HEALTH

Luis Manuel, from Colima in Mexico, may suffer from Prader-Willi syndrome, a rare genetic disorder that causes people to over-eat.

The skin solution is made with cannabidiols – natural compounds found in cannabis that have anti-inflammatory properties.

Researchers looked at the shared characteristics of 31 school boys involved in 29 mass shootings in American schools between 1995 and 2015. These boys often struggled to live up to perceived masculine ideals.

Hundreds have been infected by the latest plague outbreak in the island nation with the World Health Organisation ramping up efforts to tackle the deadly disease.

A new study found that low doses were beneficial to the speaking abilities of native German speakers who had recently learnt to speak Dutch.

Pressures at school, body image issues and being in a state of 'extreme connectedness' are thought to be behind the trend.

Leber congenital amaurosis is a rare inherited eye disorder, although it is the most common cause of inherited sight loss in young people.

76 new genes have been identified which could help scientists develop new drugs that are effective against multi-drug resistant bacteria.

A leading gynaecologist has rubbished the theory that placenta eating has medical benefits and even claimed the practice 'borders on cannibalism'. Watch out Kim Kardashian!

The participants must remain in the same position for entire duration of the Nasa study, which causes their bodies to adapt as if they were in space.

Psilocybin makes a brain circuit involved in depression break down and reform. The process relieves symptoms in up to half of people for who standard treatments haven't worked.

But wait – is it really a question of bromance vs romance? Bromances are good for men's mental health, but researchers say this comes at men's girlfriends' expense.

The disease is caused by a virus and is most common in children under the age of 10 due to their weak immune systems.

The virus that was used to make the cowpox vaccine didn't come from cows after all. It came from horses, which can suffer a similar condition called horsepox.

Recent research suggests that around half of all dogs and cats in the UK are obese - and the problem is only expected to grow over the coming years.

In Nepal, women can be confined to animal sheds and in India, girls are told they aren't allowed to leave home. On International Day of the Girl Child, let's end this stigma.

New psychological research has found that listening to someone without looking at them is the most effective way to understand how they're feeling.

New data revealed that many people make up an excuse to take a day off rather than explain the real reason.

It is a good time to take stock both of the enormous progress we have made with regards to attitudes to mental illness, but also of the huge strides we still need to make.

Priory Group has invested almost £300,000 in the centre, which will be staffed by therapists and psychiatrists.

Study suggests that women's brains tend to to expect a reward for prosocial behaviour, while men's brains respond more to selfish behaviour.

During testing, the system proved to be much better than conventional methods of treating the serious sleep disorder.

Researchers analysed how defendants explained their involvement in the 1994 Rwandan genocide which killed up to one million people.

Not all of the organs in your body are essential. Some people can live quite happily without their spleen, colon or even stomach.

Research analysed the genes of 30,000 pairs of twins to understand how important genetic influences are compared to environmental factors when assessing risk of the disease.

People much prefer being spoken to directly when being delivered bad news and would rather small talk was kept to a bare minimum, or not used at all.

The placebo effect is stronger if people think the treatment they're getting is expensive. Now scientists have shown the nocebo effect is also more potent for expensive drugs.

The material has been incorporated into a device that will combat hospital-acquired infections - a problem which affects 300,000 patients every year in England.

This process could one day be used to definitively treat degenerative bone diseases like multiple sclerosis, but the tech is still in its infancy, say researchers.