Urologists have called for UK transport companies to put stringent staff guidelines in place to tackle the condition, which can cause sudden, severe and…
Developed at the Eighth International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant last August in Madison, Wis., the declaration is a synopsis of the latest…
Nutritional research is focusing on the effects of incorporating these healthier fatty acids, such as conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), into animal and human…
The announcement comes after the appointment of Professor Giuseppe Giaccone, President of the TAT series’ Organizing Committee, as the new Chief of the Medical…
The highly pathogenic H5NI strains of avian flu which are transmitted from wild birds to domestic poultry are currently transmissible to humans only with great…
Drawing on data from 31,546 high-risk patients participating in two international trials, researchers found that even small increases in fasting glucose raised…
Their findings could someday lead to early detection and prevention of debilitating conditions such as carpal tunnel syndrome and tendonitis.The new study from…
In humans, one cause of this malfunction is when a mutation in a gene called FOXP3 disables the immune cells’ ability to function. In a new study published…
The unexpected result, reported online in Nature Neuroscience, turned several lights on in researchers' heads. “This is daydreaming at this point, but we might…
Speaking at the British Endocrine Societies meeting in Birmingham, Dr Chantal Mathieu (University of Leuven, Belgium) said that research had shown that low…
Researchers in Denmark studied 47,835 Danish couples between 1996 and 2002 and found that if both partners were obese the chances of the couple having to wait…
The centre is a result of a partnership between a group of academic and medical institutions committed to translating research into patient care. These are…
The report, published in the January/March volume, cites several studies, case reports and historical examples related to photosensitive epilepsy, suggesting…
As many people struggle with food cravings and weight gain, they could be forgiven for thinking that sweet and fat-rich foods, such as chocolate, might be…
Dr Douglas Tincello, Senior Lecturer at the University’s Department of Cancer Studies and Molecular Medicine and Consultant Gynaecologist at the Leicester…
Randall Parrish, Professor of Isotope Geology, developed the test with Postdoctoral Fellow Dr Axel Gerdes, who now works at the University of Frankfurt,…