Category: 6. Health

The past decade in advanced breast cancer (ABC) care has gone under the microscope, with a new study revealing dramatic advances in survival outcomes, while cautioning that life-extending drugs reach just 51% of low-middle income countries…

A simple blood test for platelet activity at middle age could one day help identify people at risk for Alzheimer’s disease decades ahead of time, allowing for possible preventive therapy.

The blood-clotting process in vascular…

A new study offers an innovative way to track the spread of leishmaniasis, a parasitic disease affecting both animals and humans. Using high-resolution melting (HRM) PCR, researchers developed a fast, reliable method to identify…

In a groundbreaking study, researchers from the Centre for Precision Psychiatry at the University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital have discovered extensive genetic links between neurological disorders like migraine, stroke and…

A nanoparticle vaccine designed to fight cancers induced by human papillomavirus (HPV) eradicated tumors in an animal model of late-stage metastatic disease, UT Southwestern Medical Center scientists report in a new study published…

Scientists have long dreamed of quashing mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria, which alone kills more than 608,000 people per year.

Their inventions – notably insecticide-treated bed nets – have slashed child mortality in parts of…

Canada has officially lost its “measles-free” status due to a rise in measles cases across the country over the past year.

According to a statement from the Canadian government, the increase in measles cases, which has…

Getting older might seem like a slow, gradual process – but research suggests that this is not always the case.

In fact, if you wake up one morning, look in the mirror, and wonder if your aging somehow accelerated, you might not be imagining…