Health & Medicine

Lawsuit alleges Monsanto staff ghostwrote safety reports

15 Mar 2017

Employees of Monsanto Co ghostwrote supposedly independent scientific reports that US regulators relied on to determine that a chemical in its Roundup weed killer does not cause cancer, those suing the company claimed in court filings

Afterlife: brain may continue working 10 minutes beyond death

11 Mar 2017

Other studies have demonstrated that genes appeared to continue functioning – and even more energetically – in the days after people die

‘Gluten-free’ diet not great – may actually lead to diabetes

11 Mar 2017

Researchers uncover new appetite suppression mechanism in bones

10 Mar 2017

Brazil yellow fever outbreak could spread to US

10 Mar 2017

Oral delivery system could make vaccination needle-free

09 Mar 2017

Research uncovers potential health risks of travel to Mars

09 Mar 2017

Radiation exposure is believed to be one of the most dangerous aspects of travelling to Mars, according to NASA, since the average distance to the red planet is 140 million miles, and a round trip could take three years

Caffeine boosts enzyme that could protect against dementia, finds study

08 Mar 2017

Sound waves boost older adult' memory, deep sleep

08 Mar 2017

Class X student develops device to predict silent heart attacks

07 Mar 2017

The student has invented a wearable skin patch that releases a small ‘positive’ electrical impulse, which attracts the negatively-charged FABP3 protein released by the heart to signal a heart attack

Google trains computers to detect breast cancer

07 Mar 2017

Keep hand sanitizers away from kids: stick to soap & water

06 Mar 2017

More social connection online tied to increasing feelings of isolation

06 Mar 2017

The more young adults use social media, the more likely they are to feel socially isolated

Your cellphone is bugged: Indian scientists find 3 new microbes

06 Mar 2017

Volkswagen's excess emissions will lead to 1,200 premature deaths in Europe

04 Mar 2017

While Volkswagen has issued recalls of affected vehicles in both the US and Europe, scientists at MIT and elsewhere have found the excess emissions have already had an impact on public health