Bony bonanza

Heal thyself

Gene remedy

Scientists in the US have devised a method to deal with blocked blood vessels in legs

Mind-blowing wonder

Quick fat remedies

Manufacturing drugs to fight obesity may become easier after the discovery of a protein

Smoke going down

Can't quit smoking? Try GVG, the new 'give-up-smoking' drug

Bite of a tick

Sword of small things

Molecular structures that 'bleed' harmful microbes to death

Pigs to the rescue

Sugar trap

New guidelines have been laid down to redefine the scale of diabetes

This won't hurt

Children hide pain merely to avoid an injection, a study reveals

A vector called housefly

Studies show that houseflies carry a bacterium that causes ulcers

Large-hearted men

Reviving the brain

Scientists could soon develop a drug that would help repair brain disorders

Pace breakers

The use of cellular phones can damage heart pacemakers

Asthma and cataract

Food for thought

The tongue that heals

Class struggle in mid-air

Lack of leg-room in economy-class seating can be harmful to middle-aged people

Preserving fruits

The fairer, depressed sex?

Thicker than blood

A polymer coating might be the answer to the perpetual paucity of blood for transfusion

Obesity may be infectious

Puberty too soon

Chemicals resembling oestrogen, may be causing sexual irregularities in adolescent girls

Painless injections