Health & Medicine

Scientists revert mature blood cells into blood-forming stem cells

23 May 2014

New study shows high cholesterol delays pregnancy

23 May 2014

What doesn’t kill you may make you live longer: research finds link between cell suicide and longevity

23 May 2014

Professor calls for total destruction of smallpox samples

22 May 2014

Scientists find new way to combat drug resistance in skin cancer

22 May 2014

Domesticated animals provide vital link to emergence of new diseases

22 May 2014

Paralysed hand able to move again

22 May 2014

Yale researchers identify gene that causes obesity-related metabolic syndrome

20 May 2014

Measles - new inhibitor found effective in large animal model may help control local outbreaks

20 May 2014

Study shows why dengue fever prevention efforts often fail

20 May 2014

Cancer's potential on-off switch

19 May 2014

Harvard researchers use herpes virus to fight brain tumours

19 May 2014

Researchers have developed a new way to fight brain tumours by trapping oncolytic virus-loaded stem cells in a gel and then applying it directly to the malignancy

On-off switch causes changes in cancer types, say researchers

19 May 2014

Sugar can lead to heart disease, high blood pressure: study

17 May 2014

BMJ may retract articles suggesting harmful side-effects from cholesterol-reducing statins

16 May 2014

Study shows anti-depressant citalopram could help treat Alzheimer’s

16 May 2014

Another kick in the butt for smokers: your kids may follow your example

14 May 2014

A new study has found that kids exposed to smoking parents are more likely to develop the fatal habit themselves

Aspirin could combat permanent hearing loss caused by cancer drug

14 May 2014

Intelligent prosthetic liners could ease pain for lower limb amputees

14 May 2014

Alcohol kills more than Aids: WHO

13 May 2014

According to figures released by the World Health Organisation on Monday, alcohol kills 3.3 million people worldwide each year, more than AIDS, tuberculosis and violence combined

Stem cells look promising for treating heart disease

12 May 2014

Chemotherapy timing is key to success

By By Anne Trafton | 12 May 2014

Some wives may be nagging their husbands to death – literally!

12 May 2014

Those with a penchant for nagging their spouses, or arguing with their bosses or co-workers, had better take warning

Bone marrow-on-a-chip unveiled

12 May 2014

The device could be used to develop safe and effective strategies to prevent or treat radiation's lethal effects on bone marrow without resorting to animal testing