A new research suggests that high levels of `good` (high density lipoprotein) HDL cholesterol decrease the risk of bowel cancer. The association is independent of other potentially cancer-inducing markers of inflammation in…

For the diabetes capital of the world, this might sound alarming. Experts in India say nearly 40 percent of diabetics can be affected by chronic kidney disorders (CKDs). What`s more, around 1.5…

Women who follow NHS guidance and breastfeed their babies exclusively for six months may be putting them at risk of iron deficiency and food allergies, experts have warned. The national recommendation must…

As he struggled for decades with a depression that often left him despondent, Eric Wilson never thought to get a second opinion. “This might be true of many of us,” he said….

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Benlysta® (belimumab), a new biologic therapy developed to treat patients suffering from active, autoantibody-positive systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). This landmark decision heralds the first new…

Although universal prenatal supplementation with iron is recommended, an extra intake of iron does not noticeably benefit pregnant women, except when they are anemic. This was observed by researchers of the Institute…

The liver normally makes and stores fat, which is required in moderation for normal body function. However, if the process goes awry, excess fat in the liver can cause major liver damage….

London: A new system that effectively delivers drugs to the eyes, using a microbot, could offer hope to thousands of patients who suffer from conditions like age-related macular degeneration, a leading cause…

London: A new study from Heidelberg University Hospital has analysed the involvement of particular components of the infected cell in virion release, and discovered that the enzyme VPS4A plays a more active…

Neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s are partly attributable to brain inflammation. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet now demonstrate in a paper published in Nature that a well-known family of enzymes can prevent…

Washington: Scientists have discovered that proteins in fluids bathing the brain are essential for building it. The finding promises to advance research related to neurological disease, cancer and stem cells. Before now,…

UAE Minister of Health Dr. Hanif Hassan Ali and Korean Minister of Health and Welfare Chin Soo Hee signed here today, a memorandum of understanding on cooperation and exchange of experiences between…

Mark Saxton, MD, pediatric surgeon at Gundersen Lutheran Health System in La Crosse, Wis., is performing a minimally invasive surgery to correct pectus excavatum (sunken chest) in adults. “Sunken chest is a…

Scientists have warned that we have not seen the end of H1N1 swine flu that swept the globe in 2009/10. The strain of the virus could easily morph into a more transmissible…

When patients need a bone graft for a foot or ankle surgery, bone often is taken from another part of their body. Now surgeons are using new methods to get bone material…