Researchers have for the first time highlighted the natural regenerative capacity of a group of stem cells that reside in the heart.
A new report by World Health Organization reveals that antibiotic resistance is no longer a prediction for the future; it is happening right now in every region of the world and
Rabies, one of the world’s deadliest diseases, remains widespread. The disease impacts the lives of billions of people in the poorest parts of the world every year.
In California, a child born with the HIV virus appears to have been cured after receiving high doses of antiretroviral drugs.
Europeans show a particular interest in news items about health research. A survey of over 4,000 people shows that biomedical research is above all a synonym for hope.
For the first time, researchers have linked patient records to mortality registries in different countries.
Pancreatic cancer, is labeled as a rare disease, but has a deserved reputation as a ‘silent killer’.
Pre-eclampsia kills 76,000 women and 500,000 babies each year.
Is photographic memory real? If so, how does it work? And what exactly are hallucinations? Brain Awareness Week provides the best answers to these questions.
In order to raise awareness among the general public, the seventh annual Rare Disease Day has been held on the last day of February.
What am I? A clot of organs, cells, spirit and brain? Is there something that summarises me? Since 1974 we could try answering this in a different way: I am my stem cells.
Is the combination of work and family bad for your health? Depends on where you live.
Inflow immigration is one of the most stringent issues Europe has been called to tackle in recent years.
Researchers of the European CHILD-INNOVAC project have developed an innovative nasal vaccine to combat the highly contagious bacterial disease pertussis.
We are all genetic mixtures of our parents. There are two copies of each gene in our body, one inherited from our mother and one from our father.
Experts and social organizations have warned for the negative effects of economic crisis on the health of the population.
Each year, 2 million stents – tiny mesh tubes made of metal or polymers – are surgically placed in patients’ blood vessels to reopen arteries blocked by arteri
How should we tell children about diseases?
HIV continues to be a major public health issue. There is still no vaccine against the virus that causes AIDS. European researchers are working to change this.
Scientists are working together in a new research project to uncover the genetic mystery behind healthy aging.
