Category: 6. Health

Having a cat as a pet could potentially double a person’s risk of schizophrenia-related conditions, according to an analysis of 17 studies.

Psychiatrist John McGrath and colleagues at the Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research in…

When I first told my mother I was freezing my eggs, she asked: “So my grandchildren are going to be stored next to some Häagen-Dazs?” (Very funny, Mum.) I’m one of an increasing number of women in the UK who have chosen to put their eggs…

Our kidneys may be small, but they’re important to our everyday health. Kidneys filter all your blood every 30 minutes, while also removing waste, managing your blood pressure and more. A recent study revealed that chronic kidney disease is now…

There’s fresh hope for early detection and new treatments of glaucoma, a group of eye diseases that have devastating effects on vision – and for which there is currently no cure. A new study has identified two natural molecules that play an…