While we’d love to spend most chilly winter days holed up in the kitchen, cooking up our favorite long-simmered comfort foods, unfortunately we have other things we often need to tend to, like work,...

Mandatory calorie labelling of alcoholic drinks could possibly address both alcohol consumption and obesity. An analysis published in Obesity Reviews summaries the results of studies that have examined...

Pharmacist explains how paracetamol and ibuprofen work Paracetamol is one of the main over-the-counter painkillers sold in the UK. It’s typically used to relieve mild or moderate pain, such as headaches,...

There are several types of viral vectors that can be used to deliver nucleic acids into the genetic makeup of cells, including retrovirus, lentivirus, adenovirus, adeno-associated virus and herpes simplex...

NOTICE: This Consumer Medicine Information (CMI) is intended for persons living in Australia. CORDILOX SR® verapamil hydrochloride Consumer Medicine Information What is in this leaflet This leaflet...

Hair loss: Dr Ranj discusses causes of male pattern baldness Hair loss treatments have to mount enormous obstacles to produce convincing results. Attempting to thwart the mechanisms that underpin hair...

The genetic code is a set of instructions that direct the translation of DNA into 20 amino acids, the basic units of proteins in living cells. The genetic code is made up of codons, which are three-letter...

The human microbiome refers to the entire community of microorganisms that live on or in the human body. More specifically, it refers to all of the genes in these microbes, which include bacteria, fungi,...

Lipoprotein particle metabolism can occur via the exogenous or endogenous pathway, depending whether the source of origin is dietary or hepatic. Both the exogenous and endogenous metabolic pathways of...

Diabetic retinopathy—a disorder characterized by damage to the small blood vessels lining the retina (light-focusing area) of the eye and a leading cause of vision loss worldwide—has been on the rise...