The answer to the so-called “French paradox” may be found in red wine. More specifically, it may reside in small doses of resveratrol, a natural constituent of…
Researchers have demonstrated the possibility of preventing the human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, which is responsible for more than a million…
The research, which was carried out by academics from the University’s School of Health Professions and Rehabilitation Sciences and the School of Electronics &…
However, the use of these machines can come at a price — every year thousands of patients are left with debilitating lung injuries, a small number of which are…
The aim of the project was to find out how the healthy body regulates glucose concentrations in the blood.Scientists have known for a long time that glucose is…
Particulates in diesel exhaust are a substantial cause of the negative health effects traced to air pollution, above all in traffic environments. Diesel…
EDCTP is a partnership of 14 European Member States plus Norway, Switzerland and sub-Saharan countries. The Partnership aims to reduce the global burden of…
A research group from the department of medicine at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) has studied the causes and consequences of the cell suicide of…
The first study of its kind has revealed that members of the UK South Asian community are far less likely than non-Asians to take up invitations for bowel or…
Lacking more precise information, clinical doctors used to turn to hysterectomy, or uterus removal, which precluded future pregnancies to affected women….
In patients with panic disorder (PD), the difficulty to identify and manage emotional experience might contribute to the enduring vulnerability to panic…
In the last decade, the clinician-patient relationship has become more of a partnership. There is growing interest in shared decision-making (SDM) in which the…
Research into respiratory infections is an urgent priority, they argue. Colds can be a very serious problem for the elderly, babies, and patients with lung…
A monkey has successfully fed itself with fluid, well-controlled movements of a human-like robotic arm by using only signals from its brain, researchers from…
The study reveals that the fears associated with the RHT are product of disinformation and are often against clinical evidences. Some of those concerns are…
In Germany alone, about three million – mostly elderly – patients suffer from poorly healing large-area wounds caused by complaints such as diabetes, burns or…