Health & Medicine
'Opening the patient's skull' after head injury reduces risk of death from brain swelling
08 Sep 2016
Heart attack likelier to be misdiagnosed in women than men
31 Aug 2016
Women are twice as likely to receive a wrong diagnosis for a heart attack as men, according to a new study, in which nearly a third of all heart attack patients had an initial diagnosis which was different from their final diagnosis
Maverick Italian, Chinese docs set to attempt first head transplant
31 Aug 2016
Although head transplants have been successfully carried out on dogs and mice, many scientists deride the attempt on a human being as ‘junk science’ that is both unethical and unlikely to succeed
Tasmanian devils evolve to resist deadly cancer
31 Aug 2016
Coffee habits may be genetic, study reveals
29 Aug 2016
People with a newly identified genetic variant in their DNA, called PDSS2, might be inclined to drink fewer cups of coffee than others, reveals new study
3-D-printed structures 'remember' their shapes
27 Aug 2016
Number of TB cases in India is double current estimates, says new study
27 Aug 2016
The number of cases of tuberculosis (TB) in India may be up to two to three times higher than current estimates, suggests a new study
Fears over spread of Zika virus from storm
27 Aug 2016
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