Health & Medicine
Synaesthesia linked to a hyper-excitable brain
22 Nov 2011
Hope for muscle wasting disease
22 Nov 2011
New diet targets diabetes
22 Nov 2011
Yale researchers discover promising anti-HIV agents
By By Eric Gershon | 19 Nov 2011
Researchers at Yale University have discovered new chemical compounds that prevent HIV from replicating in human T-cells
Blood type can affect chances of stroke, finds study
18 Nov 2011
The study by Harvard School of Public Health involved 90,000 men and women in two observational health studies that have gone on for more than 20 years
New screening method developed
18 Nov 2011
Scans to predict result of psychotic episodes
12 Nov 2011
Study will explore anemia's ties to gut microbes
08 Nov 2011
Trial tests if drug to boost stem cells and exercise improve blood flow and walking
By By Marla Paul | 02 Nov 2011
Stanford software that models human motion travels to museum
By By Andrew Myers | 29 Oct 2011
Largest study of causes of cancer in India begins
27 Oct 2011
The INDOX Cancer Research Network, a partnership between the University of Oxford and 12 of India's top comprehensive cancer centres, will conduct a large study, involving as many as 30,000 people in total at 12 centres across India
Speedy 3D X-rays in the operating room
27 Oct 2011
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