Treating hospital patients with thigh-length surgical stockings, rather than knee-high socks, can reduce the chance of developing life threatening blood clots by 30 per cent, according to groundbreaking new research from the University of Sydney.

About one in ten US adolescents uses sunless tanning products, and an intervention promoting these products as an alternative to regular tanning may reduce sunbathing and sunburns among adult women, according to two reports in the September issue of Archives of Dermatology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

The Department of Health advises people living and holidaying in the north of Western Australia to take extra care against mosquito bites, following detection of the mosquito-borne Kunjin and Murray Valley encephalitis (MVE) viruses in the Gascoyne, Pilbara and Kimberley regions.

A new study from the Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR) has found that the major component of clove oil may be a promising lead as a new topical treatment for scabies. Dr Cielo Pasay said that plant essential oils have long been studied for their effects against mites, ticks, lice and mosquitoes.

Newborn babies with low levels of vitamin D have an increased risk of developing schizophrenia later in life, researchers at the Queensland Brain Institute have found.

Early treatment of infection in burns patients is critical. A European consortium has designed a point-of-care instrument that can identify types of bacteria from the tiny amounts of volatile gases they emit.

A plastic surgeon at Baylor College of Medicine is helping women who desire a younger, softer looking face achieve that by extracting small amounts of tissue from excess fat areas on their body and injecting it to the area around their eyes.

Researchers at the University of Western Ontario have provided the first direct evidence using a biological marker, to show chronic stress plays an important role in heart attacks.

It's difficult to prevent a scar from forming, but if you have unsightly scars, you can learn to love them or reduce their appearance through treatment and feel comfortable in your skin. Literally.

Scientists from the National Institutes of Health and University of Chicago have found a promising treatment method that in laboratory mice reduces the severity of skin and soft-tissue damage caused by USA300, the leading cause of community-associated Staphylococcus aureus infections in the United States. By neutralising a key toxin associated with the bacteria, they found they could ...