HEALTH

Scientists studied ''viral fossils'' to find out how how the HERV-T retrovirus went extinct.

What is rat lungworm disease and how does it invade the brain and spinal cord?

Phalatse suffered from rare genetic disorder that causes rapid ageing but was a 'champion of positivity'.

If Herzegovinians were as well-nourished as the Dutch, they would be significantly taller than them.

Justice Francis rules that the eight-month-old boy should be allowed to 'slip away peacefully.'

There is a perception that organ donation after euthanasia could lead to enforced organ harvesting.

Smoking, diabetes, and hypertension at midlife have been associated with amyloid plaques build-up in the brain.

There are growing concerns that superbugs could become resistant to vancomycin.

The chemical composition of poppers changed in 2006.

Taken once a day, the drug can, on average, reduce the risk of HIV infection by 86%.

Researchers have long suspected that climatic factors can have an impact on cholera outbreaks.

Eating dark, cocoa rich chocolate can be good for your health.

Figures show that since Putin came to power in 2000, the number of hospitals has halved.

Obese poor people eat junk because they're too worn out by dead-end jobs to cook.

Six cases of rat lungworm disease have been reported in Maui in the last 3 months.

Proposals to restrict decaBDE in sofas were snubbed by ministers.

Pharmacies in the South American country will start selling cannabis from July.

The klosneuvirus seems to have grown by acquiring DNA from their hosts.

Depression is one of the most common and debilitating diseases in the world.

PMDD can severely affect a woman's mental health.

Particle could be used to treat lung diseases including CF and asthma by getting drugs to the target tissues.

Mental illness comes in many different forms.

Compounds in the areca nut could be synthesised to create new treatments for nicotine addiction.

Study on rabbits showed fertility was restored after the contraceptive gel was removed.

From America's opioid crisis to the NHS's instinct to over-medicalise, healthcare spending is often wasteful.

Nanoparticle-wrapped enzyme can be administered before exposure to nerve gas and pesticides in mice.

Mothers treated with progesterone were more likely to have bisexual children.

Dr Rebecca Ovenden, 32, was described as 'talented' and 'much respected'.

Scientists have identified a new factor that could help explain age-related infertility.