Netherlands: Tallest people on Earth getting taller due to natural selection
In 200 years, Dutch people have gone from being shortest on planet to tallest.
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Near death experiences: Surge of brain activity accelerates deterioration of heart
Brain signals at point of death destabilises heart function, study finds.
India: Air quality index welcomed but lack of action on pollution continues
Lack of control on number of vehicles and industrial activity contributes to a smothering issue.
Easier and cheaper way to detect cancer cells using sound waves developed
Acoustic tweezers use sound waves and disposable chip to separate cancer cells from blood cells.
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Human milk sold online found to be adulterated and unsafe for babies
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UK: 80,000 people risk death from drug-resistant outbreaks says Cabinet Office report
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Genetics: Other players influence inherited traits besides DNA
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HIV: Early treatment crucial as virus uses double entry mode
Like computer viruses the HIV too uses a hybrid approach for effective spread.
Welfare cuts will push Britain's mental health services towards crisis
Thousands of mentally ill people already lack the support they need - and welfare cuts would only make this worse.
Exoskeleton boots 'leapfrog evolution' by making walking more energy efficient
Mechanical exoskeleton boot mimics human physiology to lower energy expenditure when walking.
3D-printed heart model helps surgeons save teenager from life-threatening aneurysm
Children's Hospital of Michigan surgeons have treated a complex aortic aneurysm using 3D printing
DARPA wants to replace drugs with 'host tolerance' to combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria
THoR programme addresses antibiotic-resistance which DARPA sees as a national security priority.
Germanwings disaster: UK employers say depression is not a valid reason for time off work
AXA PPP figures show 69% of business leaders think stress, anxiety or depression not reason for time off
Fast working malaria drug developed that works against resistant strains
The solution was found to be safe showing no side effects in animal tests.
Mystery geographic tongue condition explained by physics
Geographic tongue affects 2% of population with exact cause of problem unknown.
Bald's eye salve: 1,000-year-old potion kills superbug MRSA
Anglo-Saxon eye infection remedy kills up to 90% of MRSA bacteria in mouse models.
Rebel-controlled Ukraine: Orphans without nappies and cancer patients without therapy
Separatist government has failed to set up an effective welfare system to replace the Ukrainian one
New cooking method reduces calories in rice considerably
By increasing the amount of resistant starch, scientists have succeeded in reducing calories in rice.
Meningitis vaccine for every new UK baby announced by health secretary Jeremy Hunt
Every child aged two months to receive vaccination following government deal with GlaxoSmithKline.
Ebola: Inactivated whole virus vaccine protects monkeys and is safe says study
The virus is believed to provoke a wide and robust immune response.
UK surgeons perform Europe's first non-beating heart transplant with pioneering procedure
Landmark procedure to lead to 25% increase in donor hearts.
Britain's Meow Meow crisis: Chemsex, creatine and needles making mephedrone deadlier than ever
Five years after it was criminalised, meow meow is more prevalent than ever - and now users have started injecting it.
Ebola crisis: Sierra Leone forced to delay schools re-opening for 2 weeks as virus spreads
Schools supposed to re-opened on 30 March, but prevalence of Ebola has returned.
Ebola crisis: MSF and WHO trade accusations over epidemic response
EXCLUSIVE: Medecins Sans Frontieres and the World Health Organization blame each other for slow Ebola response.
World's oldest breast cancer victim revealed in ancient Egyptian skeleton
Evidence of breast cancer as a metastasis found in bones of elite Egyptian from 4,000 years ago.
Ebola crisis: First tests as ring vaccination starts in Guinea
WHO Guinea representative says vaccine trial is 'one of the most important milestones' in fight.
Breast milk online: Inside the 'highly dangerous' unregulated industry where business is booming
Report highlights dangerous business of buying breast milk from the internet.
Sub-£200 3D-printed bionic arm developed that connects to wearer's smartphone
Exiii Handiii uses 3D printed parts and a smartphone processor to significantly cut costs.
Scientists make chocolate tastier and healthier
Changing how cocoa beans are roasted creates healthier chocolate.
How Milton Keynes scientists are training dogs to sniff out cancer
Milton Keynes scientists training dogs to pick up smell of lethal disease.
World Tuberculosis Day 2015: Facts about the epidemic which kills 1.5 million a year
World Tuberculosis Day, marked on 24 March, highlights the virulent human infectious disease.
Why are rates of drug-resistant TB so high in Russia?
IBTimes UK explores the epidemic of MDR-TB, multi-drug resistant tuberculosis, in Russia
Ebola outbreak an avoidable tragedy and WHO must shoulder much of the blame - MSF
The medical charity notes in its report how affected nations dismissed its warnings as alarmist.
Monsanto's widely used weed killer Roundup may cause cancer says WHO
The herbicide is a mainstay of industrial agriculture and widely used.
UK: Widespread rise in mosquito-borne diseases predicted due to climate change
Milder conditions are aiding disease carriers to survive in new habitats.
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