London, Nov 9 : An Oxford-led international study has revealed that oral contraceptives increase the risk of developing cervical cancer, but the risk falls once women stop using them.

Washington, November 9 : Scientists have created harmless versions of malaria-causing parasite by applying radiation science, and are using them to create a new malaria vaccine that could be more e

London, Nov 9 : Australian researchers have suggested that taking Paracetamol and keeping active are the best cures for back pain.

Washington, Nov 9 : Researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) have discovered a mechanism that creates an “invisibility cloak” for certain cancer cells and allows them to hide from th

London, Nov 9 : Doctors are warning that women who binge drink may be at a risk of bladder rupture.

Washington, Nov 9 : Researchers from the University of Cambridge, Oxford University and Cancer Research UK, London, have acquired new insight into how the ‘obesity gene’ triggers weight gain in some individuals.

The study, led by Professor Stephen O’Rahilly, on the part of the Cambridge collaboration, found that the FTO gene, codes for an enzyme that could act directly on DNA to modify it, suggested that it might have a role in controlling the turning on and off of other genes.

The study also found that FTO was highly expressed in a region of the brain, called the hypothalamus, which has important roles in the control of hunger and satiety and that, in certain parts of the hypothalamus, the levels of FTO were influenced by feeding and fasting.