Wild berries native to North America may have a role in boosting cancer therapy, according to a study in the Journal of Clinical Pathology. Scientists suggest chokeberries could work in…

The brain can be trained to prefer healthy food over unhealthy high-calorie foods, using a diet which does not leave people hungry, suggests a study from the US. Scientists from…

A study of smokers in Australia suggests there is “no evidence” that the introduction of ‘plain’ cigarette packaging has changed the way people buy cigarettes. Researchers writing in BMJ Open…

Liberia will receive an untested experimental drug, Zmapp, to treat people infected with Ebola, the Liberian government says. The move came after a request to the US from Liberian President…

Doctors in India have extracted 232 teeth from the mouth of a 17-year-old boy in a seven-hour operation. Ashik Gavai was brought in with a swelling in his right jaw,…

Smartphones reflect the personal microbial world of their owners, say US scientists. More than 80% of the common bacteria that make up our personal bacterial “fingerprints” end up on their…

President Barack Obama said Monday that the United States should join the rest of the industrialized world and offer paid leave for mothers of newborns. “Many women can’t even get…

Sexual health campaigners have backed calls for a daily pill which protects against HIV to be made available on the NHS, after authorities in the USA issued new guidance which…

Eating seven or more portions of fruit and vegetables a day gives people a far greater chance of staving off an early death, according to a study published on Tuesday,…

Hospital cancer registry report 2008-2010 (printed) and 2011-2013 (short draft) was published Saturday morning at the conference hall of National Institute of Cancer Research and Hospital (NICRH) in Mohakhali, Dhaka. …