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Scientists could soon cure malaria patients with 'one-off pill'
Patients with malaria could soon be cured of the infection with a powerful new pill they would only need to take once.
Blackcurrant juice can 'prevent aches and pains of exercise'
Volunteers who took an extract of the 'superfruit' in a pill form before and after exercise suffered less muscle damage and inflammation.
Could seaweed extract be the saviour for spotty teenagers?
An active ingredient from a type of brown seaweed, apparently found only off the coast of Brittany - may provide a solution to problem spots and oily skin.
Shake-up of NHS 'incentives' in drive to curb caesareans
Plans to reduce the number of caesarean deliveries and give women greater access to home births are being considered by ministers.
Cancer risk 'can be doubled' by taknig drugs to fight bone thinning
Hundreds of thousands of women taking drugs to combat bone thinning could be doubling their risk of cancer of the oesophagus, warn British researchers.
Gardeners on alert after man catches Legionnaires' disease from compost
The 67-year-old man ended up in intensive care after being infected through a cut on his hand which he got while using a trowel.
Alcohol consumption in UK shows sharpest FALL for 60 years
The British Beer and Pub Association says that 2009 saw the sharpest year-on-year decline in alcohol consumption across the board since 1948.
Double hand transplant man Richard Edwards reveals he can move fingers
Dr Richard Edwards, 55, who received his new body parts in an 18-hour operation, said he felt 'fantastic' after the operation.
Older women more prone to fertility problems
As a woman gets older, levels of a crucial protein that helps eggs prepare for the moment of fertilisation decline sharply, a team of British researchers has found.
Health fear: Up to 40 times more aluminium in formula milk than breast milk
Traces of the metal in milk were found to be much higher than is legally allowed in water, according to scientists, with one brand containing more than 800 micrograms per litre.
Girl, 14, misdiagnosed with bulimia has first food in eight months after fitted with stomach pacemaker
A 14-year-old Utah girl was told she had bulimia because she could not keep her food down until doctors realised she actually had a rare neurological disorder.
Two-year-old boy's becomes world's youngest person to receive artificial lung
A two-year-old boy whose heart stopped 10 times has made medical history after becoming the youngest person in the world to be fitted with an artificial lung.
Scientists pinpoint how most aggressive breast cancers grow
Scientists searching for the source of aggressive breast cancers may have been looking in the wrong place, research suggests.
Brain training 'delays dementia but speeds up decline later on'
Crossword puzzles and other mentally stimulating pursuits may hide but not prevent the progress of Alzheimer's disease, research has shown.
Where an infant fixes their gaze 'could be an early indicator of autism'
An early sign that a child may develop autism could be as simple as noting where they fix their gaze.
Adults are now safer riding in the front seat of the car, finds study
Adults who ride in the back of new cars are at higher risk of serious injury during an accident than those in the front seat, new research has found.
'Jab in a sugar-coated pill' to end pain of injections
Within just a year or two, your flu 'jab' or travel vaccines could be delivered to you in the post or handed out at the pharmacy, cutting the need for time-consuming visits to the doctor.
A hug, the sugar-free way to ease baby's pain
Giving newborn babies sugar does not help ease the pain of injections – and a cuddle from mum would perhaps do the job better, it is claimed.
The berry healthiest: How organic strawberries 'are more nutritious'
The most detailed study of its kind has found that organic strawberries contain higher levels of anti-cancer nutrients than fruit sprayed with chemical pesticides.
Fish oil 'could save 10,000 lives a year' by preventing heart failure deaths
A review revealed omega-3 supplements prevented the deaths of almost one in ten patients with heart failure and around 8 per cent of hospital admissions.
