HEALTH

The inquiry was launched after a 2011 investigation revealed widespread abuse at a Bristol care home.

American Chemical Society explains digestive process after overeating at Thanksgiving.

An NYU graduate's invention could replace plasters for medical emergencies at home and on battlefields.

Due to a spate of new cases from Sierra Leone, the UN will not be able to meet its December 1 deadline of ensuring 70% treatment of cases and safe burials.

Selenium found in garlic and broccoli was found to slow down the overexpressed immune response in some kinds of cancer.

Forty-year-old Zulfiqar Ahmad had recently returned to Pakistan from Togo on 16 November.

Germany has donated motorbikes to Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia.

Sleep study finds brain protein that causes us to wake up a potential target for Alzheimer's prevention.

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.