HEALTH

Cancer-fighting drug developed in seven years rather than the average of 14 by using AI.

The royal couple expressed their personal commitment to raising awareness of mental health issues.

IBTimes UK takes a look at statistics surrounding mental illness.

The theme for World Mental Health Day 2015 is "dignity in mental health".

Nigeria was affected by the Ebola outbreak last year, but was declared free from the virus in October 2014.

Eugene Finney believes a shark saved his life after a tumour was discovered during treatment for his injuries.

As Antarctica is not a US territory there could be legal implications for use of breathalysers.

Foetus can hear music from 16 weeks and respond to it with vocalisations

Surgeons at Brisbane hospital managed to reattached the head of 16-month-old Jaxon Taylor.

Around 27.5 million working days are lost in the UK each year due to cold and flu-like illnesses.

Boxes of the breakfast cereal have been recalled due to fears of allergy risk.

The rare medical abnormality is known as "foetus in foetu" (baby within a baby).

People with anorexia have different microbial communities in their guts compared to healthy people.

Documentary The Nightmare follows people with sleep paralysis

Ireland's William Campbell, Japan's Satoshi Omura and China's Tu Youyou jointly awarded the prize.

Patient's DNA and initial mammogram to be used for measuring risk.

Total cost to society from increased pollutants pegged as high as $170m (£112m; €151m).

National Geographic researcher talks about Mongolian treatment for maggots growing in your eye.

Study looks at the concept of exercise pills and how they can be used to mimic effects of physical activity.

Moscow State University's Anatoli Brouchkov says he feels younger and healthier following infection.

Countries remain sceptical of the safety of genetically modified crop varieties.

Thousands are to demonstrate outside parliament against changes to junior doctors' contracts.

Brain prosthesis with electrodes allows short-term memories to be transferred to long-term memory.

Five Tanzanian albino children who had limbs hacked off for witchcraft purposes are being treated in the US.

Four types of gut bacteria found to protect babies from getting asthma.

Ethical approval given for the transplants which will start in the spring.

Global Burden of Disease Project predicts there will be 7.8 million cardiovascular disease related deaths by 2025.

Queen Mary University of London used organic molecules to create tubular tissue-like structures.

Documentary examines Thamkrabok Temple that claims to cure addiction with vomiting.