The targeted cancer drug erlotinib has comparable efficacy to chemotherapy, and is better tolerated, in hard-to-treat cases where a patient’s cancer has progressed quickly after treatment with first-line therapy, the results of…

Soon kidney transplant recipients would be younger under a proposal being considered by the nation’s organ transplant network. This would replace the current ‘first-come-first-served’ system and is intended to provide better matches…

Chimpanzee meat is for sale in restaurants and market stalls in Britain, it has emerged. Trading standards officials uncovered the illegal bushmeat from the endangered species whilst testing samples believed to be…

FDA scientists successfully used a new genome sequencing test to retrospectively examine a 2009-2010 foodborne illness outbreak to help trace the source of the infection. A Salmonella Montevideo outbreak that began early…

Sticking to vegetables for five days a week can significantly reduce the body’s amount of antibiotics and phthalates – a common chemical added to plastics – says a new research. To come…

This case-control study was carried out in a university-affiliated teaching hospital, Tehran city, Iran. A total of 312 newly diagnosed cases aged less than 40 years old participated and were matched for…

Potentially malignant nodules could be removed from the lungs by using tiny spheres of radioactive liquid. It is safe and more effective than other techniques, Italian researchers report at the European Multidisciplinary…

Pregnant women should be told that having an abortion is safer than having a baby, highly contentious new advice from doctors states. The guidelines, from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists,…

London: A new study has suggested that drinking tea not only improves brain power, but also reduces tiredness and increases alertness, thereby improving the performance. For the study, Dutch researchers looked at…

New data presented at the 2nd International Congress on Abdominal Obesity (ICAO) highlights the importance of abdominal obesity as a risk factor for the development of cardiovascular disease and diabetes. The INternational…

WASHINGTON – Mindfulness can help people cope with both pain and suffering, says a health expert. It is a consciousness focused on the here and now, rather than brooding over past failures…

Acute viral infection does not appear to be a primary cause of acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a progressive, deadly disease resulting in thickening and scarring of the lungs, according…

High and frequent doses of radiation for dialysis patients, many of whom suffer from other illnesses and require radiation for diagnosis and treatments, put them at serious and significant risk of developing…

Scientists at the NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, USA, have come closer to explaining the genetic differences that can pick out some early-transmitting Human Immunodeficiency Viruses (HIVs) from those…

A single home urine test which can be sent by post may replace multiple blood tests in hospital – the test measures whether or how much insulin is being produced by individuals…