Substantial health gains and healthcare cost savings can be achieved by switching short car trips to walking and cycling, according to a new study published on 17 July in PLOS
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While in France, the Minister of Health Agnès Buzyn has just confirmed that the rate of reimbursement of homoeopathic treatments will gradually decrease to arrive at a non-reimbursement in 2021,
Feeding severely malnourished infants a diet rich in bananas, chickpeas and peanuts may boost healthy gut bacteria and help children grow, according to two studies published on 12 July in
Outdoor air pollution is directly linked to decreased lung function and increased prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a new paper published on 9 July in the
In the search for effective antibiotic alternatives that do not trigger antibiotic resistance, Nicolas and colleagues report two novel molecules that effective against Gram-positive and negative multi-resistant bacteria. And importantly,
The way we process faces may be out of our control — at least to some degree — and can unknowingly lead to discrimination. So the authors of a new
A milestone study published on 3 July in Nature Medicine demonstrates the use of a novel gene-editing approach for preventing deafness in mice genetically predisposed to hearing loss (1). Importantly,
Scientists have discovered a distinct class of neurons or brain cells that may control eating behaviours. Consuming fatty foods alters the activity of these neurons in mice, essentially “releasing the
A new study published on 24 June in Scientific Reports, a Nature journal, suggests that drinking coffee may stimulate “brown fat”, the type of fat associated with calorie-burning as opposed
A new paper published on 24 June in Nature Medicine pinpoints changes in the gut microbiome — the billions of bacteria that live in the human gut — associated with