Health & Beauty

Research carried out by a team at Plymouth University has, for the first time, identified an important mechanism behind the process that allows a benign, small polyp to develop into spreading and invasive bladder cancer.

Bladder cancer is a common condition – an estimated 10,000 people are diagnosed with the disease each year in the UK. It is the seventh most common cancer in the UK,...

Nature has beneficial effects that help us cope with stress at work, according to new research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). The research, conducted by Dr Valerie Gladwell at the University of Essex, highlights the power of the 'great outdoors' to improve both physiological and psychological wellbeing.

"The modern era has brought a decline in levels of...

Health Organisations should be doing more on social media according to new research from Plymouth University.

The research, conducted by Maged N. Kamel Boulos as part of a World Health Organisation report into global health literacy, suggests that health organisations do more to make health advice available online.

The research finds that the use of engaging social media could...

Probiotic bacteria can have everyday health benefits but could also play a major role in the treatment of major health complications.

That is one finding of a comprehensive review into their use by three final-year Biomedical Sciences students at Plymouth University.

Holly Hardy, Jennifer Harris and Eleanor Lyon originally tackled the topic as part of their coursework, but were...