If your body releases cortisol with fixed regularity then you can cope with stress better, says NWO-funded researcher Angela Sarabdjitsingh. She investigated the rhythm of corticosterone production in rats. This rat hormone is comparable to the human stress

THE widely used painkiller codeine doesn’t work in some people and can be fatal in others, so its use should be halted, say researchers at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.
Codeine works by being metabolised to morphine in the body, but the extent of that metabolism depends on a person’s genetic make-up, so […]

New research published online in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology (JAAD) shows that treatment with STELARA(TM)(Black Triangle Drug) (ustekinumab) significantly improves symptoms of depression, anxiety and health-related quality of life in patients with moderate to severe psoriasis compared to placebo. These results are from an analysis of prespecified quality of life measures […]

An exciting collaboration between the Universities of Cambridge and Nottingham has resulted in new insights into the hypertension that frequently blights pregnancy.
The results, published in the journal Nature [online 6th October], describe the solving of the first step in the principal process that controls blood pressure the release of the hormone angiotensin from its

More than 55 million American men are at risk for developing prostate cancer, according to the American Cancer Society.
This year more than 27,000 men are expected to die of the disease, which is the second-leading cause of cancer death in men.
"Fortunately, caught early enough prostate cancer is highly treatable," said urologist Dr. Robert C. Flanigan, […]