According to a new study conducted by British scientists, taking statins, which are used to decrease cholesterol level in blood, can prevent people dying from pneumonia.

Preparations that regulate cholesterol levels in blood also help decrease the risk of formation of dangerous clots of blood.

Scientists from University of Edinburgh have found...

Researches from Oxbridge and two German universities after studying the role of conscious thinking in appreciation of pain have come to a conclusion that positive thinking double analgetic action while negative one may level this effect.

American specialists from Medical Centre of Rochester University have made an important step on the way to develop a vaccine against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) - Staphylococcus species resistant to the action of most known antibiotics, which makes treatment of the diseases induced by this bacterium impossible.

We often substitute notions in our life. It also regards the notion "quality of life".

Ukraine occupies one of the first places in the world as for the rate of heart diseases…

Scientists have known for a long time that frog skin contains a number of powerful chemical substances, which are able to kill pathogenic bacteria, viruses and fungi. However, these substances are also poisonous for people, so it was impossible to use them in medicine.

Food allergy is wide spread all over the world. A recently conducted investigation claims that for its development it is even not necessary to ingest allergens.

According to new guidelines, issued by the American Academy of neurology, computed tomography (CT) as a method of stroke diagnostics is significantly inferior to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).