Medicine News Stories

Brain-training exercises to boost visual awareness might be the way for baseball players to gain an edge over the...

Growth factors with powerful wound-healing effects have been developed by Swiss researchers.

The bacterium which causes acne in humans has been found in Italian grapevines...

Stress hormones can depress financial markets, a new study suggests.

A way to grow blood platelets, a critical ingredient in the cogulation system, has been announced by scientists in...

For the first time, scientists have placed tiny synthetic motors inside live human cells...

Breast milk varies hugely from mother to mother but researchers now think that different milk is produced for boys and...

Researchers have begun to model the brain using a computer but they'd need a power station to model the whole...

People who feel powerless perceive the world of weight very differently...

The first prosthetic hand has been developed that allows its user to actually feel what they are touching, in real time.

Antibodies in breast milk play a key role in the development of the gut and may be considered as an additive for...

A new fatal strain of flu has been identified in a patient in China...

US researchers have pinpointed new genetic variations linked to the psychiatric condition schizophrenia

This week doctors are trying to bring Formula One Racing Star Michael Schumacher out of a medically induced coma.

Brain scans can predict whether you will take a risk...

Microbes living on sea sponges produce a host of potent drugs, scientists have discovered.

What microbes cause the Beijing cough and how do they travel through the city’s thick smogs?

Cells can be switched back into a stem-cell like state by giving them a brief shock with acid, Japanese scientists have...

Purple tomatoes might soon be making their way onto our dinner plates as the genetically modified fruit is being...

Up to 91% of children with a fatal reaction to peanuts could have their allergy brought under control using a technique...

Antioxidants, widely regarded as a means to protect cells against the damage done by metabolic stress, may actually...

People intentionally anger others to gain a competitive advantage in certain sitations, new research has shown.

Super thin, flexible electronic circuits which can be applied to any surface have been developed by Swiss scientists...

Why was a minimum per-unit price for alcohol, mooted by the UK government to combat problem drinking, subsequently...