Health & Medicine

Study reveals how ionising radiation damages DNA and causes cancer

15 Sep 2016

Links between depression and risk of developing extremist ideas identified

15 Sep 2016

'Opening the patient's skull' after head injury reduces risk of death from brain swelling

08 Sep 2016

Vitamin D can cut risk of severe asthma attacks: study

07 Sep 2016

Implanted device found to help in central sleep apnoea

06 Sep 2016

Aerial spraying to eliminate mosquitoes kills millions of honey bees

03 Sep 2016

WHO extends Zika emergency as Singapore count rises to 189

03 Sep 2016

Trial drug found promising in Alzheimer treatment

03 Sep 2016

Early bed time could signal heart problems in men: study

31 Aug 2016

Factors associated with improvement in survival following heart attack

31 Aug 2016

Heart attack likelier to be misdiagnosed in women than men

31 Aug 2016

Women are twice as likely to receive a wrong diagnosis for a heart attack as men, according to a new study, in which nearly a third of all heart attack patients had an initial diagnosis which was different from their final diagnosis

Maverick Italian, Chinese docs set to attempt first head transplant

31 Aug 2016

Although head transplants have been successfully carried out on dogs and mice, many scientists deride the attempt on a human being as ‘junk science’ that is both unethical and unlikely to succeed

Tasmanian devils evolve to resist deadly cancer

31 Aug 2016

Drug-dispensing contact lens effectively lowers eye pressure in glaucoma model

30 Aug 2016

Imported knee implants a misfit; Indian docs take initiative

30 Aug 2016

Smartphone detects atrial fibrillation with existing hardware

29 Aug 2016

Mediterranean diet better than statins for heart disease: experts

29 Aug 2016

US top doctor, Dr Vivek Murthy advises all US doctors on opioid epidemic

29 Aug 2016

Coffee habits may be genetic, study reveals

29 Aug 2016

People with a newly identified genetic variant in their DNA, called PDSS2, might be inclined to drink fewer cups of coffee than others, reveals new study

3-D-printed structures 'remember' their shapes

27 Aug 2016

Exposure to chemicals released during fracking may harm fertility

27 Aug 2016

Number of TB cases in India is double current estimates, says new study

27 Aug 2016

The number of cases of tuberculosis (TB) in India may be up to two to three times higher than current estimates, suggests a new study

Breast milk sugar may protect babies against deadly infection

27 Aug 2016

Fears over spread of Zika virus from storm

27 Aug 2016

Scientists use ultrasound to jump-start comatose man’s brain

26 Aug 2016