Health & Medicine

New drugs promise to reduce heart disease complications

17 Mar 2015

Device that protects the brain during heart-valve procedure being tested

17 Mar 2015

DNA safeguard may be key in cancer treatment

17 Mar 2015

Clinical outcomes with new CT scans no better than with functional testing for heart patients: study

16 Mar 2015

Can green tea slow cancer in smokers?

16 Mar 2015

Study shows feasibility of blood-based test for diagnosing Alzheimer’s

14 Mar 2015

Bionic heart that doesn’t beat could dustbin human transplants

13 Mar 2015

Unlike a normal heart that must beat 60-100 times a minute to keep the blood flowing, the artificial heart has only one moving part, but is equally efficient, finds global research team

Researchers devise new method to identify disease markers, a key step toward personalised medicine

13 Mar 2015

Study shows even injured kidneys can be used for transplants

12 Mar 2015

‘Ouch zone’ in the brain identified

11 Mar 2015

Early onset of hot flashes associated with blood vessel dysfunction, could predict heart disease

11 Mar 2015

New medical detector

10 Mar 2015

First Indian vaccine against Rotavirus launched

10 Mar 2015

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched the first indigenously developed and manufactured rotavirus vaccine, 'Rotavac,' making available low-cost vaccine to combat infant mortality caused by diarrhoea

Pthalates in plastic products hinders sex development in male foetus: study

07 Mar 2015

Choice of monitoring method could be key for babies with poor growth in the womb

07 Mar 2015

How different types of cannabis affect the brain

07 Mar 2015

Research suggests brain's melatonin may trigger sleep

07 Mar 2015

Scientists uncover new role for neurotransmitter that helps fight infection

05 Mar 2015

Scientists have shed new light on the complexities of the immune system that could help develop vaccines to boost natural defences against disease

Scripps scientists find clues to cancer drug failure

05 Mar 2015

Genetic influences on autism estimated at between 74-98 per cent

05 Mar 2015

Adults catch flu about twice a decade, suggests study

04 Mar 2015

Computer algorithm picks out the drugs that work

04 Mar 2015

Computer algorithms can tell apart the drugs that provide effective pain relief from ineffective placebos, a research team from Oxford University has found

Fighting a worm with its own genome

03 Mar 2015

Exercising after a meal can more effectively reduce risks of cardiovascular disease

03 Mar 2015

Female diet alters the nutrient composition of fluid in the womb

03 Mar 2015