HEALTH & MEDICINE

A new chemical agent, BDNF, has been found to control fear and anxiety.

A drink a day may not be bad for the heart.

An egg a day can actually be a preventive against diseases.

It may be easier to quit smoking during the end of the period.

There does not seem to be a strong link between genes and asthma, a new study indicates.

To reset your body clock, all you might need are pills.

A study by Danish scientists found that boys who were circumcised below the age of 5 had double the chance of being affected by autistic spectrum disorder.

Stem cells that could help to repair fractures in people, have been discovered.

A new surgical implant Maestro for treating obesity has been approved by the FDA.

A sedentary lifestyle is far worse for health than obesity, new research has found.

Swiss drugmaker Roche has signed a spate of deals to further its genome analysis program.

The National Abortion Federation Canada is advocating the legalisation of abortion pills in the country as statistics reveal that one out of three Canadian women is likely to have an abortion in her lifetime. The problem, the agency says, is that these women will not have access to safe and effectual abortion pills. The medical group is now working to urge Health Canada to approve the use of abortion pills, particularly the drug mifepristone, which has been used legally since the year 2000 in se...

With an astounding death toll and thousands still being affected on a daily basis, there is an evident and urgent need for a vaccine against the lethal Ebola virus that is sweeping West Africa. Experts from global health agencies are saying that hundreds of thousands of doses of the potential vaccine is required to provide protection just to the health workers that are working on the front lines during Vegas global health crisis. At least 12 million more are needed to vaccinate the people within...

AstraZeneca’s heart drug Brilinta prevents recurrence of heart attacks for a year.

According to a study published in the medical journal The Lancet, there is a possible correlation between an increased risk of contracting HIV and the use of a specific type of injectable birth control for females. Depo-Provera is a type of hormonal contraception that is said to increase a female subject’s susceptibility to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), increasing her potential to transmit and contract the virus by up to 30 percent.

Way over the 10 to 15 percent cesarean section figure recommended by the World Health Organization, the number of Brazilian women undergoing elective cesarean sections as a birthing method is now reportedly up to 52 percent. These figures have been statistically confirmed due to the fact that an increasing number of Brazilian women choose the said procedure in order to preserve their sex lives after giving birth.

American doctor, Dr. Richard Sacra, was cured of the deadly Ebola virus after he contracted the lethal disease while on a medical mission in West Africa in August of last year. Now, Dr. Sacra is reportedly returning to Liberia in order to lend a hand to his exhausted colleagues in that region.

A new analysis suggests that if current practices are kept up, Ebola can be eliminated from Liberia by June.

Bisexual women in the UK suffer worse mental health as compared to heterosexuals and lesbians.

Bilingual children tend to believe that all traits are learned.

Sexual reproduction is healthier over time, a study has shown.

Scientists have developed a tissue like implant that could help patients of paralysis.

The American Cancer Society has published a report indicating a significant fall in cancer rates since 1991.

A new study enquires into the connection between the use of alcohol and marijuana, and the government’s policy on these substances.

Chilly weather numbs the body's ability to fight the common cold. The virus that causes common cold replicates better at cooler temperatures because at cooler temperatures the human antiviral immune system is not as responsive as at higher temperatures.

Normal metabolisers of nicotine respond better to the drug varenicline than to nicotine patches.

Biogen has acquired Convergence for its portfolio of pain treatments and key drug for neuralgic pain.

Sanofi and Regenron have found that their Alirocumab treatment is successful in controlling bad cholesterol levels in patients.

A new gene has been found whose activity correlates to the growth of a type of breast cancer.