It can feel beyond frustrating when you start to feel like your youthful radiance is going away, and you don’t know what to do about it. Your first thought might be to turn to plastic surgery, but this is a serious financial, physical and emotional…
Category: New Research
Measles Makes Body ‘Forget’ How To Fight Infection
Measles has a devastating impact on the body’s immune system that could make it harder to fight infections for years, a pair of studies show. The virus can cause “immune amnesia” – meaning the body forgets how to fight bugs it once knew how to…
With Severe Flu Season Potentially On Horizon, Doctors Are Urging Patients To Get Flu Shots Now
Contrary to popular belief, you should not wait until November or December to get your flu shot. The time is now, experts say. “With the flu season starting earlier in Australia, and us already seeing cases of confirmed flu even in September, it’s worth getting…
Paralysed Man Moves In Mind-Reading Exoskeleton
A man has been able to move all four of his paralysed limbs with a mind-controlled exoskeleton suit, French researchers report. Thibault, 30, said taking his first steps in the suit felt like being the “first man on the Moon”. His movements, particularly walking, are…
Things You Had No Idea Could Cause Blood Cancer
Blood cancers are serious and life-threatening, but treatments are increasingly saving lives. Prevention, as in most things related to health, is key. But when it comes to blood cancers, not enough is known about what triggers these diseases. Here’s what we do know about blood…
What Personalised Medicine Could Mean For Your Health
Medicine has always been personal to some extent – a doctor looks for the best way to help the patient sitting in front of them. But with advances in technology, it is becoming possible to use the most unique of characteristics – our genomes –…
Prostate Cancer Screening Scan Hope
Hundreds of UK men are trying out a new screening test for prostate cancer to see if it should eventually be offered routinely on the NHS. The test is a non-invasive MRI scan that takes images of the inside of the body to check for…
Study Links Heartburn Drugs To Fatal Illnesses
Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) — a widely prescribed group of medications that combat heartburn, GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease), and ulcers — are the most widely prescribed class of drugs worldwide, with annual global sales of about $13 billion. More than 15 million Americans take the…