Tau behaves abnormally in the brain in people with Alzheimer’s disease. This latest study points to a reason why.

Elon Musk’s brain implant company is launching a new study to test whether its wireless device can control a robotic arm.

Most people born before 1968 have antibodies against flu viruses similar to the H5N1 strain circulating today, which might lower their risk of severe illness

Analysis involving more than 85,000 people showed risk of worsening function was reduced by 22%

On average, a person with a womb will menstruate once every 28 days, for 40 years of their life.

The amygdala and brain’s social network communicate more than we thought.

Gene editing in the womb could be more effective than the same treatment after birth, as it is easier to deliver the necessary genetic machinery to fetal cells

Donating your body to science is not a simple decision. Understanding what happens to a body when used for research is important.

Each year, hundreds of millions of people contract malaria. Hundreds of thousands die from the disease.

EXCLUSIVE: A Mirror investigation has revealed virtually no dentists in England are now taking on new NHS patients, with dental practices across the country failing to accept new members

Neuroscientist Ariel Zeleznikow-Johnston’s book The Future Loves You presents a bold new take on dying

Although headaches are a common ailment and usually nothing to worry about, they can at times be signs of something sinister, like cancer or a bleed on the brain

Artificial intelligence models are getting better at pinpointing brain tumors – and they’re using a surprising technique

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has announced that an independent review will be undertaken within the NHS to scrutinise the roles of physician associates and anaesthesia associates.

Experts have discovered that salmonella has been depleting a key protein which the body’s own immune cells need to function.

Alzheimer’s disease—the most common form of dementia—is a progressive neurological disorder that causes brain cells to degenerate.

It’s a full-body experience.

Without efforts to tackle climate change, that figure could reach 60 percent by 2050.

Raw milk consumption is on the rise.

Bacteria, such as the food poisoning bug Salmonella, could be used to fight bowel cancer, thanks to a new finding by Cancer Research UK funded researchers in Glasgow and Birmingham.

AN amber cold weather health alert has been issued for parts of the country as the UK finds itself in the grip of a cold snap. Plummeting temperatures could impact everyone, not just vulnerable peo…

DAVID Cook had no clue his “pulled” muscle could be a sign of a deadly cancer. “I never expected when I first experienced back pain that this was the cause, it was the furthest th…

CHEST infections are not out of the norm for this time of year – but sometimes the symptoms could be a sign of something more sinister. The NHS estimates one in five people will get a cough t…

The oral microbiome is increasingly being linked to head and neck cancer, but we don’t yet understand its exact role

NHS centres join search for patients who have lived much longer than expected, in hope of developing new therapies

MORE people are being diagnosed with Davina McCall’s extremely rare brain tumour type due to advances in testing. Brain Tumour Research said the three in a million people found with a colloid cyst …

Nicola McFadden, 42, used sun beds for 26 years and was unaware of the risks until skin cancer was found in several areas of her body after she first noticed a lump on her leg

Diagnoses of a disease more often associated with historical poverty have risen in the last decade, but there is a simple way to avoid the illness, which causes bleeding and rashes

If people with least physical activity matched levels of most active, they could live almost 11 years longer

It’s been a year since the gene-editing treatment Casgevy was approved for sickle cell disease and a related blood disorder. It’s finally being infused into patients.

Scientists have discovered your cholesterol levels could be significantly linked to your risk of dementia.

Signs of resistance to artemisinin in tenth of children with severe malaria similar to situation in Asia, say researchers

The variant sweeping the UK causes diarrhoea and vomiting

Pharmacists in England, Wales and Northern Ireland to reduce opening hours and stop home deliveries.

Experts say once-a-day varenicline tablet reduces nicotine cravings and side-effects from cutting out tobacco

People in England will be able to get free varenicline tablets to help them quit cigarettes.

Children are being ‘let down’ amid huge waiting lists health chiefs have warned

Is your monitor causing computer vision syndrome? Here’s an science-backed guide on how to find out and how to help fix it.

A COMPOUND found in red wine could hold the key to preventing bowel cancer, scientists hope. Resveratrol, an antioxidant in red grapes, is being assessed to see if it can slow the growth of tumour …

Doctors have warned of the 4 ‘minor’ health problems that can be linked to pancreatic cancer – and advised people to be vigilant and to see a GP if they are concerned

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is warning ministers they face a ‘perfect storm’ of more staff leaving and fewer joining the profession, threatening patient care.

A record number of hospital patients received compensation following botched care and surgery at the hands of private contractors who won NHS contracts, statistics show

Britain is battling an outbreak of the winter vomiting bug norovirus that’s being fuelled by a new, highly transmissible form of the infection.

A mum-of-two has been left floored after looking at the bill from the birth of her second son in the US – despite her being in hospital for less than 48 hour with no complications, the cost is shockingly high

From inappropriate behaviour to encouraging patients to stop medication, reckless therapists can cause real damage

Experts warn hundreds could be affected by the shortage in radioisotopes used to track cancer.

Researchers claim they’ve developed a device that can diagnose lung cancer through patients’ breath.

Willpower just isn’t enough.

Last year, FDA advisors unanimously voted that oral phenylephrine is ineffective.

Osteoporosis, the silent disease, can shorten your life−here’s how to prevent fractures and keep bones healthy.