How can the transmission of HIV be prevented?

What is HIV? HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus.  A virus can only survive by living in the cells of another organism. HIV is a typ... Read more »

High stress levels can make you fat, researchers claim

Forget that punishing exercise regime or elaborate diet. The key to losing weight could be as simple as putting your feet up and relaxing. S... Read more »

Doctors save patient from deadly superbug by transplanting faeces through his NOSE

A faecal transplant was used to treat the Clostridium difficile patient The radical procedure involves mixing donor faeces with saline solut... Read more »

Memory to stay sharp in old age? Eat less red meat and more oily fish

Want your memory to stay sharp in old age? Eat less red meat and more oily fish A Mediterranean diet high in omega-3 fatty acids can help pr... Read more »

Female brains are 'biologically programmed' to overeat

Women are born to binge: Female brains are 'biologically programmed' to overeat Study is first to show differences in rates of binge... Read more »

Scientists find key to ageing process in hypothalamus

US team identifies mechanism deep in brains of mice that can be tweaked to shorten or lengthen lives Scientists have found a biological comm... Read more »

11 Facts about Health Living

More than one-third of adults and over 12.5 million children and teens in the US are obese. In the last 30 years, obesity in children and te... Read more »