HEALTH

UNICEFF hopes drones shuttling blood tests to key labs will save time in battle to save lives

Refugees who have left everything behind to flee conflict are three times more at risk of mental illnesses

IBTimes UK takes you through the new levy on soft drinks and explains why Jamie Oliver is ecstatic.

The UN drugs agency estimates that Southeast Asia's trade in heroin and methamphetamine is worth £22 billion.

Cyborg heart patch contracts and expands like organic tissue but regulates itself like a machine.

Scans conducted on Jennifer Koh's brain while she was playing reveal unique patterns of activation.

Carbenoxolone is already used to treat gastritis in humans, but it can also lower alcohol addiction in rodents.

Standing on both sides of the escalator might aid congestion but it is a missed opportunity to tackle obesity.

Epidiolex to be used to treat children with severe seizure disorder using cannabis-derived cannabidiol.

Meditation a potential therapy for pain relief or treating patients with opioid resistance.

Pigeons are now being used to monitor London's air quality, which kills thousands every year.

Many Americans affected by measles or pertussis had intentionally decided against vaccination.

A routinely-used heart failure treatment could attack herpes viral infections.

Tattoos put the body under stress, building up its resistance to infections in the long term.

A virus, similar to SARS and found in the same hosts, could spread to humans.

Smokers more likely to stay away from tobacco if they cease all consumption abruptly on a set date.

A cause of schizophrenia may have been discovered, as changes to the SETD1A gene are linked to condition.

Yoga can help those suffering from atrial fibrillation.

Men suffering from infertility face lower sex hormone levels and higher risks of metabolic diseases.

The World Anti-Doping Agency's latest banned substance has caught a lot of athletes out.

A male contraceptive pill is being fine tuned by scientists as they try to find the perfect formula.

Blueberries could protect people who already suffer from cognitive impairment.

Video shows a heart motor pump which could give hope to people born with a missing ventricle.

China has become the world pioneer of pig cornea transplant.

Gain-of-function research was banned in 2014 after a number of deadly accidents.

More evidence of a link between Pfizer's Viagra drug and cancer has been revealed.

Experimenters turn themselves into human guinea pigs who yearn to be cyborgs.

Scientists show grid cells are active when people retrace mental imagery.

Brown fat uses glucose most before we wake up, and people with more of this fat have less risk of diabetes.