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Tanzania agriculture expansion 'creates perfect storm for human plague transmission'

Scientists warn that East Africa boost to food production greatly increases risk of plague.

Eating peanuts in infancy cuts risk of peanut allergy by 80%

Children at high risk of peanut allergy can reduce risk by eating the nuts regularly.

Ebola Crisis: Red Cross workers attacked as virus conspiracies create panic in Guinea

EXCLUSIVE: NGOs claim false rumours are spread to fuel attacks against Ebola health workers.

Shocking video of Father strapping one-month-old baby to steering wheel goes viral

Babies from same sex couples now possible following stem cell breakthrough

Scientists find way to make egg and sperm cells using skin from adults of the same sex.

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Ebola: WHO approves breakthrough 15 minute test

The World Health Organization (WHO) has approved the first rapid test for Ebola in a potential breakthrough for ending an epidemic that has killed almost 10,000 people in West Africa, it said on 20 February.

Penis reduction world first: Florida teen has surgery on phallus 'too large' for sex

Surgeons in US perform first penis reduction because it was too big to have sex or play sports.

Margareta Pagano: Cut NHS red tape to give children with rare diseases a chance at life

The UK is a world leader in personalised treatments for rare diseases but the NHS is too slow to act.

HPV: New vaccine offers protection against 90% cervical cancers

The new vaccine protects against nine types of HPV with 97 percent efficacy.

Threat to global health feared over drug-resistant malaria seen at Myanmar-India border

Resistant strains of bacteria have been seen across Myanmar and close to Indian border.

Oxytocin as autism treatment: There's definite cause for hope, but don't jump the gun

Expert says oxytocin is key to autism treatment but not in the ways currently used

Los Angeles superbug CRE: What is the drug-resistant 'nightmare' family of bacteria?

179 patients at UCLA Medical Center have been exposed to Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae

Britain in male suicide crisis - because real men don't suffer depression

UK's mental health service needs to do more to combat stigma surrounding mental health in men.

Cola's darkside: Caramel coloured soft drinks increase risk of cancer

A report has found that caramel colour used in some co is a possible carcinogen.

First human epigenome map unveils code behind DNA that can help fight diseases

Detailed epigenome map for 111 cell types can help develop precision medicine.

Powerful HIV 'vaccine' blocks every strain of virus and offers lasting protection

Molecule that can control HIV without antiretroviral drugs discovered.

DNA data storage: 1.8 zettabytes of information in a single spoon of liquid

DNA could hold 1.8 zettabytes of data - equivalent to all the world's data - in 4 grams of liquid.

Quarter of Dutch doctors would provide assisted suicide to those 'tired of living'

One in five Netherlands doctors would consider euthanasia for someone with no medical problems.

Digital Detox: Cashing in on our smartphone addiction

Smartphone addiction is a growing problem and companies are looking to help people switch off from their digital lives by offering digital detoxes

Six Out of Ten People With Dementia Go Undiagnosed: New £2m Ad Campaign Launched

Alzheimer's breakthrough as molecule to stop 'toxic chain reaction' in brain discovered

'Chaperone' that inhibits key stage of Alzheimer's development identified.

Traditional medicine: Maggots, leeches and 'herbal' fish rush in where drugs fail to deliver

Conventional traditional medicine is seeing a revival in many parts of the world.

India: Poorly educated rural health providers wreaking havoc on child health

Unnecessary antibiotics and harmful drugs are prescribed for diarrhoea and pneumonia.

Pathway that can reroute visual information has potential to prevent blindness

Part of brain responsible for vision can adapt to injury and trauma, scientists discover.

A virtual autopsy table technology called Anatomage could be used to make virtual copies of healthy soldiers so that they can be used to fix them if they are injured

US soldiers could have their bodies scanned so exact replicas of their bones can be 3D printed

Anatomage's virtual autopsy table records an exact copy of the body so replicas can be easily printed.

Infectious diseases like Ebola on the rise as pathogens change hosts, says study

Shifting habitats will push wildlife, crops, livestock and humans into contact with pathogens that they have never been exposed to before.

Cuba: Extremely aggressive HIV strain that leads to Aids in 3 years discovered

New variant of HIV virus progressed so fast patients did not even realise they were infected.

Magic mushrooms and LSD 'may help cancer sufferers come to terms with death' - scientists

Scientists in UK and US say hallucinogenic drugs have probable health benefits

Former rival scientists team up to use stem cells to mend broken hearts

UK and Israeli professors grow new cardiac tissue from stem cells

Doctors and nurses attend a training course

Powerful antibody against influenza, pneumonia viruses developed

The diagnostic kit can track protein levels to monitor the progress of recovery.

Thync brain wearable electric shock mood

Mood-altering wearable Thync proves electric shocks to brain cause 'instant relaxation'

Study by brain wearable Thync reveals 97% of users experience reduced stress when wearing device.

Prison authorities will be given greater powers to fight the use of so-called legal highs. (NHS)

Lincoln: Idyllic Downton Abbey city turned into zombie central by legal highs crisis

Lincoln's drugs may have bizarre names like Voodoo Gold and Black Mamba - but the effects are deadly serious.

Spain: Toxic orange cloud in Catalonia after explosion at Igualada chemical plant [Photos]

A chemical explosion at a warehouse spread a large orange toxic cloud over five towns in Catalonia.

Smoking is more lethal than previously thought

The report claims that at least five more diseases are associated with smoking.

Largest genome studies establish obesity links to genes and brain

More than a single gene has been identified to play a role in obesity.

Ebola cases double in Guinea in second week, says WHO

Around 64 new cases were recorded in Guinea as compared to 39 in the previous week.

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