Health

Researchers say their findings suggest that a controversial hypothesis that viruses are involved in dementia may be correct

Scientists say knocking back beers, wine or spirits damages a gene that regulates shut-eye - potentially causing permanent insomnia

A mum has spoken of her ordeal as she waits to hear whether the Government will allow her severely ill daughter access to banned cannabis oil. Kelly Anne O'Neill is in despair that she cannot do more to help 24-year-old Danielle. Danielle was diagnosed with epilepsy when she was six and has suffered "horrendous" side effects from taking approved medication. Home Secretary Sajid Javid has told the House of Commons that the use of cannabis in medical treatment will be...

An "institutionalised regime" of giving “dangerous” amounts of opioids when there was no medical cause meant 456 patients who should have been cared for at a Hampshire hospital had their lives curtailed. Rt Rev James Jones who also chaired the Hillsborough Inquiry headed the probe for hundreds of families seeking answers about their relatives who died after being admitted to Gosport War Memorial Hospital. Today announcing the findings of his inquiry, he said that families had "remarkable tenacity and fortitude...

Researchers have discovered that epigenetic proteins promote the proliferation of mammary gland stem cells in response to the sex hormone progesterone

Blogger Laura Moore, 41, has been begging the retail giant to install 'changing places' loos - ones with a hoist and large changing table - since 2016.

Research released by the ONS show the five-year survival rate in England has increased from 77.1 per cent in 2001 to a predicted 84 per cent for those diagnosed in 2017.

It could help heal burns victim's wounds and revolutionise amputees' robotic limbs.

Scientists claim the risk increases by nearly a third in type 2 diabetics