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.
If your special Valentine’s Day 2016 treat is seafood, you may be consuming toxic pollutants that can have serious health hazards, though there is good news.
Sedentary women suffer more severe menopause symptoms than active women and a Latin American study has linked sedentary lifestyle to a plethora of health problems.
Melbourne researchers have found out that new cancer drug venetoclax selectively targets interaction that keeps Leukaemia cells alive.
Share prices of Weight Watchers gain, while Oprah Winfrey losses 26 pounds even if she eats bread daily.
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.
Teenagers using e-cigarettes are three times more likely to get hooked to real cigarettes a year later.
Patients who have undergone chemotherapy for breast cancer treatment may have antibodies missing that fight common viral and bacterial infections.
A study of Australian men and women smoking cannabis has revealed that 14 percent of women smokers smoke cannabis daily and the numbers are growing.
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.
The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, is cautioning pregnant women not to travel to 22 countries in the light of recent outbreaks of the Zika virus.
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.
Microsoft has targeted major players in the wearable technology segment such as Apple, Samsung and Fitbit with its Band 2 that is now available in Australia.
According to a study, researchers have not been able to establish any link between smoking cannabis and decline in the intelligence quotient of young people.
Experts believe if cannabis is legalised in Mexico and reputed pharmaceutical and technology firms are appointed, drug cartels and drug mafia will have little interest in the medical marijuana market.
Unlike the beer swilling stereotype Australians are known for, alcohol consumption in the country has been, and still is on the decline.
Researchers from Cornell University and University of Groningen studied 219 students in a pizza study and have recommended a weight loss tip after the test’s success.
While Dr. Chachoua’s HIV treatment has failed and has put Charlie Sheen’s life at risk, a new research has revealed a protein that can fight off HIV infection.
Taking high doses of cocaine can trigger out-of-control autophagy where the brain eats itself, a research on mice suggests.
Health experts advice women who just gave birth to take it easy before resuming exercises and to consult their health providers first after six weeks of delivery.
Scientists, in a quest to find an HIV cure, have uncovered part of the protein TRIM5alpha that may help fight off HIV infection by attaching itself to protein SUMO.
Urine smell may help in the detection of Alzheimer’s disease in near future suggests a mice model study.
Researchers have found that the HPV vaccine uptake is highest among girls in majority of Hispanic and high poverty communities.
Mysterious cancers of unknown origin are extremely difficult to identify and treat though researchers have found a link between HPV and these cancers and results are promising.
A diet of fish is rich in omega-6 and omega-3 that can help promote a child’s healthy brain development.
Acetaminophen, such as Tylenol, ranked first in the list, which includes accidental poisonings in babies, based on a report from the total calls to poison control centres.
Researchers show the association of high urate levels with the risk of Parkinson’s but does not necessarily prove that high levels actually lower the chances of developing the disease.
