113 million people around the world affected by chlamydia each year Sexually transmitted infection often has no obvious symptoms As a result it often goes untreated and can cause infertility New vaccine, administered via nasal spray, is showing promising results…
It is a scenario familiar to many – wandering the aisles of the supermarket consumed by hunger only to pile the basket high with foods you didn’t need or even want. The added calories a shopper is inclined to consume…
Boys in the US will soon get the same HPV vaccine as girls, health officials have said. Until now, only females aged between 11 and 12 were eligible to start receiving the jab to protect against human papilloma virus (HPV), which…
Ira Saxena’s sneezing began 3 weeks ago – she sneezes 10 times a minute Baffled doctors have already ruled out common causes like cold or allergy Only time the nine-year-old doesn’t sneeze is when she is alseep Mother: ‘It is…
The number of new cases of metastatic prostate cancer climbed 72 percent in the past decade from 2004 to 2013, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study. The report considers whether a recent trend of fewer men being screened may be…
In a study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a University of Wisconsin-Madison research team pinpoints how immune abnormalities beneath the retina result in macular degeneration, a common condition that often causes blindness. Aparna…
Many tourists returning from India were found colonized with multidrug-resistant «superbugs». Microbiologists at the Institute for Infectious Diseases of the University of Bern, Switzerland, also isolated a strain possessing a gene which can make these life-threatening bacteria resistant to the…
Five-year survival data published online today in Blood, the Journal of the American Society of Hematology (ASH), suggest that the targeted therapy brentuximab vedotin may have cured some Hodgkin lymphoma patients whose disease has persisted despite receiving previous therapies. This…
No one knows for sure how they got there. But the discovery that bacteria that normally live in the gut can be detected in the lungs of critically ill people and animals could mean a lot for intensive care patients.…
Anti-HIV medications suppress the viral load of people living with HIV and provide durable protection against heterosexual transmission a study led by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found. Researchers found a 93 percent reduction of HIV transmission…
Miracle diets can never work and it is impossible to lose more than two pounds a month, a new study claims. Groups of cyclists were tracked to see how their fat levels changed during and after exercise. But even after…
Anyone who was left scratching his or her head at the bone broth diet craze is going to be particularly flabbergasted by the latest development in the trend. New York City restaurant Springbone Kitchen is one of the very hotspots…
A daily dose of anti-HIV medication almost eradicates the risk of infection for people in a relationship with an HIV positive partner, new research claims. The breakthrough raises hopes of reducing HIV rates among one of Africa’s highest risk groups. …
Experts have said playground games are the most effective way to keep fit Doing just 15 minutes of skipping can burn up to 215 calories Femail reveals the best playground games for fitness and how you can incorporate them into your own exercise routine…
Patients suffering from liver cirrhosis often die of life-threatening bacterial infections. In these patients the immune cells are unable to eliminate the bacterial infections. Scientist at the University of Bonn and TU Munich have now discovered that type I IFN…
Researchers at NorthShore University HealthSystem (NorthShore) have launched the first clinical trial to investigate a genetic risk score (GRS) test to predict the risk of breast, prostate and colorectal cancer in the primary care setting. The test was developed by…
For the first time, researchers led by Tufts University engineers have integrated nano-scale sensors, electronics and microfluidics into threads – ranging from simple cotton to sophisticated synthetics – that can be sutured through multiple layers of tissue to gather diagnostic…
Wiggling the tubes of my new ear inserts until they fitted snugly, I felt bemused. They were so comfortable I could hardly tell I was wearing them, yet they were supposed to stop me clenching my jaw and grinding my…
The NHS is under huge financial pressure. If anyone needed confirmation of just how bad things are, NHS trusts recorded the largest ever deficit in the history of the health service according to figures published in May. The crisis has…
For busy people who need to get ready in a hurry and for those who just can’t face getting their hair wet, dry shampoo seems nothing short of a godsend. All it takes is a few spritzes from a can…
A tiny implant which ‘staples’ the heart may revolutionise heart treatment The device works to strengthen cardiac muscles weakened by heart attack A 63-year-old Newcastle man is the first in Britain to undergo the procedure By Pat Hagan for the…
Hospital admissions for a short-term and avoidable complication of diabetes have risen by 39 per cent in the last ten years, a new analysis has concluded. Almost 80,000 people were admitted to hospital in England for hypoglycaemia — where the…
Increasing oxygen delivery to muscles can help athletes perform better and give them the edge needed to win elite competitions. One of the best ways to increase oxygen supply is through blood manipulation, undergoing a blood transfusion that provides extra…
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Biologists and mathematicians from MIPT, Stony Brook University and other scientific research centres have taught a computer to predict the structure of protein complexes in a cell 10 times faster than before. The study has been published in Proceedings of…
Women who took part in ASPIRE, a trial that found a vaginal ring containing an antiretroviral (ARV) drug called dapivirine was safe and helped protect against HIV, will soon be offered the opportunity to use the ring as part of…
