19 Nov 2012

Smartphones and high-tech laboratories to reveal health effects of environmental pollutants

19 Nov 2012

Smartphones and high-tech laboratories to reveal health effects of environmental pollutants

19 Nov 2012

Scientists unravel resistance to breast cancer treatment

15 Nov 2012

Social isolation disrupts myelin production

15 Nov 2012

Hopscotch mats keep you moving while having fun

15 Nov 2012

Understanding antibiotic resistance using crystallography and computation

14 Nov 2012

Physicians fail to disclose conflicts of interest on social media

14 Nov 2012

Life-saving role of heart attack centres confirmed in new study

14 Nov 2012