HEALTH

Cassidy Megan, a 9-year-old Canadian, has been instrumental in the establishment of Purple Day.

Cardiac patients are getting younger and fatter, prompting worries that prevention is not working.

Moment of weakness in cell division and movement could be used to kill cancer.

EXCLUSIVE: Dugal Heath, 59, of London's Whittington Hospital has been struck off the medical register.

EXCLUSIVE: Grieving families speak of relief after surgeon Dugal Heath is struck off.

A gene responsible for the interaction between sleep deprivation and metabolic disorder has been identified.

Health Secretary failed to answer urgent question from Labour's Heidi Alexander.

Religious beliefs and scientific thinking clash because different brain areas are involved in both cognitive processes.

People with IED may be suffering from toxoplasmosis

The Department of Health said the 'desperate and irresponsible' action would inevitably put patients at risk.

Frequent and persistent consumption of cannabis is linked to more socio-economic problems in the long term.

An EU project aims at creating artificial agents to help people with autism or schizophrenia interact with others.

The Japanese diet, as described in governmental guidelines, reduces mortality in the long term.

Generosity and altruism are boosted when activity in people's prefrontal cortex decreases.

The open source tool may also be used for Android devices in future.

Health officials say 43-year-old man contracted birth-defect causing virus during trip to Brazil in February.

Research disputes studies that say a couple of units per week reduces heart disease and other illnesses.

Dubai launches public service health campaign to ban pregnant women from shisha cafes.

Anxiety is frequent in young people and could be due to genetic and molecular reasons.

Research shows genetic factors associated with autism are found in people unaffected by the disorder.

Sperm cells naturally have a low mobility. Scientists pinpoint how they are activated to move towards the egg.

A patch created for treating diabetes, which tracks glucose in sweat, has been successful in mice trials.

Parents are immunizing their children against Meningitis B despite the vaccine costing them around £400.

Island is at poverty, weather ground zero of American battle against microcephaly threat

This year's World Water Day focuses on how quantity and quality of water can change workers' lives and livelihoods.

Ten percent of the world's population do not have access to safe water, putting them at risk of infectious diseases and premature death.

Authorities in Brittany took the unusual step after a job posting failed to attract a single applicant.

Researchers believe it could be an improvement on the PSA test currently available to GPs.

Hypnotherapy divides scientists, but some say it has helped them address a major problem in their lives.