Health & Medicine

Smokers, passive smokers more likely to suffer hearing loss, study shows

30 May 2014

Giving up or reducing smoking and avoiding passive exposure to tobacco smoke may reduce your risk of hearing loss, new research shows

Lifestyle changes improve biomarkers associated with breast cancer recurrence and mortality

30 May 2014

Electronic cigarettes can be a blast – literally

30 May 2014

E-cigs better than patches, gum to help quit smoking, top scientists tell WHO

30 May 2014

Vitamin D deficiency could increase brain stroke risk: study

30 May 2014

Global study finds alarming rise in obesity; India, China among worst hit

30 May 2014

New biopsy method shows prostate cancers considered 'low risk' may be anything but

29 May 2014

Stiffness of arteries sole cause of high blood pressure study suggests

29 May 2014

Transfering energy to medical chips in the body

29 May 2014

A wireless system using the same power as a cell phone safely transmits energy to chips the size of a grain of rice, paving the way for physicians to treat diseases with electronics rather than drugs

Many mental illnesses reduce life expectancy more than heavy smoking

28 May 2014

US medical school integrates Google Glass into curriculum

28 May 2014

Mental illness is as deadly as smoking, finds new research

28 May 2014

Fighting cancer with dietary changes

28 May 2014

Mental illness is as deadly as smoking, finds new research

28 May 2014

Study finds 9 of 10 Wikipedia entries on common health conditions inaccurate

28 May 2014

Researchers caution that Wikipedia, like any encyclopaedia, should not be substituted for a qualified medical practitioner

Fainting linked to heart, not brain

27 May 2014

Discovery of anti-appetite molecule released by fibre could help tackle obesity

27 May 2014

Study tests new strapping device for people with vertebral fractures linked to osteoporosis

27 May 2014

Scientists hope to re-purpose pill to help people erase painful memories

27 May 2014

Researchers to freeze trauma victims in suspended animation to keep them alive

27 May 2014

Doctors are set to create a sci-fi technique as they start investigatin the potential of suspended animation — a temporary state of interrupted breathing and loss of consciousness resembling death — to keep people alive by freezing

Chronic stress heightens vulnerability to diet-related metabolic risk

26 May 2014

New research demonstrates for the first time that highly stressed people who eat a lot of high-fat, high-sugar food are more prone to health risks than low-stress people who eat the same unhealthy food