Smoking gene link in pregnancy
Friday, May 15th, 2009
A gene can explain why some women find it more difficult to stop smoking during pregnancy, say UK researchers.
Archive for May, 2009
Simulators ‘make surgeons better’
Thursday, May 14th, 2009
Using simulators to train surgeons makes them quicker and better, findings from a Danish study suggest.
Human noses too cold for bird flu
Thursday, May 14th, 2009
Bird flu may not have become the threat to humans that some predicted because our noses are too cold for the virus to thrive, say UK researchers.
Cricketers get skin cancer tests
Thursday, May 14th, 2009
All of the Professional Cricketers Association's members will be screened for skin cancer for the first time.
Climate ‘biggest health threat’
Thursday, May 14th, 2009
A leading medical journal describes climate change as the single largest threat to health in the 21st century.