Medical News

Optimism makes for healthy hearts, according to a new study from the University of Illinois.

A listeriosis outbreak that is thought to have caused the death of three people has been linked to a processing plant in Bakersfield. The plant is owned by Bidart Bros., who has issued a recall of apples sold, with the l...

(Diabetologia) Data from a large ongoing study into the health of African-American women show that those who work night shifts are significantly more likely to develop diabetes than those who have never worked night shif...

(The Lancet) The success of different smoking cessation treatments could be predicted by how quickly smokers break down (metabolize) nicotine in their bodies, according to new research published in The Lancet Respiratory...

(Imperial College London) Electronic learning could enable millions more students to train as doctors and nurses worldwide, according to research.