Short strands of genetic material called microRNA have implications for human health – but they could also revolutionize species identification, and perhaps even allow monitoring of wildlife health. Here’s how they work and the potential they offer.
New technology aims to enable us to always do even more. A researcher has issued a warning about what this ‘efficiency hysteria’ is doing to us and our workplaces.
Despite decades of innovation, more than a billion people in sub-Saharan Africa still don’t have access to clean cooking. Low-tech, affordable cookers exist, yet firewood remains the go-to fuel. Why?
A recent study shows that a new programme can increase ‘grit’ and self-efficacy in adolescents. Approximately 16,000 young people will soon have access to this programme each year.
Women with severe pelvic floor disorders are four times more likely to avoid sex than women who experience milder symptoms.
Children born prematurely are more at risk of dying from road traffic accidents, suicide and substance abuse in late adolescence. A new Nordic study shows that women who were born prematurely are particularly at significantly greater risk of committing suicide.
Those who believe they will be able to achieve their goals are also more passionate and have greater willpower.
It wasn’t that long ago that we knew very little about the state of people’s health around the world. NTNU’s new honorary doctors have used 300,000 sources to provide us with an overview.
A cure for global warming: Technologies exist that can get us out of this mess. Let’s take a look at them.
Almost everyone agrees that having the same GP (general practitioner) over a long period of time is beneficial, but are you at risk if your GP relocates or retires?
Plastic, and plastic pollution, are a huge problem for both human health and the environment. An interdisciplinary panel of experts suggests that politicians take three concrete steps to better understand and rein in this growing problem.
Despite the effect smoking has on cancer, many people continue to smoke after receiving a cancer diagnosis. A simple test can help predict whether smokers are likely to succeed in quitting.
Scientists are searching high and low for markers that can reveal the risk of a heart attack before a patient falls ill. Tiny microRNAs and subgroups of cholesterol may be the solution.
Using just a single image taken by a capsule endoscopy camera, scientists have succeeded in creating a three-dimensional model of the colon. This new method provides much better images and can help specialists detect disease more rapidly.
When the bacterium detects damage to its genetic material, it sends out an SOS signal that alters the activity inside the cells.
An easy way to better health, or gruelling toil that is also unbearably boring? Opinions about high-intensity interval training are many and varied.
Health care providers who provide prenatal care need to know more about the underlying causes of obesity, says researcher Heidi Sandsæter. She has interviewed 14 pregnant women with obesity about their childhood, body and weight.
A new method that aims to help people develop grit looks promising.
Certain genes associated with hypertension affect blood pressure from early in life, and they increase the risk of cardiovascular disease as you get older. But you can do something about it.
Researchers find the most depression and the least adaptability in poorer areas that are home to a larger proportion of minorities.
Education saves lives regardless of age, sex, location, and social and demographic backgrounds.
Researchers have concluded that many people are suffering unnecessarily and that treatment provision offered to patients is failing at many levels.
Sierra Leone used to be the most dangerous place in the world to give birth. Without enough doctors to do C-sections, women and babies were dying. But what if you didn’t need a doctor?
Bacteria in raw seafood can make you sick. Seafood can also spread bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics.
