Health & Medicine

Study shows diamonds can help detect cancer early

13 Oct 2015

Bariatric surgery linked to higher suicide risk

12 Oct 2015

New gene research gives fresh hope for Parkinson’s

12 Oct 2015

Elephants provide vital clue to prevent human cancer

10 Oct 2015

A study on African elephants has found that they almost never get cancer because they have as many as 20 copies of the cancer-fighting gene TP53, while humans have only one. The finding could lead to breakthrough new treatments

Hollywood's Gillian Anderson asks health ministry to end repeat animal tests

10 Oct 2015

Hollywood's Gillian Anderson asks health ministry to end repeat animal tests

10 Oct 2015

Mild exercise can greatly help asthma patients

10 Oct 2015

Study links internet addiction in teens to elevated blood pressure

10 Oct 2015

Doctors reattach toddler’s head after internal de-capitation in 6-hour operation

09 Oct 2015

A 16-month-old Australian boy is recovering, smiling, eating, and walking, only two weeks after his spine was separated from his skull in a head-on car collision

Medical breakthrough as kidney grown in lab dish

08 Oct 2015

Although the kidneys cannot perform the functions of a fully formed adult kidney, the researchers hope the achievement will someday lead to new ways to treat people suffering from kidney failure

Pregnant women advised not to touch ‘a drop of alcohol’

08 Oct 2015

Cancer drug helps sharpen memory, researchers find

07 Oct 2015

3D needle developed for painless drug injections

06 Oct 2015

Youyou Tu's herbal therapy for malaria wins Nobel for medicine

06 Oct 2015

Youyou Tu of China, who discovered `artemisinin’, a novel herbal therapy for malaria, shares the Nobel Prize in Physiology with William C Campbell and Satoshi Omura who discovered new therapies for infections caused by roundworm parasites

Fatty liver disease and scarring have strong genetic component

05 Oct 2015

New cell technique shows promise for type 1 diabetes

03 Oct 2015

Researchers working on brain implant to help in Alzheimer’s memory loss

03 Oct 2015

Can that cola: soft drinks hazardous to health

01 Oct 2015

Drugs disguised as human platelets target cancer

01 Oct 2015

Scientists to bypass brain damage by re-encoding memories

30 Sep 2015

The statins controversy: does it lead to faster ageing?

29 Sep 2015

While a study linking cholesterol-busting statin drugs to faster physical and mental deterioration has been widely published, some say these reports are needlessly alarmist