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Fertility Wristwatch

Knowing when the time is right to try for a baby could soon be as easy as checking the hour of the day. A technology firm has created a wristwatch which can...

What Can Babies Hear Whilst Inside Their Mothers ?

R esearchers in America have discovered that the unborn baby can probably hear a lot more of what we say than we thought previously. Ken Gerhardt and Robert...

Novel Source of Antimicrobials

Researchers looking for new ways to deal with antibiotic resistant infections may have discovered a bacterial achilles heel. Analysing the genetic code of o...

Rocket Science To Help The Elderly

No, I'm not proposing jet packs to get Granny up the stairs, but researcers at Manchester Metropolitan Universtiy think that methods invented to help astron...

Low Tar Cigarettes As Bad As Medium Tar

New research from the US has shown that the risk of lung cancer is no different in people who smoke medium, low or even very low tar cigarettes. The researc...

Garlic Smart-bomb For Targeted Cancer Therapy

Chemicals found in Garlic could be used as a new Smart Bomb to treat cancer. Allicin is a toxic chemical which is not present in whole cloves of garlic, but...

New Anticancer Magic Bullet

Doctors in America have pioneered a new treatment for lymphoma, a type of cancer of the blood, that can selectively home in on cancer cells whilst leaving t...

An Apple a Day Keeps Dementia At Bay

You’ve heard the saying “an apple a day keeps the doctor away” but that might have to change to “an apple a day keeps dementia at ba...

Bears Hold Key To Osteoporosis Prevention

Black Bears seem to be unique amongst hibernating animals because they have the unique ability to stop their bones from thinning during their long winter sl...

Cinnamon Can Lower Blood Glucose

There’s some good news for sufferers of diabetes these week, with research revealing that eating just half a teaspoon of cinnamon a day can significan...