HEALTH

Lauded as the best new addition to your baking and breakfast, is 2016 the year of the goldenberry?

The device needs to go through two more stages of clinical trials before the US FDA considers it for release.

Scientists dismiss study suggesting electronic cigarettes are just as bad for your health as ordinary cigarettes.

Researchers say moderate sugar consumption is critical to avoid any sort of health hazards.

People in West Africa, Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa are at risk of disease transferred from bats.

Many patients have died 'before their time' due to a lack of awareness.

Briton Rhian Lewis can finally tell what her children look like after eight years.

BMA says it regrets the disruption it will cause but claims the medics have been left with no option.

Minor strains of influenza spread quicker than previously believed, as they avoid vaccines and jump between hosts.

The database of molecules, canSAR, has been updated with 3D images.

Parties are back around the table after avoiding an historic walkout in December.

Italy's National Institute of Health finds rise in number of cases of babies with tumours.

GPs will be able to prescribe e-Voke electronic cigarettes to help smokers quit.

Brazil has recorded 2700 cases of the virus as it has spread across South America since being first reported in 2014.

Ultra-thin heart monitor that sticks to the skin and stretches with it created by scientists.

The woman had "auto-brewery syndrome" which ferments yeast in her intestines.

These results add to the growing list of ways in which a man's lifestyle could affect his offspring.

Studies show exactly how much vitamin D is needed to be beneficial to multiple sclerosis patients.

Scientists say immediate action must be taken to prevent transmission of new strain of swine flu to humans.

Over half of the elderly were worried that raising an issue would impact future treatment.

Exercise in early life causes changes to gut microbes that promote healthier brain and metabolism.

Preview of study from University of Glasgow warns pet owners to not overlook their animals' health.

Food shouldn't be left to cool before putting it in the fridge

Critics describe the practice as form of eugenics.

Natural protein that transports fats around the body hinders cell function to increase lifespan.

Transmissible cancers may not be as extremely rare as once believed, study of creatures suggests.

England's chief medical officer says gonorrhoea is increasingly able to shrug off traditional treatment.

Moreno had weighed 700lb at the time of his death.

The Elipse balloon does not require surgery and could be a viable alternative to gastric bands.