New estimates suggest that number of people worldwide who are unable to access basic surgery and anaesthesia is more than twice as high as previously thought

Diet swap has dramatic effects on colon cancer risk for Americans, Africans

29 Apr 2015

Ebola-affected countries suffered over 10,000 extra malaria deaths in 2014

25 Apr 2015

Scientists wipe out malaria-carrying mosquitoes in lab with male-only offspring

25 Apr 2015

Alternative providers of GP services perform worse than traditional practices

24 Apr 2015

Butterfly effect and computer simulation pave way for heart disease prediction

24 Apr 2015

Scientists are combining the principles of the butterfly effect and computer simulation to explore new ways of predicting and controlling the beginnings of heart diseas

Asthma could become curable in five years

24 Apr 2015

Scientists discover asthma's potential root cause

24 Apr 2015

Verbal therapy could block consolidation of fear memories in trauma victims

23 Apr 2015

Mechanized human hands: system designed to improve hand function lost to nerve damage

23 Apr 2015

Alcoholic hepatitis treatments fail to keep patients alive

23 Apr 2015

Ebola could spread again if we do not invest aid correctly, warns global health expert

22 Apr 2015

The devastation caused by Ebola could happen again if the $5.4-billion pledged in aid does not reach West African healthcare systems

New study shows babies too feel pain much like adults

22 Apr 2015

New study could be game-changer for brain clot treatment

21 Apr 2015

Human immune system can control re-awakened HIV

20 Apr 2015

The human immune system can handle large bursts of HIV activity and so it should be possible to cure HIV with a ‘kick and kill’ strategy, finds new research