A new highly transmissible and dangerous HIV variant has been discovered in the Netherlands, confirming scientists’ worst expectations. An international collaborative study, led by researchers from the University of Oxford’s Big Data Institute, identified 109 cases of the new ‘virulent subtype B’ (VB) variant after analyzing more than 6,700 positive samples. The research revealed significant... 

British Prime Minister David Cameron performed depraved sex acts with a dead pig as part of a college initiation ritual, according to a book written by one of his Oxford peers. The bizarre ritual was part of an induction ceremony into the Piers Gaveston Society, an ultra-exclusive University of Oxford dining club known for its decadent sex and drug-fueled parties. The current UK prime minister’s... 

Better adjusted: Researchers found that young people who indulged in a little video game playing were very sociable and were also most likely to say they were satisfied with their lives. Children who play video games for less than an hour a day are better adjusted than those who have never used them or play them to excess. Researchers found that young people who indulged in a short spell of gaming... 

A new study has suggested that consuming high doses of two common painkillers ibuprofen and diclofenac can increase the risk of heart problems. Those people who take high doses of common painkillers known as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as ibuprofen and diclofenac for a long time are in higher risk of developing cardiovascular diseases, study clarifies. A team of researchers... 

For those who (yet again) have earmarked giving up smoking for their New Year’s Resolution, then there is some good news on the way: Facilitas Healthcare has come up with some important new information: regular consumption of fresh fruit and vegetables reduces craving. The research divulged by Facilitas Healthcare is based on a study carried out by the University of Oxford, England, which revealed... 

The attack on the overweight has kicked into high gear, as the pharmaceutical corporations seek out an immunization to answer the American weight problem. Last month the UN’s World Health Organization (WHO) announced that because of over-population and over-consumptive cultures, Americans have become overweight . . . and that is a problem. Working with WHO, researchers at the BMC Public Health have...