Whole grain health benefits explained
Scientists report newly discovered compounds that could explain whole grain health benefits.
Led by researchers at the University of Finland, whole grain health benefits include...
Could HPV be linked to improving cervical cancer survival rates?
Researchers believe that high-risk HPV can be another important analytical marker that can improve cervical cancer survival rates.
The occurrence of high-risk human papillomavirus (HrHPV)...
Type 2 diabetes: current services and strategies may be inefficient
Studies show that unless social and cultural factors are addressed, healthcare services and public health strategies designed to reduce tackling Type 2 diabetes may...
Fertility in women: psychological stress could reduce odds of conception
New study, published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, finds that psychological stress has the ability to reduce fertility in women.
According to the Boston...
Breast cancer deaths predicted to increase by 2022
According a to report conducted by Breast Cancer Now, the number of breast cancer deaths, though currently decreasing, will start to increase by 2022.
Right...
China announces 14% surge in HIV and Aids
The number of citizens in China with HIV and Aids has reportedly increased by 14%
As reported by the BBC, more than 820,000 people are...
Therapies for fibromyalgia may be on the horizon
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, and Harvard University, USA, have made a groundbreaking step towards finding new therapies for fibromyalgia.
Therapies for fibromyalgia have been...
Have scientists found a way of halting and reversing neurodegeneration?
Researchers have identified a molecule with the capabilities of halting and reversing neurodegeneration typically caused by Parkinson’s disease.
A scientific collaboration led by researchers at...
Could pancreatic cancer be blocked?
Researchers have developed a new drug that has the ability to prevent pancreatic cancer growth and potentially block the cancer cells from growing.
The study,...
Obesity to overtake smoking as biggest preventable cause of cancer in the UK
According to Cancer Research UK, obesity is predicted to surpass smoking as the biggest preventable cause of cancer in the UK for women by...
Scandal: NHS patients given contaminated blood
Public inquiry has begun regarding how thousands of NHS patients were given blood products infected with hepatitis and HIV during the 1970s and 1980s,...
Harmonising birth defects and cancer: research uncovers fine balance between cell survival and death
A recent study suggests that it is important to strike a healthy balance between too much cell death, which can lead to developmental abnormalities...
WHO reports: harmful use of alcohol causes more than 5% of the global disease...
More than three million people died because of damaging use of alcohol in 2016, according to a report released by WHO today. Overall, the...
The components behind cognitive decline in Type 2 diabetes
In a recent diabetic medicine study, imaging tests discovered that changes in white matter regions of the brain, indicative of small vessel disease, are...
Consuming whole grain foods can effectively prevent Type 2 diabetes
Studies have indicated that individuals who eat any type of whole grain foods are less susceptible to developing Type 2 diabetes.
Researchers at Chalmers University...
A way of detecting pancreatic cancer at its earliest stages has been found
Previously, detecting pancreatic cancer has been proven to be difficult and is usually diagnosed very late in the disease progression. However, a newly developed...
Alzheimer’s disease treatment: Amyloid β-protein could be making a comeback
For many years, amyloid β-protein has been a promising therapeutic target, but the study results have been disappointing. New studies have now shown these...
Could paracetamol use in infancy be a cause of asthma?
Specific variants in the GST genes seem to play a role in greater susceptibility to lung problems and possibly be a cause of asthma...
NHS to provide free targeted treatment for melanoma cancer
Hundreds of patients with melanoma cancer, a type of aggressive skin disease, are to be provided with targeted therapy by the NHS in England...
Evidence: soot from polluted air is reaching the placenta
New research presents evidence of tiny carbon particles, found in polluted air, discovered in the placenta of London mothers.
The European Respiratory Society International Congress,...
