Diagnosed with Parkinson's at 30 – behind a life-changing moment
Feb 16, 2016 15:28 pm UTC| Health
Billy Connolly picked up a special recognition award at the recent National Television Awards for 50 years in the entertainment industry but it was the effects of the comedians illness that shaped the...
Judging Jenner: was his smallpox experiment really unethical?
Feb 16, 2016 14:14 pm UTC| Health
You have to pity Edward Jenner. He develops a vaccination for smallpox, saves countless lives in the process and eradicates one of the greatest scourges of humanity, yet is often accused of conducting unethical...
We can't eradicate drugs, but we can stop people dying from them
Feb 16, 2016 06:52 am UTC| Health
There is something very special about illicit drugs. If they dont always make the drug user behave irrationally, they certainly cause many non-users to behave that way. Harvard Professor of Psychiatry Lester...
Female genital cutting common in Indonesia, offered as part of child delivery by birth clinics
Feb 16, 2016 02:24 am UTC| Health
Female genital mutilation (FGM), an ancient tradition of cutting, scraping, piercing or nicking of genitals of young girls, was believed to be practised predominantly in sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East. But a recent...
Sugar may be as damaging to the brain as extreme stress or abuse
Feb 16, 2016 00:03 am UTC| Health
We all know that cola and lemonade arent great for our waistline or our dental health, but our new study on rats has shed light on just how much damage sugary drinks can also do to our brain. The changes we observed to...
Is schizophrenia written in our genes?
Feb 15, 2016 14:17 pm UTC| Health
Scientists have identified hundreds of regions of the human genome that are linked with schizophrenia. These findings are exciting because they provide clues to the biological basis of this devastating disorder clues that...
How satellites can help control the spread of diseases such as Zika
Feb 15, 2016 10:57 am UTC| Technology Health
The explosive spread of Zika throughout the Americas is raising questions about the best ways to control this and future epidemics. We first need to identify what factors contribute to the spread of Zika and understand...
Gabon: post-coup dialogue has mapped out path to democracy – now military leaders must act
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects