The first antiretroviral treatments appeared in 1996. Since then, new and better drugs have been discovered that have almost turned AIDS into a chronic disease. Read more >>
[Tom Sitati] The healthcare industry has for centuries debated whether to position itself as a profitable business or a service to society. Many hospitals have their origins in the world of non-profit but here's the untold secret of the so called world of non-profits; for any organisation to succeed it has to make a decent profit. Read more >>
A review of published scientific studies carried out by British researchers has revealed that people with low levels of the Vitamins A and C were more likely to suffer from asthma. Read more >>
The new science of epigenetics explains how genes can be modified by the environment, and a prime result of epigenetic inquiry has just been published online in The FASEB Journal: You are what your mother did not eat during pregnancy. Read more >>
In the future, explained Peter Ghazal, Chair of Edinburgh University's Department of Molecular Genetics and Biomedicine, biological sensors, the product of the integration of biology and electronics will be used to detect infections and prescribe personalized treatments. Read more >>
Scientists in Britain have come up with what appears a very sensible idea - a team at Strathclyde University in Scotland have developed an early warning sunburn indicator - it comes in the form of a thin strip which turns pink after too much exposure to ultra-violet light. Read more >>
According to scientists in New Zealand, eating a raw tomato may not be the best way to access it s healthy antioxidants - they say a mere 4% of the antioxidant lycopene is released from raw tomatoes. Read more >>
Cancer Research UK scientists have shown that screening for prostate cancer using prostate specific antigen (PSA) would lead to a substantial number of tumours diagnosed at an earlier and more treatable stage. However, there would be likely cases of over-diagnosed prostate cancer according to a study published in the British Journal of Cancer today. Read more >>
Beginning this month and for the next year, environmental toxicologist Kathleen Arcaro of the University of Massachusetts Amherst will be recruiting subjects nationwide for a study to see if cells expressed in nursing mothers' breast milk might one day provide a quick, easy way to assess a woman's future breast cancer risk. Read more >>
New research by scientists in the Netherlands has found that Vitamin E supplements taken during pregnancy can increase the risk of heart defects in babies. Read more >>
The latest research from Australia's Cancer Council Victoria which involved a telephone poll of 4500 smokers, has found that almost three quarters of smokers surveyed would try to quit if the price of cigarettes rose by 50%. Read more >>
Chinese officials have unveiled a health-care plan which promises to deliver to all its 1.3 billion citizens, fair and affordable health services by the year 2020. If successful, the overhaul could provide a model for other countries, in Africa, for instance, where health-care is less than optimum. Read more >>
According to American researchers women who take oral contraceptives (OC) could find any muscle which might be gained from resistance exercise training is impaired. Read more >>
In the UK, black Caribbean and black African women have twice as much risk of experiencing severe pregnancy complications than white women, according to research published on BMJ.com. Read more >>
