A clinical trial led by Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney has found that point-of-care testing for hepatitis B DNA is as effective as traditional laboratory testing, paving the way for faster diagnosis ...

People who experience traumatic events in childhood or adulthood may face a higher risk of developing dementia or having a stroke later in life, according to research in China. The team compared the ...

Research from the Malaghan Institute and the Babraham Institute in the United Kingdom has offered new insights into germinal centres, immune hubs where infection-fighting antibodies are made.

The assistance of artificial intelligence for routine mammograms means more cancers are picked up, and fewer diagnoses are made between screens, according to international research. 100,000 women in ...

A prostate cancer treatment that aims to target the cancer without as many side effects has shown promise in a trial of 100 patients, according to Australian researchers. Treating the whole prostate ...

A new machine learning tool has identified more than 250,000 cancer research papers that may have been produced by so-called “paper mills”. It found more than 250,000 papers with writing patterns ...

US researchers have breathed a sigh of relief after successfully keeping a patient alive for 48 hours without lungs. In their new paper, the team describe an artificial lung system that they used to ...

US and Japanese researchers suggest that starting or quitting drinking has effects on our cholesterol levels, and they are not the way you would think. The team say of close to 58,000 people who were ...

As we enter the season of overindulgence, you may want to stick to the dark choccies, as US and Chinese scientists say eating five servings of dark chocolate a week may reduce your risk of type 2 ...

People who stop taking their weight loss medication return to their original weight in less than two years on average, according to an international review of weight loss drug trials. The team looked ...

Further evidence that the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccination does not increase the risk for autism has been found by Danish researchers, whose new study also shows it does not trigger ...

US researchers say that as we die, our brainwaves show up in the same way that they do during dreaming, recalling memories or meditating, and our brains remain active and coordinated during and even ...