Health & Medicine

Sanofi announces results of first Phase III dengue vaccine in The Lancet

14 Jul 2014

Researchers to develop 'brain prosthesis' to help brain-injured patients recover memory

14 Jul 2014

As part of a major federal initiative, University of California, Los Angeles is spearheading an initiative to create a wireless, implantable device that could restore lost memory in individuals who have suffered debilitating brain injuries or brain disorders

Scientists discover clues why weight-loss surgery cures diabetes

12 Jul 2014

Scientists at The University of Manchester are a step closer to understanding why diabetes is cured in the majority of patients who undergo gastric bypass surgery

Patient-specific stem cells and personalised gene therapy

12 Jul 2014

Researchers have created a way to develop personalised gene therapies for patients with retinitis pigmentosa (RP), a leading cause of vision loss, using for the first time induced pluripotent stem cell technology to transform skin cells into retinal cells

Injected vaccine could help eradicate polio

12 Jul 2014

Gut cures diabetes: human GI cells retrained to produce insulin

12 Jul 2014

Rotten egg gas holds key to healthcare therapies

11 Jul 2014

It may smell of flatulence and have a reputation for being highly toxic, but when used in the right tiny dosage, hydrogen sulfide is now being found to offer potential health benefits in a range of issues, from diabetes to stroke, heart attacks and dementia

Blocking cells’ movement to stop the spread of cancer

11 Jul 2014

Enjoy your full moon nights – you may find it hard to sleep!

10 Jul 2014

New insight into liver cancer kindles hopes of treatment

09 Jul 2014

Research: no correlation between baby formula, diabetes-related antibodies

08 Jul 2014

New app to improve food allergy testing

08 Jul 2014

MRI brain scans detect people with early Parkinson’s

07 Jul 2014

Diabetes treatments ‘do more harm than good’ for many people

07 Jul 2014

Treatments to reduce blood sugar levels do more harm than good in many type 2 diabetes patients, particularly older people, finds new research

Rapid surgical innovation puts patients at risk of medical errors

05 Jul 2014

The risk of patient harm doubled in 2006 – the peak year that US teaching hospitals embraced minimally invasive robotic surgery for prostate cancer

New genetic variant linked to risk of stroke and heart attack

05 Jul 2014

High incidence of heart disease in shift workers linked to jet lag

04 Jul 2014

Why birds don’t spread Lassa fever

04 Jul 2014

Researchers regrow human corneas; could reverse blindness

04 Jul 2014

Boston researchers have identified a way to enhance regrowth of human corneal tissue to restore vision, using a molecule that acts as a marker for hard-to-find limbal stem cells