Category: 6. Health

Sections of DNA once dismissed as dormant and useless could in fact be recruited to fight certain types of drug-resistant blood cancers, new research has revealed.

Known as ‘junk’ DNA, these bits of DNA don’t encode proteins, so were…

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental condition that affects around 2.5% of adults and 7% of children. It causes difficulties with attention, impulsivity and hyperactivity.

If unrecognised and untreated,…

A tool that uses artificial intelligence to help diagnose men with prostate cancer and guide decisions about treatment is to be tested in NHS hospitals, researchers have announced.

The £1.9m Vanguard Path study, funded by Prostate Cancer UK and…

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Exercise is like medicine for the heart, and just like with medication, you need the right “dose” for it to be effective. But a recent study suggests that the dose might not be the same for everyone.

Researchers found that men need roughly…

In the United Kingdom, mammography breast cancer screening is offered to women ages 50 to 75 every three years. The Breast…

The Ministère de la Santé et de l’Hygiène publique in Senegal is now reporting human Rift Valley fever (RVF) in nine regions. The latest in Kédougou Region in south-eastern Senegal near the border with Mali and Guinea.

Since the outbreak…