Health & Medicine

Heart Attack Gene, MRP-14, Triggers Blood Clot Formation

14 Apr 2014

Researchers uncover new forms of blindness

14 Apr 2014

Hybrid technology could make Star Trek-style tricorder a reality

14 Apr 2014

The new device could replace the current conventional diagnostic method, which is lengthy and is limited to single point measurements, due to the prohibitive costs and sample volumes required

India, China heading for cancer crisis: study

14 Apr 2014

In rural India, more than three quarters of private practitioners - the first port of call for people sick with cancer - have no medical qualifications, the report said

Cell-saving drugs could reduce brain damage after stroke

12 Apr 2014

Early cardiac risks linked to worse cognitive function in middle age

12 Apr 2014

Baby keeping you awake? It’s a survival tactic, finds study

11 Apr 2014

Study warns of presence of multi-drug resistant bacteria in kitchen

11 Apr 2014

Doctors seek curbs on kidney artery zapping devices

11 Apr 2014

Light-activated neurons from stem cells restore function to paralysed muscles

11 Apr 2014

Smoking, drinking lead to bad posture, finds new study

10 Apr 2014

Targeting sperm protection in mosquitoes could help combat malaria

09 Apr 2014

Researchers discover how high blood pressure damages the heart

08 Apr 2014

Genetic mutations warn of skin cancer risk

07 Apr 2014

Organic food doesn’t lower overall cancer risk

05 Apr 2014

Does a junk food diet make you lazy? UCLA psychology study offers answer

By By Stuart Wolpert | 05 Apr 2014

A new University of California, Los Angeles psychology study provides evidence that being overweight makes people tired and sedentary — not the other way around

Yale students design a new device to transport intestinal transplants to patients

By By Holly Lauridsen | 05 Apr 2014

Nanoparticles cause cancer cells to self-destruct

05 Apr 2014

Using magnetically controlled nanoparticles to force tumour cells to ‘self-destruct’ sounds like science fiction, but could be a future part of cancer treatment, according to research from Lund University in Sweden.

Nano particles may form part of future cancer therapy

04 Apr 2014

Method for delivering HIV-fighting antibodies proves even more promising

04 Apr 2014

Unique use of heart-lung machine saves heart attack victim at emergency room

By By Rachel Champeau | 04 Apr 2014

Patches of cortical layers disrupted during early brain development in autism

03 Apr 2014

Tweaking potassium levels in brain could be a key to fighting Huntington's disease

By By Elaine Schmidt | 03 Apr 2014

Stressful situations show the head and the heart don't always agree

03 Apr 2014

Losing flab the easy way may be around the corner

02 Apr 2014

New research may provide hope to obese people desperate to lose flab the easy way – scientists based in Kenya say it may all be linked to a certain protein