Several newspapers have reported that all pregnant women will “get the right to a caesarean”, regardless of whether there is a medical reason for having one. Currently, around one in four UK babies is delivered by caesarean.
The reports are based …
Research is currently underway at the Indiana University School of Medicine to help men encounter fewer issues with incontinence, undergoing radical prostate surgery in the future. Chandru Sundaram, M.C. professor of urology at the Indiana University …
New research from Oxford University in England estimates the total cost of dementia across 15 western European countries in 2007 was 189 billion euros (£165 billion), most of which is made up of unpaid care from family and friends. The Alzheimer’s…
“A daily dose of drugs designed to lower cholesterol could also slash the risk of breast cancer recurring,” the Daily Mail reported today.
The news is based on the findings of a large Danish study that looked for an association between the use of
Fat cells in the omentum, a large fatty pad of tissue that drapes over the intestines in the abdomen, fuel the spread of ovarian cancer by providing nutrients and energy for rapid tumor growth, according to a new study published online in Nature Medi…
The ability to dream is a fascinating aspect of the human mind. However, how the images and emotions that we experience so intensively when we dream form in our heads remains a mystery. Up to now it has not been possible to measure dream content. Max P…
New potential avenues for early disease detection and prevention: A study led by Matej Oresic from VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland suggests that autoimmune diabetes is preceded by diminished gut microbial diversity of the Clostridium leptum su…
The E.coli superbug has hit Birmingham but don’t worry, this one isn’t about to make you ill. It’s a huge scientific model, certified by Guinness World Records as the largest ever. The model ‘Bacterium E.coli magnified two million times’ was installed …
Holiday gatherings are festive fun, but it’s not easy to be the life of the party when you’re sniffling, sneezing and wheezing. From the host’s overpowering perfume to the nuts in the snack bowl, holiday parties can be a challenge for people with aller…
For decades the amyloid hypothesis has dominated the research field in Alzheimer’s disease. The theory describes how an increase in secreted beta-amyloid peptides leads to the formation of plaques, toxic clusters of damaged proteins between cells, whic…
