HEALTH

Caffeine found to counter age-related inflammation which often triggers cardiovascular disease.

Congressional Budget Office report says figures could rise to 32 million within a decade.

Diagnosing asthma can be difficult because it is such a complex and variable condition.

Andrew Hall was left pulling chunks of plastic, teeth and foreign objects from his mouth, throat and lips.

Every 007 movie has featured smoking, except one.

Traumas during childhood and personality traits increase risk of developing eating disorders well into adulthood.

Among men who have sex with men, the risk of getting syphilis is increasing, and HAART could be a factor.

Microchips lined with living human organ cells will transform how diseases and drugs are tested.

Humans are among a select few species that menstruate.

Blue Monday was dreamed up up by a PR company working on behalf of a holiday channel in 2005.

President-elect says the new programme will be 'much less expensive and much better'.

Our First Stand rallies were held throughout the US against the GOP's plan to gut Obamacare.

A decade-old PR stunt perpetuates the myth that depression isn't a real illness.

The artists have all created original artwork within Perspex cubes symbolising Parkinson's disease.

Home Bargains, Factory Foods and Fultons Foods are among the shops affected.

PM said GPs need to push forward with a seven-day service, but she was accused of 'scapegoating'.

Sensors spotted senior author of study had Lyme disease before he was aware himself.

Pan-resistant superbugs means the return of incurable bacterial infections.

Mylan was at the heart of a firestorm after it raised prices by 450% since 2004.

Scientists are working at new ways to come up with vector control methods to fight off dengue fever.

Ferrero uses about 185,000 tonnes of palm oil a year – alternative substitutes could cost an extra $8-22m annually.

Study shows that higher blood pressure is associated with a greater chance of having a boy.

Hairy-legged bat was thought to feed only on bird blood, but human disruption of its habitat made it change tack.

Stem cell research is often controversial but it has also led to incredible medical progress in recent years.

The move could be strongly opposed by the Catholic Church in the Christian-majority nation.

Simon Stevens accused the prime minister of 'stretching the truth'.

In-vitro gametogenesis shows promise for many infertile couples, but scientists have warned of ethical issues.

Sichuan Revotek has implanted live functioning 3D-printed blood vessels made from stem cells into monkeys.

Downing Street is frustrated by senior NHS figures making political interventions in the winter crisis.