According to lore (because apparently before the Internet, if it appeared in writing it had to be true) diarist Samual Pepes originally said, "Laughter is the best medicine." On a science site, we…

If you have suffered the flu recently, then you know that it’s quite miserable. All of the sneezing, sore throat, fever and aching can really put a damper on your day (or week for some of us). Even…

200 new-born in the states of Florida and Georgia having high risk genes for type 1 diabetes are going to be enrolled for a research that would bring out the effect of genetics and the immediate…

This time I am going to have to declare an interest before starting. Autism Speaks is not an organisation I particularly favour, for the most part because of the nature of their publicity and…

If I were a sneaky disease, working my pathological magic through mimicry, I think I'd be vocal cord dysfunction. What's VCD? I didn't even know it existed until last week, so don't feel embarrassed…

Science has come one step closer to developing practical methods of gene therapy. Viable gene therapy means treatment for currently untreatable diseases including the vast amount of genetic disorders…

Welcome to my new blog, which stands somewhere between the hurly burly of my personal blog and the quiet backwater of my academic blog. Why this blog? I currently have a book in preparation, on this…

Food is very complicated. You need food to fuel your body, so you need calories for energy. Your brain needs a constant supply of glucose, so that means sugars, starches and carbohydrates. Your…

A small, pilot study in 50 people in Japan suggests that eating two and a half ounces of broccoli sprouts daily for two months may confer some protection against a rampant stomach bug that causes…

Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University say they have discovered a process that controls the amount of fat that cells store for use as a back-up energy source.…