HEALTH

Lord MacLean led a five year inquiry into the bacterial outbreak in Scotland

Psychologist explains why Black Friday sales create angry mobs of shoppers.

Adult lab mice return positive results in damaged brain region when treated with transplanted stem cells and antioxidant.

A large-scale study has linked vitamin D deficiency to increased risk of cancer and high mortality from many diseases.

The charity single has topped the UK charts, making it the fastest-selling song of the year.

A woman with a fitted pacemaker dies a few minutes after passing through an airport scanner in Russia.

Higher risk of death and hospitalisation seen in atrial fibrillation patients treated with digoxin.

The volunteers, who will miss Christmas, said they felt compelled to support the effort to curb the spread of the deadly virus.

World Health Organization warns that the disease could spread rapidly after infecting 119 people since late August.

Aids drugs could treat age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of blindness in the elderly.

Rival to Soylent, Ambronite claims to be the "world's first real food drinkable supermeal" that will meal-time obsolete

Accident and emergency departments in England missed the quarterly target

Cooler with blood samples to be tested for virus stolen by armed gang in West African country.

By blocking proteins that transport ALS drugs out of the brain, previous ALS drugs can be revisited.

A hospital in eastern China is offering fathers-to-be a chance to experience the pain

The flow of information in the brain was seen to be in opposing directions when imagining or perceiving reality.

Genome of tapeworm removed from UK resident's brain sequenced for first time.

Mindfulness techniques protect pregnant women against depression, study finds.

Nestle scientists are sorting through natural ingredients to try and mimic the fat-burning effects of exercise.

Asylum seeker tells of his experience in detention as doctors call for system overhaul.

A human genome sequencing of people older than 100 years has failed to yield any genetic base for longevity.

Performance data for almost 5,000 surgeons in England will be released.

Use of the cost-effective drug ticagrelor has shown to reduce the risk on blood clotting by half in heart attack patients carrying stents.

Robert Stuart and Darren Hughes die after receiving infected kidneys from alcoholic

Seattle-based firm and Marley family launch premium cannabis brand 'Marley Natural'.

BREAKING: Bird flu found on duck farm in East Yorkshire confirmed as H5N8 by Defra

Study finds cannabis has 'dramatic effect' on brain cancers.

Poorest people in society have eight less teeth than richest by the age of 70.

A mutation of a massive heart protein that keeps the heart beating has been discovered to be the cause of sudden deaths in heart patients.