Excessive thirst can be a sign of type 2 diabetes. Researchers have identified six new genes that play a role in the development of type 2 diabetes.

The discovery provides valuable new insights into the mechanisms responsible...

Researchers have found that growth spurts in early childhood could permanently affect an individual’s rate of metabolism, which is believed to be linked to obesity. Researchers at the University of Glasgow reveal that growth...

A team of scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have identified a human protein that may be a new target for future cancer therapies. By experimentally blocking the action of this protein, called CD151, the team showed...

Research funded by the Wellcome Trust suggests that many children diagnosed with severe language disorders in the 1980s and 1990s would today be diagnosed as having autism. The research supports the theory that the rise in the...

Research from scientists at the University of Cambridge indicates that your risk of developing cardiovascular disease can be predetermined before birth, not only by your genes, but also by their interaction with the quality of...

A tiny variation in a gene known as CHI3L1 increases susceptibility to asthma, bronchial hyperresponsiveness and decline in lung function, researchers report. The gene variant causes increased blood levels of YKL-40, a biomarker...

A new test for identifying a mismatch between the blood of a pregnant woman and her baby is accurate, feasible, and could substantially reduce unnecessary treatment, finds a Bristol study.

Problems can occur if a woman's blood...

A research team led by University of Sunderland scientists has made a major breakthrough in the fight against a deadly hospital infection which kills tens of thousands of people every year. Experts have discovered a technique for...

Cigarette smoking is a major public health problem that contributes to millions of deaths around the world each year. While the health risks of smoking are well known, relatively little is known about why some people are...

The study has shown that the body’s own immune system could soon be used as a powerful new treatment to detect and fight breast cancer. Project leader, Dr John Maher says: ‘This three year study demonstrates that we can make it...

For expectant parents, a prenatal ultrasound provides the first glimpse of their child. Ultrasound has long been used to provide a window into the womb – and more importantly – as a diagnostic test for foetal...

PerkinElmer, Inc. has announced the acquisition of LabMetrix Technologies, the largest independent provider of metrology-based multi-vendor analytical instrument qualification solutions. The acquisition of LabMetrix adds...

An increase in the CD163+/CD16+ monocyte subset could be a biomarker for the progression of HIV disease, according to researchers at Temple University.

A monocyte is a specific white blood cell, a part of the human body’s immune...

Preliminary research from the Department of Respiratory Disease Research at the Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) suggests that a rapid antigen assay test developed by Arbor Vita Corporation (AVC) shows promise as a useful...

People in their 40s with larger stomachs have a higher risk for dementia when they reach their 70s, according to a study. Previous studies have looked at central obesity (as determined by waist circumference) and body mass index...

Using an important new method that can be applied in the study of other psychiatric illnesses, scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Washington (UW) and the...

Healthy men who report lower levels of the nutrient folate in their diets have higher rates of chromosomal abnormalities in their sperm, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, and the...

Body Mass Index (BMI), the measure of a person's fat based on their height and weight, may be an effective prognostic tool for specific types of breast cancer, according to research from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson...

Nearly half of all HIV-positive African adults who become infected with Salmonella die from what otherwise would be a seven-day bout of diarrhoea. Now, UC Davis School of Medicine scientists have discovered how salmonella becomes...

At the present time, the diagnosis of depression is based entirely on clinical signs and symptoms. Unfortunately, there are no biological tests available for the diagnosis of depression (or other psychiatric disorders). Patients...