January 23rd, 2019A systematic review of large trials found that among those with no known history of cardiovascular disease, regular aspirin use was associated with a 11% lower risk of...
January 14th, 2019Addiction was once viewed as an unsavoury fringe disease, tethered to substances with killer withdrawal symptoms, such as alcohol and opium. But now the scope of what...
The strength of cannabis has doubled across Europe in the last 11 years, according to the first study to track changes in the drug across the continent, writes Maya...
January 14th, 2019Despite much debate in the United Kingdom and United States there is little agreement over how safe e-cigarettes are, write University of Edinburgh public health...
A woman in Brazil who received a womb transplanted from a deceased donor has given birth to a baby girl in the first successful case of its kind, doctors reported....
December 3rd, 2018The recreational drug known as ecstasy or molly may help people regain trust in others after being betrayed, suggests results of a controlled laboratory study of healthy...
November 28th, 2018
Significant doubts have been expressed, as well as international outrage, over unverified claims from a Chinese scientist that he has helped make the world's first...
Noise in hospitals is a common concern among patients, families and staff. In the UK, 40% of hospital patients are bothered by noise at night. Researchers from King’s...HIV/AIDS
Pain is very common among people living with HIV (PLWH) and has a major impact on quality of life and use of healthcare resources, investigators at the Institute for...
October 17th, 2018Globally, the number of babies born through caesarean section (C-section) almost doubled between 2000 and 2015 – from 12% to 21% of all births – according to a...
