At least 14 people in India have died after an outbreak of a rare disease only discovered two decades ago. The World Health Organization lists the virus, Nipah, alongside ebola and zika as one of eight priority diseases that could cause a pandemic. Read More »

Sex change drugs are harming children, a leading NHS psychiatrist has warned. Dr. Lucy Griffin spoke out about British kids using cross-sex hormones, warning they could have grave consequences, like heart disease or osteoporosis. Griffin, who works at the Bristol Royal Infirmary Read More »

Manipulations with telomerase, an enzyme vital for proper cell division, can make cells virtually immortal as well as fight and prevent cancer. But in order to do so, scientists first have to understand its structure. Read More »

The so-called “jihadist disease” unexplainably plagued the territories captured by Daesh*, causing its victims to literally rot from the inside out. An Iranian doctor and surgeon, Nasser Dehghani, told Sputnik about this unusual disease. Read More »

The unusual protein, found in the skin cells of human beings and other warm-blooded animals, has a molecular structure similar to that of the toxins of snakes and other reptiles. Read More »

Poor children are now officially fatter than their rich-kid counterparts. A new study has revealed that kids from poorer families weigh more for the first time in history – a reversal of the traditional weight-wealth pattern. Read More »

Treatment for one of the leading causes of blindness could be available within five years. That’s according to scientists who used a revolutionary stem cell therapy to restore vision in two patients. Read More »

Scientists found an intriguing correlation between the type of physical activity and bodily aging after carefully studying the physical condition of 125 cyclists, aged between 55 and 79, none of whom smoked or abused alcohol. Read More »

The constant stream of notifications coming from your phone is leading to the shutdown of your prefrontal cortex – the part of the brain charged with its highest-order cognitive functioning, a respected UCSF pediatric endocrinologist warns. Read More »

An official document revealing two highly classified Israeli military systems, which had never been publicly mentioned before, was reportedly leaked in what the IDF describes as a “serious information security error.” Read More »