HEALTH

The new technique allows genes to be studied and edited in a week's time.

Patients receiving angioplasty were twice as likely to need repeat procedures and heart attacks.

Low vaccination rates fuelled the measles outbreak in US Disneyland, report finds.

When used with hypertension medication, folic acid found to cut risk of strokes.

Study suggests brain scan can be used as a love test in situations.

US aid workers in Port Loko district of northern Sierra Leone evacuated.

Study measured 'sleep debt' difference between hours of sleep during weekdays and weekends.

National Institute of Virology claims the current swine flu strain is unchanged from the 2009 strain.

It found that current and ex-smokers are more likely to smoke after an advert.

BREAKING: The patient contracted Ebola while volunteering in a Sierra Leone treatment unit

Tinkering with basic material of life could affect future generations in ways not yet known.

The two workers came into contact with a military healthcare worker who tested positive for Ebola.

Ebola has led to a disruption in vaccinations that might end up killing more than the virus itself.

Waning interest in Ebola could jeopardise efforts to stamp out the world's worst recorded outbreak of the disease.

The H7N9 strain of bird flu entrenched firmly in China can spread beyond soon.

Scanning ultrasound stimulates brain 'warrior' cells to clear plaque in Alzheimer's mice.

Strain of swine flu in India appears to have acquired mutations that make it more dangerous.

Australian NHMRC says that homeopaths could be putting their health at risk

Senolytics improve cardiac function and help with symptoms of frailty when tested on animal models.

Injection to stop bleeding saved 100% of rats with fatal injuries to femoral artery.

The level of vitamin D in our blood should neither be too high nor too low.

Excess sodium in diet affects many body functions even for those who are salt resistant.

Johns Hopkins and the University of Alabama at Birmingham studied psychedelic drug users

Successful transplant of bionic heart into sheep paves way for human trials within three years.

A newly invented compound detects low levels of oxygen in the cells to predict the onset of diseases.

Memory implant study has potential to lead to trauma victim treatment in future.

Parents who think their child is 'God's gift' risk creating little narcissists.

The timing of implantation of embryo is crucial.

Obesity a risk factor in diabetes, with implications for eye and kidney diseases, finds RCPCH report.