Health & Medicine
Four-month-old survives rare heart condition
04 Mar 2016
US Department of Transportation bans e-cigarette on flights
04 Mar 2016
The US Department of Transportation has banned the use of e-cigarette on all commercial flights
EU set to hike taxes on E-cigarettes; Britons may rebel
03 Mar 2016
EU members have unanimously agreed on a call to hike taxes on e-cigarettes by 2017 – but such a move can have serious repercussions on the ‘Brexit’ vote in July, as a significant number of Britons use ‘vapes’ to help quit smoking
Dating sites may be spreading HIV: Study
02 Mar 2016
Study identifies genes linked to stroke risk
01 Mar 2016
Study links Zika to temporary paralysis
01 Mar 2016
More bad marks for salt: it hurts liver too
26 Feb 2016
Smoking could cost you your legs: study
24 Feb 2016
Smoking is found to be a direct cause of peripheral arterial disease (PAD), a ‘silent killer’ which could lead to heart attacks or stroke, or make leg amputations necessary
UK gynaecologist delivers first caesarean baby gorilla
23 Feb 2016
A rare baby gorilla has become the first in the UK to be successfully delivered through an emergency caesarean surgery - performed by a leading gynaecologist
Exposure to air pollution increases the risk of obesity
22 Feb 2016
Laboratory rats who breathed Beijing’s highly polluted air gained weight and experienced cardio-respiratory and metabolic dysfunctions after three to eight weeks of exposure
New nanotechnology detects biomarkers of cancer
19 Feb 2016
New cause of diabetes
18 Feb 2016
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