Health
braincancer

Cancer can be tracked with Google

Scientists are using search engine algorithims to find cancer biomarkers.

Cooking can save your life. Image: Shutterstock

Cooking makes you healthier

All those hours that you’ve spent watching Master Chef could actually pay off.

An X-ray computed-tomography image of the chicken embryo skeleton inside an egg. Image: Balaban et al. Current Biology

Waking embryos in the womb

Your brain may already be awake before you are born.

The Flying Bed. Image: Banco de Mexico Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo Museum Trust

Understanding Frida Kahlo’s fertility problems

The famous Mexican painter studied medicine in her youth and used that knowledge to paint the different factors that might have affected her ability to procreate.

Researchers are now aiming to prevent HIV infection in the first place. image: Shutterstock

Next step in HIV prevention research

The International Microbicide Conference 2012 looks at which methods work and the next steps in developing these.

Berry colours come from antioxidants. Image: Shutterstock

Why are berries healthy?

Berries are sometimes regarded as superfoods that slow cancer growth and prevent disease.

shutterstock_48189931

Healthy ageing made fun

Video games are proven to promote healthy ageing.

People whose brains respond more strongly to food cues are more likely to gain weight in the future. Image: Shutterstock

Brain scans predict weight and sexual behaviour

Functional MRI scans can reliably judge a person’s most basic appetites.

Hope and happiness can keep you healthy. Image: Shutterstock

Happiness is the key to a healthy heart

Positive emotions may protect against cardiovascular diseases.

Salmonella typhimurium (red) invades cultured human cells in this colour-enhanced scanning electron micrograph. Credit: Rocky Mountain Laboratories, NIAID, NIH

Dangerous salmonella discovered

Scientists have discovered hypervirulent salmonella bacteria.

Australian Media Properties © 2012 All Rights Reserved