Food for thought

Vitamin B12 andfolic acid promise a worldfi-ee of Alzheimer's disease

Leeches as painkillers

A pain in the back

Chiropractic gradually gains recognition as scientific research gives it a better rating

Worm sutpnse

Truth about a pandemic

Cancer cure

Medical science may soon declare cancer, a disease that has eluded it for years, dead

Heart-friendly pill

Tumour. Tamed

Mobile mayhem

Using that mobile phone might boost your business, but it might fry your brain

New blood, new hope

Medical science finds a cheaper, better alternative for bone marrow transplant

Wiped out

No guinea worm cases have been reported after 1996

Seeing red

An unusual craving for tomatoes could mean anaemia

Artificial muscle

With the discovery of a new molecule, it could be possible

Participatory approach

The 'executive arm' of the brain also helps in making decisions

Dealing with mutant genes

Important, but not busy

For a ringside view of cells

How a technique developed by physicists can help biologists

Summer-borns are healthier

Staying alive

Humans are not the only ones whose survival depends on keeping together

Only the lonely

Express yourself

The latest on calcium's role in regulating expression or repression of genes

Brain booster

Brainy babies

Sore success

Old man's fault

Children born to older fathers are more likely to succumb to Alzheimer's disease