Tuesday, 20 November 2018

Health

Why obesity is linked to cancer
11/21/2018 - 00:16

A new discovery could explain why obese people are more likely to develop cancer, scientists say.

A type of cell the body uses to destroy cancerous tissue...

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Huge malnutrition toll on yemen children
11/21/2018 - 00:13

An estimated 85,000 children under the age of five may have died from acute malnutrition in three years of war in Yemen, a leading charity says.

The number...

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Llama blood clue to beating all flu
11/02/2018 - 09:55

Scientists in the US have recruited an unlikely ally in their efforts to develop a new flu treatment. Llamas have been used to produce a new...

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Sniffer dogs can identify malaria
11/02/2018 - 09:31

Scientists in the UK and The Gambia say they have the first evidence that dogs can sniff out malaria. They have trained dogs to...

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Surgery students 'losing dexterity to sew
11/02/2018 - 09:26

A professor of surgery says students have spent so much time in front of screens and so little time using their hands that they have lost the dexterity for...

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New 'Trojan horse' antibiotic promising
10/26/2018 - 01:19

Scientists say they have engineered a new antibiotic that appears promising in early clinical trials. The...

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Cancer chemo treatment 'unbearable
10/18/2018 - 22:06

Bill Turnbull has described dealing with cancer every day as "relentlessly boring" and admitted he asked doctors to stop his "unbearable" chemotherapy.

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Australia scraps tampon tax
10/08/2018 - 03:12

Australia will remove a controversial tax on female sanitary products following years of campaigning by women's groups....

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