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Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop blasted by dietitians for article on achieving 'leanest liveable weight'

Dietitians caution weight should not be the main focus when it comes to health.

Feb 2, 2018

By Kashmira Gander

Red wine is good for your brain and gets rid of toxins associated with Alzheimer's

Two glasses of antioxidant-rich red wine helps spinal fluid clear brain of toxins associated with types of dementia.

Feb 2, 2018

By Claire Toureille

Tech Talk: Neurotech Startup Conducts First Commercial 'Mind Reading' Scan

This AI computer can read your mind

Scientists use Magnetic Resonance machine and machine-learning technology to probe deep into brain to identify song subjects are listening to.

Feb 2, 2018

By Aristos Georgiou

Artificial Intelligence

Breakthrough 'vaccine' set for use in human trials after eliminating 'all traces' of cancer in mice

Revolutionary treatment completely cured 87 out of 90 mice with multiple lymphoma tumours, according to scientists.

Feb 1, 2018

By Aristos Georgiou

Cancer

What is hyponatremia and how were four avoidable children's deaths caused by it?

Hospitals in Northern Ireland apologise for failing patients as one mother calls for "Raychel's Law" to demand medical honesty.

Feb 1, 2018

By Ruchira Sharma

Scientists have found the source of anxiety in the brain - and how to turn it off

While anxiety is a useful emotion in some contexts, many find it hard to manage their worries, which can result in crippling anxiety disorders.

Feb 1, 2018

By Aristos Georgiou

What happens to your body when you die?

Everyone dies - but how do we know if a person is dead? A doctor explains the complex process at the end of life.

Feb 1, 2018

By Kashmira Gander

Who is Sophia Campa-Peters? Girl Trump prayed for is recovering 'amazingly' after risky brain surgery

The nine-year-old underwent a surgery after she was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder that makes blood vessels in the brain narrower.

Feb 1, 2018

By Divya Kishore

Get up: Standing up instead of sitting helps you lose weight

A study shows that standing for six hours a day instead of sitting helps burn more calories and could result in a weight loss of 2.5kg per year and 10kg in four years.

Jan 31, 2018

By Claire Toureille

Pro-choice and pro-life abortion activists

Fetuses can't feel pain after 20 weeks - so why did the US almost base a law on that idea?

The Senate blocked the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act which backers claimed protected foetuses.

Jan 31, 2018

By Kashmira Gander

Who is Lisa-Maria Carter? Woman who lost her limbs after botched surgery wins $109m in malpractice suit

The top intelligence officer was about to fly to Iraq in 2010 for some assignment when she was diagnosed with a benign ovarian cyst during a medical test.

Jan 31, 2018

By Divya Kishore

What is cardiac sarcoma? Singer who once performed for Obama reveals cancer trauma

Destinee from Michigan first collapsed due to the disease in 2011 but then doctors dismissed her chest pain as harmless.

Jan 31, 2018

By Divya Kishore

Exhaust fumes from a car in Putney High Street

'German carmakers duped me in diesel scandal' says UK's ex-chief scientist

The Government's former chief scientist has accused German carmakers of having 'blood on their hands' in a diesel scandal that led to the deaths of thousands of Britons.

Jan 31, 2018

By Nicole Rojas