HEALTH & MEDICINE

Scientists isolate immune cells from Ebola survivor’s blood and use them in fighting Ebola infection and in another study.

The study, carried out by Prof. Paul Glasziou, concluded that there is no reliable evidence suggesting that homeopathy can be effective in treating certain medical conditions.

Scientists have developed a simple yet highly effective tuberculosis blood test that can identify the disease even in HIV patients, and has been 86 percent sensitive in children.

Researchers have engineered cells, known as T-cells, via genetic modification that act like a living drug and a cancer vaccine that can detect and kill cancer cells.

Although significant medical research has transformed HIV/AIDS from being a terminal disease to being a manageable condition, the stubbornness and persistence of HIV infection is a major concern.

According to Cancer Council Queensland, in 1982, there were 8,274 cancer cases, and in 2013, it rose to 26,335.

Coroner's report indicates another aspect of the personality of a well-known cancer expert.

Vaccines have the capability to combat drug-resistance as they lessen the need for antibiotics and reduce cases of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infection.

The study says how a woman gets the HIV does not matter but the virus goes rapidly into a woman’s reproductive tract and this can lead to possible HIV cure.

A woman developed a hump back after years of alcoholism but refused to see a doctor for five years, post the condition, as she found it cool.

The study found out that patients with head injury have more amyloid plaques than those with Alzheimer’s disease.

The researchers have developed a virus-like particle from Hepatitis E virus shells that can effectively carry cancer cure drugs inside the digestive system, using a mouse model.

Taking a step forward towards cancer treatment, scientists, using a new cancer test ONCOblot®, detected a molecular marker indicative of the presence of mesothelioma, 4-10 years in advance of the symptoms appearing.

Drugs used in antiretroviral therapy that help in HIV cure make patients obese or overweight, and drug therapy may bring down HIV numbers to undetectable levels but never cure completely.

Rhinoceros horns are used in traditional Chinese medicines for treating illnesses ranging from cerebral haemorrhage to AIDS and sold at around $US50,000 ($A69,640) per kilogram.

The doctors will start a synthetic cannabis medical trial on 10 Victorian children who suffer from severe epilepsy.

Although party drug ketamine has proven to be highly effective in treating severe depression, more research is needed to better understand its long-term benefits and risks.

Mexico-based doctor Sam Chachoua claims that CAEV virus in goat’s milk can cure HIV and that Sheen is world’s first adult to go HIV negative after his treatment.

Average price per gram of spider venom vary from US$10,000 (AU$14,130) and up, depending on the species of spiders.

Panic is spreading fast with the spread of Zika virus in the West and health experts are increasingly urging pregnant women to stop travelling to zika-infected countries.

In a schizophrenia breakthrough, scientists discovered that a spike in single gene C4 dramatically increases a person’s risk of developing schizophrenia.

The researchers analysed clinical study reports and summary trial reports to study the harmful effects of the antidepressants in children.

Melbourne researchers have found out that new cancer drug venetoclax selectively targets interaction that keeps Leukaemia cells alive.

MP David Lammy called fake Archibishop Gilbert Deya a “pernicious crook” after news spread of the Archbishop’s fake cancer and HIV cure.

HIV positive pregnant women are at risk of developing active tuberculosis as commonly-used TB test may fail to diagnose the infection and over-reliance to a single test can be life-threatening.

Patients who have undergone chemotherapy for breast cancer treatment may have antibodies missing that fight common viral and bacterial infections.

Tuberculosis in China is a major problem and its rising treatment costs force low-income households and individuals to sacrifice basic necessities.

Alzheimer’s may be caused by environmental toxin (BMAA) produced by cyanobacteria, commonly known as blue-green algae.

Revolutionary skin cancer drug Nivolumab, approved by the NHS has a one-year survival rate of 73 percent and is a welcome relief for melanoma sufferers.