S. 422, a bill introduced by Senator Debbie Stabenow of Michigan earlier this month, has a companion in the House, Lois Capps‘ H.R. 1032. It takes the short title of the “HEART for Women Act of 2009,” with HEART being an acronym for “Heart Disease Education, Analysis Research...

The days of whining drills and shrieking patients that can make a trip to the dentist an experience to dread may be numbered, according to scientists who claim that they may have found a way to regrow rotting teeth. Researchers studying tooth development have singled out a gene that controls the gro...

Scientists are one step closer to curing severe nut allergies that affect thousands of people across the UK, according to research published today. Doctors at Addenbrooke's hospital in Cambridge said they had developed a successful desensitisation programme which builds up tolerance in patients by s...

For any expectant mother, a brief stroll in the summer sunshine would seem a pleasant diversion from the rigours of pregnancy, a chance to relax in the warmth and to take in a little fresh air. It is a harmless - but unimportant - activity, it would seem. But there is more to such walks than was pre...

You might think your inbox has troubles, but studies now show that even single-cell sicknesses have their share of scammers and swindlers.  University of Edinburgh researchers have found that cheating bacteria can take advantage of their poor, innocent, disease-causing colleagues, causing the e...

A sport-loving student said today that it took him just a few minutes to adapt to an advanced bionic hand fitted after he lost his own in an accident. Evan Reynolds, a sports biology student at the University of the West of England in Bristol, is one of the first people in the UK to be fitted with t...

"Through science we create technology and in using our new tools we recreate ourselves." So says the intro to edge.org's annual New Year challenge to the world's greatest thinkers. This year it is asking "What will change everything – What game-changing scientific ideas and developments do you exp...

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When it comes to wrapping up on a cold winter's day, a cosy hat is obligatory. After all, most of our body heat is lost through our heads – or so we are led to believe. Closer inspection of heat loss in the hatless, however, reveals the claim to be nonsense, say scientists who have dispelled this ...

Everything about Genetic Health's opulent Harley Street clinic says "money". As I sit nervously thumbing through copies of Harrods magazine in a comfortable armchair, smartly dressed secretaries in high-heels glide past, over the varnished wood floors. I'm waiting for a consultation with Dr Paul Jen...