Medicine News Stories

High stress levels during pregnancy can affect the level of nutrients available to the baby, leading to health risks in...

Humidity and temperature are key factors in the ability to form complex tones.

Pet dogs have been implicated in transmitting a deadly virus to lions in Tanzania's Serengeti National Park...

Cone snails use a weaponised insulin to disable their prey.

Sea turtles use Earth's magnetic field to find their birth place

Obesity affects your genes and risk of diabetes

Bowhead whales have evolved anti-ageing DNA-repair systems to outlive almost all other animals on earth.

Your mother was right, breathing cold air can help the cold virus invade...

Main characters in kids' cartoons die twice as fast as their counterparts in grown-up films

Individuals who have strong friendships cope with stress much better than loners.

New herpes drug stops cold sores from coming back again by stopping gene activation.

Electric eels use remote control to force their prey to disclose themselves...

Man receives nightmarish news from his doctors, when his headaches turn out to be a rare tapeworm living in his brain...

Malaria-spreading mosquitoes have genomes sequenced to find out why they carry the parasite and which species may be...

DNA smeared on the outside of a rocket launched into space survived the flight and re-entry, and may contaminate...

Pain-sensing nerves have been made in a petri dish for the first time.

Contraceptive pill changes a woman's satisfaction with husband choice, says study on newly-weds...

Gut bacteria are critical to brain and nervous system development, new Swedish study shows.

Banks may just make bankers dishonest, according to new research.

Feeling distracted? Perhaps the latest brain training can fix that...

People choose not to harm others even when it costs them money, a new study shows...

The environment people live in can predict their religious beliefs, says biggest global study of its kind.

People switch on genes with their thoughts using a system developed by Swiss scientists.

Bacteria with DNA memories have been made by scientists in the US.