Sugar switch may explain link between obesity and cancer, study suggests
Researchers have identified a mechanism that allows cancer cells to grow rapidly when levels of sugar in the blood rise.
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Scientist reveals what our world could look like without effective antibiotics
Medicine is more advanced than ever before - yet in just a few years we could be sent back to the dark ages.
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Malaria vaccine could prevent thousands of child deaths
The world's first malaria vaccine could potentially prevent up to one in four malaria deaths in young children, predict scientists.
Antibiotic doses given to children in hospitals may be too high or too low
Nearly one in five children may receive an inappropriate dose of antibiotic, potentially making it less effective or raising risk of side effects.
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Having children linked to reduced risk of death
Scientists have found an association between so-called reproductive factors - such as having children and breastfeeding - and a woman's risk of death.
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Immune cells in the brain linked to risk of schizophrenia
A new study has found that a type of immune cell is more active in the brains of people at risk of schizophrenia.
