Health & Medicine
Brain aneurysm treatment used to stop irregular heart rhythms
By By Rachel Champeau | 15 Mar 2013
Neanderthal brains focussed on vision and movement leaving less room for social networking
14 Mar 2013
Can fat fight brain cancer?
14 Mar 2013
In laboratory studies, Johns Hopkins researchers say they have found that stem cells from a patient’s own fat may have the potential to deliver new treatments directly into the brain after the surgical removal of a glioblastoma
Mummy CT scans shed new light on reasons for atherosclerosis
By By Suzanne Wu | 14 Mar 2013
Green tea extract interferes with the formation of amyloid plaques in Alzheimer's disease
13 Mar 2013
New opportunities for 3D technology in medicine
13 Mar 2013
Alzheimer's risk gene discovered using imaging method that screens brain's connections
By By Mark Wheeler | 12 Mar 2013
Binge drinking and your brain: Raising risk of dependence
By By Helen Dodson | 11 Mar 2013
Chicken could help fight cancer
11 Mar 2013
The common domestic chicken could provide some very uncommon clues for fighting off diseases and might even offer new ways to attack cancer
‘Shelf life’ of blood? Shorter than we think
09 Mar 2013
A stroke or benign dizziness? A simple bedside test can tell
08 Mar 2013
A bedside electronic device that measures eye movements can successfully determine whether the cause of severe, continuous, disabling dizziness is a stroke or something benign
Yale researchers identify salt as a trigger of autoimmune diseases
By By Bill Hathaway | 08 Mar 2013
Nanogels offer new way to attack lupus
By By Eric Gershon | 06 Mar 2013
How the brain loses and regains consciousness
By By Anne Trafton, MIT News Office | 06 Mar 2013
Pixels guide the way for visually impaired
05 Mar 2013
New tool in the fight against tropical diseases
05 Mar 2013
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