Health

June 18, 2012

Alzheimer’s Gene ‘Affects Women but Not Men’

A gene variant that presents the most common inherited risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease has been shown for the first – Read More...
June 11, 2012

Bali Gets Facelift as Cosmetic Surgery Offered to Tourists

A 50-bed tourism hospital has been unveiled on a one-hectare site in Bali’s swish Nusa Dua area, making it the first tourism hospital in Indonesia.
June 11, 2012

Research Shows Promising Treatments against Skin Cancer

Two new experimental treatments against advanced melanoma have shown promise in keeping the deadly skin cancer at bay, according to – Read More...
June 11, 2012

Experimental Drug Keeps Aggressive Breast Cancer at Bay

An experimental drug treatment may help keep a certain kind of aggressive breast cancer at bay, offering new hope for – Read More...
June 11, 2012

World Cancer Cases Seen Rising by 75%

Worldwide cases of cancer are likely to rise by nearly 75 percent by 2030, driven by demographic and lifestyle factors, – Read More...
June 4, 2012

Emergency Plan Launched for Endgame of Polio Eradication

An international group tasked with ridding the world of polio has said it is shifting to “emergency mode” as the – Read More...
June 4, 2012

New Therapy Helps Tinnitus Sufferers

Tinnitus, an incurable ringing in the ears that can wreck the lives of those that suffer from it, can be – Read More...
May 28, 2012

Third of Malaria Drugs in SE Asia ‘Are Fake’

More than a third of malaria drugs examined by scientists in Southeast Asia were fake, and a similar proportion analysed – Read More...
May 28, 2012

Skin Cells Used to Help Repair Heart Muscle

Lab scientists reported that for the first time they have taken skin cells from patients who had suffered heart failure – Read More...
May 21, 2012

Scientists Pinpoint Schizophrenia Genes

Scientists claimed this week to have pinpointed the genes most responsible for schizophrenia in a breakthrough they say will allow – Read More...