By comparison, prostate cancer figures are somewhat better, with about one-third of patients surviving beyond two years. Elsewhere in the world, these figures are nearly 100 per cent for prostate ...

By employing a novel technique to examine how carbohydrates modify proteins, scientists have found that gut bacteria can ...

A new blood test could help doctors detect pancreatic cancer earlier, potentially improving survival rates for one of the deadliest cancers.

A humpback whale briefly engulfed a kayaker off the coast of Chile in an incident caught on camera. Experts say it couldn't have swallowed him even if it wanted to.

Understanding why we always have room for dessert could lead to new treatments for obesity, researchers have revealed.

Travel to a remote island near Brazil has been banned to all but scientists and the military because of the danger posed by its deadly snakes which can’t be found anywhere else in the world. The ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. The human body is an amazing, curious, and disgusting thing. At any given moment ...

Fat metabolism is a fascinating process and essential for human survival. It involves the digestion, absorption, transportation and utilization of lipids as a source of energy or as an energy reserve.

Pedro Lopes leads the Human-Computer Integration Lab at the University of Chicago. Inside the Human-Computer ... that connect computers with the human body. >> challenge here is that we don ...

One study showed that people with obesity (BMI greater than or equal to 30) have larger kidneys, liver, and pancreas. Diet ... et al. Scaling of human body composition to stature: new insights into ...

If you have ZES, you likely have 1 or more tumors in the first part of the small intestine, the pancreas, or both. These tumors are called gastrinomas. The tumors are sometimes cancerous and may ...

just as GLP-1 in the gut and pancreas does in the rest of the body, including the brain. GLP-1’s functions inside our heads include regulating insulin signalling in the brain; promoting the ...