People move houses, change jobs, and begin new relationships all the time—and yet most of us still experience a thread
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Vitamin D could help cancer patients live longer
Michigan State University physicians have found that vitamin D, if taken for at least three years, could help cancer patients
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Prescribing Fitbits could ‘boost cancer survival rates by a third’
Prescribing Fitbits to cancer patients ‘could boost survival rates’ by a third and may be more effective than drugs by
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Understanding why virus can’t replicate in human cells could improve vaccines
The identification of a gene that helps to restrict the host range of the modified vaccinia virus Ankara (MVA) could
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High sugar levels during pregnancy could lead to childhood obesity
The children of women who have high glucose blood levels during pregnancy, even if their mothers are not diagnosed with
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Could hypnotherapy be alternative to opioids for pain?
(HealthDay)—Hypnosis might sound like a magic trick to some, but the therapy can be an effective pain reliever, a new
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Your hayfever medication could be making your vagina dry
Vanessa MacKay, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist and Spokesperson for the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists explains: ‘Vaginal dryness can
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Could a ‘syringe watch’ end the hassle of carrying EpiPens?
Could a ‘syringe watch’ end the hassle of carrying EpiPens? Wearable device can be unfolded to administer life-saving shots in
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Genetic variants that protect against obesity could aid new weight loss medicines
Around four million people in the UK carry genetic variants that protect them from obesity, type 2 diabetes and heart
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Cancer sufferers’ hair loss misery during chemo could be over
Scientists at the University of Huddersfield aim to minimise, or eliminate completely, the hair loss that is one of the
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