Cases of dementia are anticipated to rise significantly in the coming decades due to improvements in life expectancy and medical care in poorer countries, warns the World Health Organisation (WHO). In 2010, approximately 35.6 million people were living with dementia, a figure expected to double to 65.7 million by 2030 and triple to 115.4 million by 2050, according to the United Nations health agency... 

Hepatitis C virus reconstruction Studies show that deaths from hepatitis C (HCV) infection among US adults outnumber AIDS fatalities. And while greedy pharmaceutical giants advertise new drugs that cost a fortune, Oxford dons claim success in developing anti-HCV vaccine. ­Hepatitis C virus, or HCV, causes serious liver infection which can eventually lead to fatal liver scarring (cirrhosis) and liver...