Health & Medicine

New technique could do away with insulin jabs for diabetics

26 Aug 2016

Long commutes increase weight, make you less healthy

26 Aug 2016

One day you could swallow batteries to power ingestible medical devices

25 Aug 2016

Non-toxic, edible batteries could one day power ingestible devices for diagnosing and treating disease

Soda tax linked to drop in sugary beverage drinking

24 Aug 2016

Card costing 1 dollar can test for substandard drugs

24 Aug 2016

World's first Leprosy vaccine developed in India to go on trial soon

24 Aug 2016

If first-of-its-kind leprosy vaccine developed in India shows good results, a pilot vaccination programme will be extended to other high-prevalence districts in the country

Scientists find a salty way to kill MRSA

23 Aug 2016

Playing bagpipes could trigger fatal lung condition: research

23 Aug 2016

Lousy jobs hurt your health by the time you're in your 40s

22 Aug 2016

Lousy jobs hurt your health by the time you're in your 40s

22 Aug 2016

Do Pokémon Go and augmented reality games offer real health benefits?

22 Aug 2016

Research suggests Parkinson’s detectable by eye test

20 Aug 2016

Gallstone disease linked to increased risk of coronary heart disease

20 Aug 2016

Health risks from wildfires to increase under climate change

20 Aug 2016

App helps dementia patients find memories

20 Aug 2016

Yale study identifies how Zika virus infects the placenta

19 Aug 2016

Common cold viruses originated in camels -- just like MERS

19 Aug 2016

Beneficial bacteria in the nose suppress pathogenic bacteria

17 Aug 2016

Malarial parasite boosts survival in Ebola patients

17 Aug 2016

People infected with Ebola virus were 20 per cent more likely to survive if they were co-infected with malaria-causing Plasmodium parasites, according to data collected at an Ebola diagnostic laboratory in Liberia in 2014-15

China faces heart disease epidemic spurred by increasing high blood pressure: Study

17 Aug 2016

Now, scientists fear smallpox outbreak as permafrost melts

16 Aug 2016

Russian scientists are warning of the threat of born-again smallpox re-emerging from graves in the Arctic where permafrost is melting due to climate change

About 91% of American kids at risk of heart problems

16 Aug 2016

Five ways bioengineers want to use 3-D printing

16 Aug 2016

Now that 3D printing has made it easier to generate custom-made prosthetics, bioengineers are looking ahead at manufacturing actual cellular material

Sitting for too long is bad for health, experts warn

16 Aug 2016

St Jude researchers pinpoint key influenza-fighting immune trigger

13 Aug 2016