HEALTH

Australian researchers looking to produce rehydrating beer without altering the flavour.

By following protein pathways the test can say if infection is caused by a virus or bacteria.

The H5N1 strain is a contagious bird flu virus that has killed thousands of poultry since first detected in 1997.

Google's wristband targets and destroys cancer and Parkinson's cells using 'external energy source'.

Babies that are breastfed for longer tend to earn more and are more intelligent, study shows.

Health Minister Marisol Touraine planning a review of current law banning the practice.

Experts are keen to point out how important it is not to look at the sun directly.

The researchers discovered a double-hit effect in the body's response to the infection.

China wants to schedule ketamine, but this would condemn millions to surgery without anaesthetic.

Evolocumab is undergoing clinical trials whose results are expected in 2017.

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.