In a very rare case, when Li Li, 43, fell pregnant, the cells of her placenta turned into a cancerous tumour. By the time miracle baby Luca was born, the cancer had spread all over Li Li’s body and her…

Wasabi, that green condiment that spices up your sushi, may possess memory-boosting powers, a new Japanese study suggests. Lead researcher Rui Nouchi, an associate professor at Tohoku University’s Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, said the strength of the results…

Beer fear! What is REALLY happening to your brain the morning after a big night out and how you can combat that crippling ‘hangxiety’ Experts break down what causes the dreaded ‘hangxiety’ and how to combat it  READ MORE: Experts reveal…

DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: Why being cold is good for your brain, sleep and waistline… And it helped my son after his first-floor plunge As we’ve all noticed, it’s been very chilly recently. My family lives in an old house, which…

Many children with type 1 diabetes benefit from technology—including insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) devices—to help manage their blood sugar level, which is key to staying healthy. But a new UC Davis study finds that if the children…

It’s Saturday morning. You are barely awake, with a cup of coffee in your hand, and your gaze wanders to the window. It’s raining. So you make up your mind. This afternoon, you will go to a museum. But what…

Data from Australian researchers could partly explain why a trial of a new drug for diabetes, was recently halted because it was found to be so effective. Importantly, the data also reveals how anti-obesity drugs like Ozempic, actually work, which…

The need for targeted drugsCRISPR/Cas9 in drug discoveryPrecision medicine and personalized therapiesFuture prospects and conclusionsReferences Further reading  Clustered regular interspaced short palindromic repeat/CRISPR-associated 9 (CRISPR/Cas9) is a gene-editing technology that has revolutionized biomedical research since its original publication in 2012. The…

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, adolescent suicides have tragically been rising for over a decade and the COVID-19 pandemic’s toll on activities, social connections, and deaths have made these trends increasingly visible. A new Social Policy…

Whooping cough cases are said to be spiking in the UK with experts warning of the serious consequences of the infection. Also known as pertussis, whooping cough is a bacterial infection of the lungs and breathing tubes with early symptoms…