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15:23 07/01/2015Ambulance service received numerous calls during New Year holidays - service headThe Ambulance Service worked hard in the New Year holidays’ period, the director of the service says.
14:22 07/01/2015How milliseconds make all difference in deciding whether we choose to eat healthy optionWhether you choose celery or chocolate could be a question of timing in the brain, researchers have found, the Daily Mail reports.
18:44 29/12/2014Researchers find protein that could control weight loss and lead to radical new treatments for obesityResearchers have uncovered a protein they say controls how the body produces fat cells. Called Thy1 it has a fundamental role in controlling whether a primitive cell decides to become a fat cell, the...
17:15 29/12/2014Liberia reports dozens of new Ebola cases along borderAuthorities in Liberia say there have been dozens of new Ebola cases erupting along the border with Sierra Leone, The Associated Press reported.
16:49 29/12/2014Cigarette addiction affects men, women's brains differentlyFor the first time, researchers have developed a way to watch the dopamine levels change while a person smokes.
13:24 29/12/2014The real reason your New Year diets fail: Scientists identify 'feasters', 'constant cravers' and 'emotional eaters'Oxbridge scientists say they have unlocked the secret to a successful New Year diet. Researchers believe no diet is perfect for everyone, and the key to picking the right one depends on hormones,...
09:31 27/12/2014Breakthrough in restoring memories: Work in snails could one day lead to new hope for patientsThe research also reveals how long term memories are stored - proving a popular theory wrong.
09:20 27/12/2014Ebola virus death toll reaches 7,693The most serious situation is reported from Liberia, with 3,384 deaths.
09:29 26/12/2014Life choices 'behind more than four in 10 cancers'According to the figures spanning five years from 2007 to 2011, more than 300,000 cases of cancer recorded were linked to smoking.
18:45 25/12/2014What is death? At what exact moment are you dead, according to science?The line between life and death remains somewhat blurred, and we continue to debate over the exact moment that a bundle of cells becomes a life as well as the point when this life ceases to be.
13:58 25/12/2014Ebola crisis: Sierra Leone declares three-day lockdown in northSierra Leone has declared lockdown of at least three days in the north of the country to try to contain the Ebola epidemic, the BBC reported.
09:43 25/12/2014A silver lining to worrying: Rumination linked to higher verbal intelligenceRuminating, the act of thinking about situations over and over again, has rightly been linked to health problems.
16:10 24/12/2014Armenia’s First Lady visits Mouratsan HospitalArmenian First Lady Rita Sargsyan on Wednesday visited children receiving treatment at the Mouratsan Hospital in Yerevan, on the occasion of the New Year and Christmas holidays, and as part of the...
15:20 24/12/2014Ebola crisis likely to last a year, says expertWest Africa's Ebola crisis is likely to last until the end of 2015, says a leading researcher who helped to discover the virus, the BBC reported.
14:16 24/12/2014Wealthy, educated single men drink the most in later life, study findsMiddle-aged drinkers are lowering their alcohol consumption as a result of health fears, the Daily Mail reports, citing a new survey.
13:45 24/12/2014The hormone that could reveal if a woman is being abusedResearchers say that having high levels of a key steroid hormone all day can be a sign of being abused, the Daily Mail reports.
09:33 24/12/2014Smartphone use 'changing our brains'Our brains are adapting to touchscreen smartphone technology, say researchers who have carried out a study on human volunteers.
09:15 24/12/2014US speeds up Ebola vaccine trials, large-scale manufactureTwo government contracts to pharmaceutical companies could help accelerate the development and large-scale manufacture of two US Ebola vaccines.
18:22 23/12/2014How a couple of glasses of red wine could help you live longerResveratrol, which protects red grapes, cacao beans and Japanese knotweed against infections and drought, has divided experts for a decade over reports it could make humans live longer.
14:21 23/12/2014Human leg bones have grown weaker since farming was inventedFarming may have brought with it a host of benefits on diet and the economy, but it also caused us to become weak and puny, the Daily Mail reports.