Balloon benefits

Though laser seemed to be technically more advanced as a tool for removing heart blockages, a recent study shows that it cannot be trusted completely

Sleeping with the malady

Snoring may be dismissed as an irritant for the non-snorer sleeping nearby... but, watch out! For it just might be the symptom of a deadly …

Three cheers

Three important developments made by cancer researchers this year have opened up some exciting new possibilities for the diagnosis, therapy …

Aids against AIDS

In a monumental decision, the American government approves the world's first large-scale testing of an AIDS vaccine

A pinch of salt, anyone?

If you are health-conscious, you will politely decline the offer. But what do the experts have to say?

Family bonds

"Troubled children don't need counselling. They need parental love and support." A myth? Not at all, say behavioural scientists

No pain

... is a big gain when it comes to medicine. Here, doctors would give anything for an effective, new painkiller

Will plague return?

A plague bacterium that has developed resistance to several antibiotics may pose a serious threat to human health

Extreme stress and amnesia

The link has been established: the hormone cortisol plays an active role in memory loss due to stress

COVID-19 shows the world needs physicians who can look beyond medical charts

COVID-19 has placed a spotlight on the field of social medicine. It has done so by showing up inherent injustices in society

Singeing in the veins

High levels of an amino acid in the blood could be responsible for heart disease

Global health threat

Different 'strokes'

Cancer killer

A super-vaccine shows promise in curing the growing menace of prostate cancer

Leaded to decay

Kudos to Kanis

Indigenous clue

Blitzkrieg against polio

The unborn pain

The foetus can hear, smell and is sensitive to taste, but can it also feel pain?

Surgery for blood pressure

Potato against diabetes

Banned drug approved

Food for thought

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

Calcium wonders

A glass of milk a day may stand between you and colon cancer

Surgical control