Children born at higher altitudes are smaller at birth and have...
Children who are born at higher altitudes tend to be smaller than those born at lower altitudes, a new study suggests.Researchers found kids who...
Africa is free of polio: World Health Organization declares continent has...
Africa is free of polio after years of trying to eradicate the virus, the World Health Organization has declared.The landmark achievement comes after decades...
Hospitalized coronavirus patients who are obese, have diabetes and high blood...
COVID-19 patients with a cluster of underlying health issues have an increased risk of death from the virus, a new study suggests.Researchers looked at...
GB Paralympian star Jonnie Peacock praises surgeon who amputated his leg...
The surgeon who amputated the leg of British Paralympian Jonnie Peacock - after he contracted meningitis as a five-year-old - has admitted that deciding to...
How a BREATHALYSER could tell if you have coronavirus: NHS is...
Britons could soon be diagnosed with coronavirus by simply exhaling into a tube, if a trial of breathalyser-like technology is successful.NHS doctors are testing...
Is this why coronavirus hits men harder? Women’s bodies mount stronger...
Men may be more likely to suffer severe cases of coronavirus or die of the disease because they have weaker immune responses, a new...
Alzheimer’s zapped: Scientists launch landmark trial to treat dementia by sending...
Neurologists are to start treating Alzheimer's patients by sending electrical currents deep into their brain.A team at Imperial College London and the UK Dementia...
One in eight women may have a DNA quirk which delays...
One in eight women may have a genetic quirk which could delay the onset of Alzheimer's, a study has revealed.About 500,000 people in the...
Do you cheat when you eat? The nine rules to a...
Just one in 1,000 people sticks to all nine official healthy eating guidelines, a major study found.Experts compared the diets of more than half...
Million-strong army of tiny marching robots that can be injected into...
Scientists have created an army of microscopic robots, each smaller than the width of a human hair, that can be injected into the body...
