Category: Health

Move over, colonoscopies – researchers report in ACS Sensors that they’ve developed a sensor made of tiny microspheres packed with blood-sensing bacteria that detect markers

Middle-aged Australians are keeping the country running – but it’s taking a hefty toll on their wellbeing, a new report shows.

It is increasing our risk of a range of chronic diseases, including obesity and depression, a major review says.

There is a long history of supplements marketed to enhance memory, focus, overall cognitive function, and brain health. None of them are backed by quality

Researchers warned Wednesday that rising global consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) poses a major threat to health, calling for countries to subject some products made

When you’re training for a race, it is tempting to go to extremes. But that makes this a prime time to watch for warning signs

Dr Jilly O’Hagan says she is “hugely concerned” after three patients in her surgery received a late cancer diagnosis.

Solicitors for more than 50 former patients of surgeon Kuldeep Stohr write to Wes Streeting.

Bladder cancer ranks among the ten most common types of cancer worldwide. The main treatment is bladder removal surgery, and despite advances in systemic therapies

Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is a debilitating hereditary condition in which fluid-filled sacs form and proliferate in the kidneys. Over time, the painful, growing cysts

Replacing beef with a plant based beef substitute for six days changed the fatty acid composition of human milk, increasing medium chain saturated fats and

Researchers implanted electrodes in the human nucleus accumbens to track brain activity during severe food preoccupation in an individual taking tirzepatide. They found that a

A new study investigating neuroinflammation in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) of the brain, a small, midbrain dopaminergic region, has found that acute and chronic

SNAP food benefits are flowing again after a pause during the federal government shutdown