A team of researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC found that exposure to a mixture of synthetic chemicals found widely in the environment alters several critical biological processes, including the metabolism of fats and amino acids, in both children and young adults. The disruption of these biological processes is connected to an increased risk of a very broad range of diseases.

Carriers of a specific hidden bacteria have a 14 percent chance of developing an antibiotic resistant infection with 30 days of hospitalisation, according to researchers from Amsterdam UMC. The results have been published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.

A study from Keck Medicine of USC gives people extra motivation to reduce fast-food consumption. The study found that eating fast food is associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, a potentially life-threatening condition in which fat builds up in the liver.

Scientists at the National University of Singapore have developed a new cancer testing method which is low-cost as compared to the other testing methods available in the market today. This means that one can undertake these tests on a regular basis.

New findings published by a team led by researchers at Harvard Medical School offer insight into how certain cancers disarm the immune system so that tumor cells can grow and divide. The findings highlight the role of the immune system in certain types of cancers, and could inform the development of better treatments.

Researchers have developed a fast and cost-effective method to test liquids for a ubiquitous family of chemical compounds known as amphiphiles, which are used to detect diseases such as early-stage tuberculosis and cancer as well as to detect toxins in drugs, food, medical devices and water supplies.

Researchers at Turku University and Åbo Akademi University, Finland, have revealed that finger-like cellular extensions called filopodia help to preserve the basement membrane, a tissue barrier that stops breast tumours from spreading to other body parts.

Targeting a receptor responsible for our sense of touch and temperature, which researchers have now found to be present in our colon, could provide a new avenue for treating chronic pain associated with gastrointestinal disorders such as irritable bowel syndrome.

Researchers at the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have developed a new type of treatment that is expected to provide a lasting treatment response against both the hepatitis B and D viruses which are major causes of liver cancer.

If we can slow down the pace of the aging process, more elderly people will be able to stay healthy. More people may then enjoy good health in their old age than what is the case today. A new study shows that it may be possible to achieve just that.