HEALTH

Name and shame approach to get restaurants to implement salt reduction targets.

E-cigarettes have seen a meteoric rise in the UK over the past year despite the health implications of the products still being a matter of debate.

Ancestral exposure to a pesticide methoxychlor could be resulting in diseases in future generations.

Oestrogen makes women more likely to rank other women's appearance, study finds.

Fears 20 million residents of Lagos at risk from world's most deadly disease

Five siblings in Turkey suffering from a rare physical disorder

Girls in affluent Hertfordshire live 16 illness-free years longer than girls in Tower Hamlets.

A scientist has developed a simple, cheap and highly accurate device for diagnosing a frequently fatal lung disease.

Sheik Umar Khan transferred to medical unit after contracting deadly tropical disease.

Mumbai teen's unusual growth caused dozens of tiny tooth to shoot from single molar.

Sleep deprivation for days together can affect the memory.

A vaccine against dust mite allergies has been developed.

A 38-year-old Chinese man died of the bubonic plague in Yumen.

The number of healthy young men dying in their sleep surges in Chinese manufacturing hub.

Canada Centre for Addiction and Mental Health has found 80 new genes associated with schizophrenia.

A new treatment combining new and old drugs shows promise of curing drug-resistant strains of TB.

British food standards body to vote on relaxing regulation of unpasteurised milk.

HIV-1 virus removed from cultured human cells in world first.

Residential apartment complex explosion displaces 75 residents.

Discovery of a key immune cell in the colon could improve treatments for irritable bowel syndrome sufferers.

A combination drug therapy clinical trial has reported a cure for hepatitis C ‒ the leading cause of death for HIV patients.

Scientists observed 'morphine-like effects' in consumers who ate poppy seeds used in bakery products.

Mosquito-born Chikungunya virus infects two people in Florida

Researchers at the Michigan State University have found one of the genes responsible for the development of stem cells.

Scientists issue warning on unexpected consequences of genetic manipulation and call for safety measures.

Researchers say people from Denmark and Holland people have a gene that influences reuptake of serotonin.

New report shows the protein helps keep sugar under control and reverses insulin insensitivity.

University of Verona Hospital is using 3D printed bone replicas to improve surgery success rates.

A report by the UN Aids agency reveals number of new HIV infections and Aids deaths are falling.