Health & Medicine
Minimising exposure to common hormone-disrupting chemicals may reduce obesity rates
24 May 2018
Everyday products carry environmental chemicals that may be making us fat by interfering with our hormones, according to research presented in Barcelona at the European Society of Endocrinology annual meeting, ECE 2018
Are humans causing cancer in wild animals?
22 May 2018
Are human activities also causing cancer in wild animals? Are we oncogenic -- a species that causes cancer in other species? Sandra Leander
‘Cholesterol vaccine’: Twice-yearly jab could help to halve ‘bad’ cholesterol
19 May 2018
Researchers say the drug, which works by silencing genes in the liver could be delivered by injection to help patients with high cholesterol for whom existing treatments such as statins are not suitable or need to be supplemented.
Plug-and-play diagnostic devices
17 May 2018
First clues to the causes of multiple sclerosis
17 May 2018
Some calories more harmful than others
16 May 2018
Preparing for the 'silver tsunami'
15 May 2018
Beyond killing tuberculosis
14 May 2018
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