Interviews about Medicine

Why are our veins blue and do any creatures have different coloured blood?

Non-inherited genetic mutations can lead to dementia

Do you know your selenophobia from your genuphobia?

What treatment is out there for nightmares?

Why do some people develop phobias, and what can be done to help?

Some of the latest stories from the world of neuroscience research...

What actually is fear, and how does it affect our body and mind?

How Georgia makes wine is different from the rest of the world..

The order in which we acquire bacteria early in life affects the composition our gut microbiome as adults.

Some bacteria are able to steal vitamin B12 from us as it passes through the small intestine.

Mice raised in sterile environments are less social.

A dose of antibiotics early in life may increase the risk of type 1 diabetes.

Soy-derived oils are toxic for beneficial bacteria in the small intestine but not in the gut.

Do anti-aging creams actually work?

What are the products in the average make up bag actually made from?

How risky are breast implants?

What's the science behind being image conscious?

How do you know if you've had enough sun? Scientists are working on a wearable sensor...

Are we grouping kids with learning difficulties in the best way?

Could cutting out mutations in mitochondria be a way to treat mitochondrial disease?

The results of a study that reports are dubbing “one of the biggest breakthroughs yet in blood pressure genetics” have...

This year's Ignobel winner discusses his work about human cannibalism...

Why do we have a different flu vaccine every year?

And when were the first flu vaccines available in history?