The food police have argued amongst themselves for many years over how to change consumers' eating habits. Some have suggested that 'pricing strategies' (i.e. higher taxes) may change behavior while…

It's about 5.30 pm in England and the Court of Appeal in the case of the British Chiropractic Association v Simon Singh has closed for the day. No official news as yet but the Singh supporters from…

Abu Ali al-Hussein Ibn Sina famous with the name of Avicenna, was born in Persia in the 980 at Qishlak Afshona, near Bukhara, Uzbekistan. By the age of eighteen years, possessor of an …

"The greatest mistake in the treatment of diseases is that there are physicians for the body and physicians for the soul, although the two cannot be separated." Plato. "Science sans conscience n'…

Depression raises stress hormone levels in adolescent boys and girls but may lead to obesity only in girls, according to research in a recent issue of the Journal of Adolescent Health. Authors of the…

A new study published this week in PLoS Biology suggests that seasonal changes in absolute humidity are the apparent underlying cause of wintertime influenza outbreaks. The study also found that the…

NHS Should Cease Funding Homeopathic Medicine - Cross-Party Group On 2nd Feb 2010 I asked Is Homeopathy Good For The British Economy? In a reductio ad absurdum I concluded that if homeopathy works,…

Good to see that even if journalists can't be bothered to investigate the links between tobacco companies and so-called scientific research, then at least some scientists are doing so. This study,…

People who live in areas with lower household incomes are much more likely to die because of their personal and household characteristics and their community surroundings, according to research…

People who are usually happy, enthusiastic and content are less likely to develop heart disease than those who tend not to be happy, according to a purely observational study that needs to be…