Researchers from The University of Western Australia and the Royal Perth Hospital Medical Research Foundation are warning that Australia’s obesity
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What happens to your body when you drink old water?
Water doesn’t go bad for years. It’s water. Right? We might all see the “best before 2050” labels on our
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Potential way to halt blinding macular degeneration identified
Researchers have successfully treated age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in mice after finding an unexpected link between the two main forms
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Vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy connected to elevated risk of ADHD
According to a study conducted in Finland, the risk of ADHD was 34 percent higher in children whose mother had
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Study catalogues cancer ‘fingerprints’ in decade-long global effort to map cancer genomes
Cancer is the leading cause of death in Singapore and the second leading cause of death around the world, implicated
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Vaccinating children—why peace of mind should not be forgotten when it comes to funding
Vaccinating children against serious diseases is a complicated process. Even after all the scientific discoveries and developments, there are important
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Technique shows how individual cancer cells react to drugs
A new technique reported in Science this week overcomes several limitations of typical high-throughput chemical screens conducted on cell samples.
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Religiousness linked to improved quality of life for people with HIV
Adults living with HIV in Washington, D.C., were more likely to feel higher levels of emotional and physical well-being if
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Targeting cancers’ surroundings to prevent or limit metastasis
Cancer depends on blood. Just like the rest of the body, tumors need blood vessels to supply them with nutrients
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A brain link to STI/HIV sexual risk
Data show that young adult women in the United States have high rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) that increase
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