Intimate partner homicide – that is women who are killed by their partner – constitutes a significant proportion of the…
Scanning the lens of the eye could predict type 2 diabetes and prediabetes
New research shows that specialist analysis of the lens in the eye can predict patients with type 2 diabetes and…
Medical News Today: Could drinking tea boost brain connectivity?
A small study tests whether regular tea drinkers have differently structured brains to non-tea drinkers. The findings are intriguing but…
Transplanted brain stem cells survive without anti-rejection drugs in mice
In experiments in mice, researchers say they have developed a way to successfully transplant certain protective brain cells without the…
Violent video games blamed more often for school shootings by white perpetrators
People are more likely to blame violent video games as a cause of school shootings by white perpetrators than by…
Subgroup of colorectal cancer patients ID’d: Do poorly, could benefit from immunotherapy
While the medical community agrees immune cells inside a tumor leads to improved health outcome, for a subset of colorectal…
New algorithm can distinguish cyberbullies from normal Twitter users with 90% accuracy
Researchers have developed machine learning algorithms which can successfully identify bullies and aggressors on Twitter with 90 percent accuracy.
Just bad luck? Cancer patients nominate ‘fate’ as third most likely cause
What role does fate play when it comes to the 145,000 people diagnosed with cancer each year in Australia and…
Gutsy effort to produce comprehensive study of intestinal gases
Chemical engineers have traced the journey of gases through the gut while further developing a non-invasive, gas-capturing capsule.
Obesity linked to a nearly 6-fold increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, with genetics and lifestyle also raising risk
Obesity is linked to a nearly 6-fold increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes (T2D), with high genetic risk and…