HEALTH

Nike has put together a project to make three athletes succeed in running a marathon under two hours.

Only Antwerp in Belgium surpasses British capital for overall use of the drug.

Grandfather was taking short walk to help him to sleep when police gunned him down

The Black Health Initiative warns midwives are flown in from Africa to carry out the illegal procedure on girls.

The Prader-Willi syndrome is associated with insatiable hunger and reduced growth.

Dr Muffazal Lakdawala, who will operate on Eman Ahmed, described her as a 'a living bombshell'.

The problem is particularly acute in rural areas of the US, with many newborns suffering the consequences.

GPs in England have stopped providing some contraceptive methods because of budget cuts.

Kangaroo Mother Care reduces mortality among premature babies and improves their lives as adults.

The change was caused by double-digit increases in deaths from legal and illegal drugs.

The 51-year-old former soldier spent six weeks in a coma with rare bacterial infection capnocytophaga.

The cutting-edge, potentially life-extending treatment is currently unavailable on the NHS.

The 19-year-old woman's death is not being treated as suspicious, police confirmed.

A group of medical professionals have highlighted the risk to health posed by diesel engines.

Although breast cancer mortality rates are decreasing, the gap between many countries remains.

Drug found to improve the function of brain circuits involved in mood regulation.

The variola virus that causes smallpox diversified much later than scientists thought.

Celebrity diets are criticised by experts after an explosion of food fads in 2016.

Paenibacillus bacterium was discovered 1,000ft underground in the Lechuguilla Cave in the US.

Interactive map of the body shows exactly what physical inactivity does to a person's health.

Women on certain types of contraceptives and in more committed relationships tend to have more sex outside of oestrus.

Human Rights Watch urges President Rodrigo Duterte to ease access to condoms and HIV testing facilities.

Restoring neuron synchrony may offer new hopes in the context of Alzheimer research.

Scientists also find high-fat diet led to the most aggressive metastasis in several types of cancer.

In France, the risk level of avian flu has been upgraded from moderate to high.

Health body claims Vertex refused to enter into a pricing deal for Orkambi.

Moderate activity on a regular basis means men are more likely to have better sperm.

Extreme or frequent grooming of pubic hair could make it easier for viruses and bacteria to enter the skin.

Skeletons buried at the time of the Roman Empire bear evidence of malaria caused by plasmodium parasites.