Obese women who use oral contraceptives containing oestrogen and progestin have a 24-fold increased risk of venous...

Children are more likely to develop asthma if their father was exposed to second-hand smoke when he was a child,...

The first study to treat moderate-to-severe eczema in infants and children 6 months to 5 years old with a biologic drug...

Conventional wisdom holds that low protein intake is essential for kidney disease patients. However, scientists from...

The team found that certain plasma metabolites-substances created when the body breaks down food-were associated with...

Infections treated with specialty hospital care in early- and mid-life are associated with an increased subsequent risk...

A single research test has the potential to predict which patients treated with immunotherapies –which harness the...

Drugs like enzalutamide that inhibit male hormones from activating the androgen receptor have been used to treat...

A new mechanism that slows down and may even prevent the natural ageing of immune cells-one of the nine 'hallmarks of...

Breathing particulate matter (i.e., tiny particles suspended in the air) air pollution may trigger irregular heart...

Antibiotic-resistant strains of the bacteria are of growing concern, and researchers are preparing to fight back. Now, a...

After a heart attack, people with an autoimmune disease were more likely to die, develop heart failure or have a second...