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• 'Fitness pill' being developed

  Posted: July 31st, 2008, 8:37pm EDT

  Scientists are moving closer to developing an "exercise pill" which will help you to get fit, even if you don't move a muscle

• Stomach bug treatment for cancer

  Posted: July 31st, 2008, 7:06pm EDT

  Eradicating a common bug in people with stomach cancer can prevent the disease from recurring, research suggests.

• Stomach bug cancer treatment

  Posted: July 31st, 2008, 7:06pm EDT

  Eradicating a common bug in people with stomach cancer can prevent the disease from recurring, research suggests.

• Ageing society

  Posted: July 31st, 2008, 11:08am EDT

  Why S Korea is struggling to treat Alzheimer's cases

• IVF 'not reason for birth risks'

  Posted: July 31st, 2008, 8:28am EDT

  Complications associated with IVF are due to underlying fertility problems rather than the techniques used during treatment, research suggests.

• 'A place for a hug'

  Posted: July 31st, 2008, 7:38am EDT

  Crucial centres for people with HIV are under threat

• 'I lost 185kg'

  Posted: July 31st, 2008, 12:23am EDT

  Slimming secrets of the world's heaviest man

• Chemical clue to baby blues found

  Posted: July 30th, 2008, 9:42pm EDT

  Failure to stop brain cells becoming over-active may be key to the development of post-natal depression.

• Bush approves $48bn to fight Aids

  Posted: July 30th, 2008, 6:18pm EDT

  President Bush triples the US budget for fighting Aids and other diseases in Africa and the Caribbean.

• Bush approves $48bn for Aids

  Posted: July 30th, 2008, 6:18pm EDT

  President Bush triples the US budget for fighting Aids and other diseases in Africa and the Caribbean.

• Singles 'face Alzheimer's risk'

  Posted: July 30th, 2008, 2:34pm EDT

  Being single when you reach middle age could increase your risk of dementia, a study suggests.

• Schizophrenia genes discovered

  Posted: July 30th, 2008, 1:09pm EDT

  Genetic flaws are linked to schizophrenia - but experts warn a complete analysis is likely to remain elusive.

• German court rejects smoking bans

  Posted: July 30th, 2008, 9:30am EDT

  Germany's top court overturns smoking bans in small bars and clubs, telling German states to review their anti-smoking laws.

• German smoking bans overturned

  Posted: July 30th, 2008, 9:30am EDT

  Germany's top court overturns smoking bans in small bars and clubs, telling German states to review their anti-smoking laws.

• Gene hunters

  Posted: July 30th, 2008, 5:29am EDT

  Dominicans' role in hunt for Alzheimer's cure

• Health crunch

  Posted: July 30th, 2008, 5:13am EDT

  Could the economic downturn make us ill?

• Transsexual toilet

  Posted: July 29th, 2008, 7:38pm EDT

  Thai school offers students a third set of facilities

• Sleep clue to age memory decline

  Posted: July 29th, 2008, 7:14pm EDT

  Scientists may have uncovered why some people naturally lose their ability to make new memories as they get older.

• Smoking risk of cancer survivors

  Posted: July 29th, 2008, 7:09pm EDT

  Childhood cancer survivors who are most likely to develop tumours in later life continue to smoke, says research

• Alzheimer's drug 'halts' decline

  Posted: July 29th, 2008, 2:37pm EDT

  UK scientists have developed a drug which may halt the progression of early-stage Alzheimer's disease.

• Progress made in HIV prevention

  Posted: July 29th, 2008, 12:41pm EDT

  There have been significant gains in preventing new HIV infections in a number of heavily-affected countries, a UNAids report says.

• Stumped

  Posted: July 29th, 2008, 10:07am EDT

  Why can't people with dyslexia do multiple choice?

• Shock and guilt

  Posted: July 29th, 2008, 7:12am EDT

  Brazil sees HIV cases rise among the over-60s

• SA Muslim HIV test call condemned

  Posted: July 29th, 2008, 6:06am EDT

  South African Aids activists dismiss a call for Muslim couples to have HIV tests before marriage.

• SA Muslim HIV test outrage

  Posted: July 29th, 2008, 6:06am EDT

  South African Aids activists dismiss a call for Muslim couples to have HIV tests before marriage.

• 55 minutes exercise a day - the only way to lose weight

  Posted: July 29th, 2008, 5:03am EDT

  Women who want to lose weight - and keep it off - need to be exercising for almost an hour, five days a week, research suggests.

• Statins 'may cut dementia risk'

  Posted: July 29th, 2008, 1:58am EDT

  Scientists have found further evidence that cholesterol-lowering statins may protect against dementia and memory loss.

• Stroke risk from smoking partner

  Posted: July 28th, 2008, 7:30pm EDT

  Being married to a smoker will significantly raise your risk of stroke, even if you don't smoke yourself, say researchers.

• Long goodbye

  Posted: July 28th, 2008, 7:14am EDT

  How Alzheimer's causes misery for the whole family

• Blood pressure drug dementia hope

  Posted: July 28th, 2008, 6:52am EDT

  A drug used to lower blood pressure could prevent or delay thousands of Alzheimer's cases, US research has suggested.

• Hypertension drug dementia hope

  Posted: July 28th, 2008, 6:52am EDT

  A drug used to lower blood pressure could prevent or delay thousands of Alzheimer's cases, US research has suggested.

• Typhoid women were kept in asylum

  Posted: July 28th, 2008, 6:06am EDT

  More than 40 female typhoid carriers were locked up for life in a mental hospital, the BBC learns.

• Typhoid women kept in asylum

  Posted: July 28th, 2008, 6:06am EDT

  More than 40 female typhoid carriers were locked up for life in a mental hospital, the BBC learns.

• Your DNA's in the post

  Posted: July 28th, 2008, 5:48am EDT

  Obesity, cancer, MS - the test claiming to know your risk

• DNA by post

  Posted: July 28th, 2008, 5:48am EDT

  'I paid £500 to have my genome analysed'

• Caffeine use common in athletes

  Posted: July 28th, 2008, 3:55am EDT

  British athletes routinely use caffeine in an attempt to boost their performance, say researchers.

• Life sentence

  Posted: July 28th, 2008, 2:26am EDT

  Incarcerated in a mental hospital - for carrying typhoid

• Worry 'ups men's diabetes risk'

  Posted: July 27th, 2008, 8:15pm EDT

  Anxiety, depression and sleepless nights increase the risk of diabetes in men, a study by Swedish researchers suggests.

• Obesity gene 'affects appetite'

  Posted: July 27th, 2008, 7:39pm EDT

  The first gene clearly linked to obesity appears to make it harder for children to tell when they are full, UK research suggests.

• Immune clue to pregnancy danger

  Posted: July 27th, 2008, 1:08pm EDT

  The body's immune system may cause a common condition which is potentially dangerous for pregnant women and their babies.

• Trans-fats banned in California

  Posted: July 25th, 2008, 11:14pm EDT

  California becomes the first US state to ban trans-fats, chemically altered vegetable oils linked to heart disease.

• Deaf boy speaks

  Posted: July 25th, 2008, 8:42pm EDT

  Notebook find could end 350-year-old UK science dispute

• Clenching 'affects blood checks'

  Posted: July 25th, 2008, 8:22pm EDT

  A UK expert has warned people who take blood not to allow patients to tightly clench their fists as it can confuse results.

• Warning over blood-taking method

  Posted: July 25th, 2008, 8:22pm EDT

  A UK expert has warned people who take blood not to allow patients to tightly clench their fists as it can confuse results.

• Warning on blood-taking method

  Posted: July 25th, 2008, 8:22pm EDT

  A UK expert has warned people who take blood not to allow patients to tightly clench their fists as it can confuse results.

• Fat friends 'can boost your size'

  Posted: July 25th, 2008, 5:53am EDT

  People are subconsciously influenced by the weight of those around them, researchers suggest.

• H2O power

  Posted: July 25th, 2008, 5:23am EDT

  The study that claimed water has a memory

• 'Wrong bras' can damage breasts

  Posted: July 24th, 2008, 7:15pm EDT

  Women who wear the wrong kind of bra could be damaging their breasts, researchers warn.

• HIV drugs 'add 13 years of life'

  Posted: July 24th, 2008, 7:11pm EDT

  Life expectancy for people with HIV has increased by 13 years on average since the late 1990s, a survey suggests.

• Lifestyle 'should hit' IVF access

  Posted: July 24th, 2008, 7:06pm EDT

  Almost half of fertility experts say access to IVF should be conditional, a survey finds.

• US cancer boss's mobiles warning

  Posted: July 24th, 2008, 12:56pm EDT

  The director of a top US cancer research institute warns thousands of staff of possible risks from mobile phone use.

• 'Teen toddler'

  Posted: July 24th, 2008, 11:13am EDT

  The daily struggle of living with a child who has ADHD

• Homeopathy prescriptions falling

  Posted: July 24th, 2008, 10:11am EDT

  GP prescriptions for homeopathy have nearly halved in two years, figures show.

• Middle-aged 'fitter' than young

  Posted: July 24th, 2008, 6:57am EDT

  Middle-aged men and women in England are more likely to play sport than younger people, research suggests.

• US cancer boss in mobiles warning

  Posted: July 24th, 2008, 6:33am EDT

  The director of a top US cancer research institute warns thousands of staff of possible risks from mobile phone use.

• How to give a baby banana-flavoured breast milk

  Posted: July 24th, 2008, 2:05am EDT

  Flavours in a nursing mother's snack can find their way into her breast milk within minutes, research suggests.

• Discovery may boost statin safety

  Posted: July 23rd, 2008, 7:09pm EDT

  Scientists have pinpointed the genetic cause of a rare side effect of the cholesterol-lowering drugs statins.

• Soy foods 'reduce sperm numbers'

  Posted: July 23rd, 2008, 7:07pm EDT

  A regular diet of even modest amounts of food containing soy may halve sperm concentrations, scientists suggest.

• Soy foods 'cut sperm numbers'

  Posted: July 23rd, 2008, 7:07pm EDT

  A regular diet of even modest amounts of food containing soy may halve sperm concentrations, scientists suggest.

• Dementia patients' memory probed

  Posted: July 23rd, 2008, 11:59am EDT

  A study of dementia sufferers indicates they be able to remember more than first thought.

• Dementia patients' memory probe

  Posted: July 23rd, 2008, 11:59am EDT

  A study of dementia sufferers indicates they be able to remember more than first thought.

• Woman brain damaged by detox

  Posted: July 23rd, 2008, 7:08am EDT

  A woman is awarded more than £800,000 after she suffered permanent brain damage while on a detox diet.

• Birth weight 'sets future health'

  Posted: July 23rd, 2008, 6:58am EDT

  Blood vessel changes linked to poor health later in life can be spotted within a few years in boys born small, say scientists.

• Toxic detox

  Posted: July 23rd, 2008, 6:44am EDT

  'Don't drink water unless you are thirsty'

• UK doctors face tougher checks

  Posted: July 23rd, 2008, 5:31am EDT

  The government sets out more details on how it will beef up regular checks of doctors' competence.

• UK doctors face annual assessments

  Posted: July 23rd, 2008, 3:29am EDT

  All doctors face annual assessments which would mean that licences could be removed from poor performers.

• MS quiz

  Posted: July 23rd, 2008, 3:28am EDT

  How much do you know about the condition?

• Woman left brain damaged by detox

  Posted: July 23rd, 2008, 3:25am EDT

  A woman is awarded more than £800,000 after she suffered permanent brain damage while on a detox diet.

• GPs told to cut antibiotics usage

  Posted: July 22nd, 2008, 7:42pm EDT

  Doctors are told to cut the number of prescriptions they hand out to help save the NHS millions of pounds a year.

• Doctors 'miss early HIV symptoms'

  Posted: July 22nd, 2008, 7:11pm EDT

  HIV is being spread because doctors overlook symptoms which could reveal the infection, a charity claims.

• Mark Easton

  Posted: July 22nd, 2008, 8:34am EDT

  Let's admit it - here in the UK we drink too much

• Iran urged to free HIV pioneers

  Posted: July 22nd, 2008, 8:10am EDT

  A human rights group calls on Iran to release or charge two renowned HIV/Aids doctors arrested last month.

• Cash crop

  Posted: July 22nd, 2008, 8:02am EDT

  Canada's middle class takes up cannabis growing

• UK drinks industry faces tough laws

  Posted: July 22nd, 2008, 6:15am EDT

  Ministers tell the drinks industry it must act more responsibly or face new laws governing the sale of alcohol.

• UK salt intake 'is starts to fall'

  Posted: July 22nd, 2008, 6:09am EDT

  Campaigners say a cut in average daily salt consumption in the UK could help save lives - but people still eat too much.

• Rock drummers 'need the stamina of top athletes'

  Posted: July 22nd, 2008, 4:07am EDT

  Playing the drums for a rock band requires the stamina of a Premiership footballer, research suggests.

• Drug for deadly prostate cancer

  Posted: July 22nd, 2008, 2:38am EDT

  Scientists say a drug to treat aggressive prostate cancer may be the most significant advance in the field for 70 years.

• IMF funding 'fuelling TB deaths'

  Posted: July 21st, 2008, 8:39pm EDT

  Strict loan conditions have been blamed for thousands of extra TB deaths in eastern Europe and former Soviet republics.

• Prostate hope

  Posted: July 21st, 2008, 7:10pm EDT

  Simon Bush's life is transformed by a new cancer drug.

• Tobacco 'could help treat cancer'

  Posted: July 21st, 2008, 5:49pm EDT

  The tobacco plant - a cause of cancer - may offer the means to treat one form of the disease, a study suggests.

• Light therapy toothbrush 'to beat plaque'

  Posted: July 21st, 2008, 8:53am EDT

  A mouthwash allows plaque-causing bacteria to be destroyed using nothing more than a bright light.

• Light therapy 'beats plaque bugs'

  Posted: July 21st, 2008, 8:53am EDT

  A mouthwash allows plaque-causing bacteria to be destroyed using nothing more than a bright light.

• 'Dr Death' returns to Australia

  Posted: July 21st, 2008, 7:01am EDT

  A man dubbed 'Dr Death' by the Australian media returns from the US to face charges he failed patients in his care.

• NHS fit camp

  Posted: July 21st, 2008, 6:35am EDT

  Obese children shape up

• Animal tissue rejection advance

  Posted: July 21st, 2008, 6:17am EDT

  Scientists have found a way to overcome the problem of the human body rejecting animal parts used in transplants.

• Fear over pandemic disease effort

  Posted: July 21st, 2008, 6:11am EDT

  More needs to be done to protect against outbreaks of infectious diseases, a Lords report says.

• Drink venues' conduct condemned

  Posted: July 21st, 2008, 12:37am EDT

  Alcohol retailers in England are routinely guilty of "irresponsible and harmful practices", a government report finds.

• Concerns over Olympic drug test

  Posted: July 20th, 2008, 8:30pm EDT

  Serious question marks hang over a key drug test just two weeks before the start of the Olympic Games, a BBC investigation finds.

• 'People ran away'

  Posted: July 20th, 2008, 8:05pm EDT

  Experiencing the stigma of mental illness

• Skin cancer fear 'may harm bones'

  Posted: July 20th, 2008, 7:31pm EDT

  Worries over skin cancer means that some people shun the sun altogether - which could increase their risk of brittle bone disease.

• Grief really hurts

  Posted: July 19th, 2008, 7:51pm EDT

  How strong emotions can cause physical pain

• A Scot with MS

  Posted: July 19th, 2008, 7:36pm EDT

  Elizabeth Quigley on a disease which plagues Scotland

• Autism parents 'infection risk'

  Posted: July 19th, 2008, 7:29pm EDT

  Caring for children with problems such as autism or Down's syndrome may weaken parents' immune systems.

• Tummy tuck man

  Posted: July 18th, 2008, 7:08pm EDT

  One of a growing number who opt for cosmetic surgery

• Human blood vessels grown in mice

  Posted: July 18th, 2008, 6:59pm EDT

  Scientists have used human cells to grow new blood vessels in a mouse for the first time, a US journal reports.

• Human blood vessels grown in lab

  Posted: July 18th, 2008, 6:59pm EDT

  Scientists have used human cells to grow new blood vessels in a mouse for the first time, a US journal reports.

• Kenyans reject circumcision plan

  Posted: July 18th, 2008, 12:44pm EDT

  Elders from Kenya's Luo community reject a government plan to promote circumcision to stem HIV/Aids.

• Vomiting dummy for medic training

  Posted: July 18th, 2008, 12:25pm EDT

  Medical students train on a dummy which can vomit and sweat and moves and feels like a real patient.

• Skeleton stories

  Posted: July 18th, 2008, 9:10am EDT

  London's dead tell tales from beyond the grave

• Scan 'detects obsessive disorder'

  Posted: July 18th, 2008, 8:58am EDT

  A brain scan could help identify those at risk of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), say scientists.

• How breastfeeding releases a trust hormone in mothers

  Posted: July 18th, 2008, 6:35am EDT

  Scientists have for the first time shown how a "trust" hormone is released in the brains of breastfeeding mothers.

• Pakistan polio case despite truce

  Posted: July 18th, 2008, 1:12am EDT

  Pakistani health officials say they have recorded a new case of polio in Swat district despite local militants pledging to not resist vaccinations.

• Alzheimer's drug trial 'promise'

  Posted: July 17th, 2008, 9:31pm EDT

  A drug once used to treat hayfever "improves" symptoms in patients with Alzheimer's disease, research suggests.

• Hospitals 'could aid crime fight'

  Posted: July 17th, 2008, 9:25pm EDT

  Hospitals should share information with police when patients are admitted because of a violent attack, a crime expert says.

• Lifesaver

  Posted: July 17th, 2008, 8:57pm EDT

  Device revives man after swimming pool heart attack

• Public heart shock scheme success

  Posted: July 17th, 2008, 8:56pm EDT

  A scheme to provide defibrillators in public places in England and Wales should be extended, researchers say.

• Public heart scheme success

  Posted: July 17th, 2008, 8:56pm EDT

  A scheme to provide defibrillators in public places in England and Wales should be extended, researchers say.

• US set to overturn HIV travel ban

  Posted: July 17th, 2008, 3:46pm EDT

  The US Senate votes to lift a long-standing ban on allowing HIV-positive visitors to enter the US.

• UN in call for basic sanitation

  Posted: July 17th, 2008, 3:22pm EDT

  The number of people without clean drinking water drops sharply - but sanitation remains a huge problem, the UN says.

• TV surgeon pays patient damages

  Posted: July 17th, 2008, 1:26pm EDT

  A plastic surgeon who has appeared on TV pays substantial damages to a woman who suffered a stroke while he performed her face lift.

• Patient death GP action 'illegal'

  Posted: July 17th, 2008, 1:13pm EDT

  A doctor broke the law by prescribing sleeping pills to a suicidal patient, a medical hearing is told.

• Menthol cigarettes 'target young'

  Posted: July 17th, 2008, 5:48am EDT

  Menthol has been used to make some US cigarette brands more appealing to the young, say researchers.

• Huge gap in world cancer survival

  Posted: July 16th, 2008, 7:13pm EDT

  There is a huge variation in cancer survival rates across the world, an in-depth global study shows.

• Diabetes limb loss 'could be cut'

  Posted: July 16th, 2008, 7:13pm EDT

  A discovery by scientists may help reduce the risk of people with diabetes losing a limb.

• Ancient bones could yield TB clue

  Posted: July 16th, 2008, 2:11pm EDT

  An international research group is using human remains from the ancient city of Jericho to study the origin and evolution of tuberculosis.

• Malaria gene 'increases HIV risk'

  Posted: July 16th, 2008, 12:10pm EDT

  A gene which protects against malaria increases vulnerability to HIV infection by 40%, say scientists.

• Mapping health

  Posted: July 16th, 2008, 7:14am EDT

  The digital tools fighting malaria in Rwanda

• Malaria drug may hit antibiotics

  Posted: July 16th, 2008, 5:47am EDT

  Widely used anti-malaria drugs may have an unwanted side-effect - decreasing the power of many antibiotics.

• Congo to give free malaria drugs

  Posted: July 16th, 2008, 4:56am EDT

  Anti-malaria medication are being made available free to children and pregnant women in Congo.

• Prematurely aged

  Posted: July 16th, 2008, 3:12am EDT

  Stewart's body suffers from his hard partying

• Gene tags 'fuel obesity epidemic'

  Posted: July 16th, 2008, 2:48am EDT

  Womb chemicals of overweight mothers raise the risk of their baby being obese, research suggests.

• Last wish

  Posted: July 15th, 2008, 8:23pm EDT

  The importance of dying amid familiar surroundings

• Obesity 'hikes' pancreatic risk

  Posted: July 15th, 2008, 7:09pm EDT

  Obese women with most of their excess weight on the stomach, are more likely to get pancreatic cancer, research suggests.

• Breast check confusion a problem

  Posted: July 15th, 2008, 7:08pm EDT

  Women are still confused about the right way to check their breasts for early signs of cancer, says a charity.

• Firm told to stop marketing 'fat-burning' beads in the UK

  Posted: July 15th, 2008, 8:15am EDT

  A firm claiming its "fat-burning" beads triggered "automatic weight loss" is to stop UK promotions.

• Sex infections in young up again

  Posted: July 15th, 2008, 8:00am EDT

  Sex infections are up 6% - with half of all cases now among 16 to 24-year-olds.

• Asthma risk from pregnancy nuts

  Posted: July 15th, 2008, 7:18am EDT

  Mothers-to-be who eat nuts every day may increase their child's risk of developing asthma by 50%, claim researchers.

• Shine a light

  Posted: July 15th, 2008, 12:38am EDT

  Miners' health and safety tool to save premature babies

• Exercise 'slows down Alzheimer's'

  Posted: July 14th, 2008, 7:10pm EDT

  Being physically fit could hold back the development of Alzheimer's disease, US researchers suggest.

• Lab boost for spinal injury rehab

  Posted: July 14th, 2008, 7:10pm EDT

  A chemical used by bacteria to invade other cells may aid rehabilitation from spinal and brain injury, research suggests.

• Birthday girl

  Posted: July 14th, 2008, 1:52pm EDT

  Louise Brown, the world's first IVF baby, turns 30.

• Jolie doctor was nervous at birth

  Posted: July 14th, 2008, 12:15pm EDT

  Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's doctor felt pressurised delivering the couple's babies because the stars were so famous.

• Concern over GP skin cancer ops

  Posted: July 14th, 2008, 7:40am EDT

  A survey finds some GPs are treating serious skin cancer, contrary to guidance advising hospital referal.

• No alcohol for young drivers call

  Posted: July 14th, 2008, 7:38am EDT

  The legal blood alcohol limit should be cut to zero for drivers aged 17 to 20, England's chief medical officer says.

• 'Breakthrough' in malaria fight

  Posted: July 14th, 2008, 7:26am EDT

  Australian scientists say they have made a discovery that could be a major breakthrough in the fight against malaria.

• Out of breath

  Posted: July 14th, 2008, 5:14am EDT

  Could poor air quality affect Olympic athletes?

• A good night's sleep may be the best way to boost our memory

  Posted: July 14th, 2008, 4:21am EDT

  A refreshing night's sleep may be the best way to boost memory, a study suggests.

• Nicotine drug 'may slow dementia'

  Posted: July 13th, 2008, 7:30pm EDT

  Nicotine-based drugs may help delay the moment a person with dementia has to enter a care home, researchers say.

• Happiness 'immune to life events'

  Posted: July 13th, 2008, 7:26pm EDT

  Momentous life events, such as marriage or having children, only boost happiness temporarily, say researchers.

• Girl guides' warning on self-harm

  Posted: July 13th, 2008, 7:05pm EDT

  Girl guides' leaders warn that girls face too many sexual and consumer pressures to grow up too soon.

• Superbug vaccines 'within decade'

  Posted: July 13th, 2008, 2:21pm EDT

  The government's chief medical officer for England says superbug vaccines should be available within 10 years.

• Retinal transplant boosts vision

  Posted: July 12th, 2008, 7:59pm EDT

  An experimental transplant of cells into the eyes of patients with failing sight improved vision in most of them, US researchers say.

• Beating migraines

  Posted: July 12th, 2008, 7:17pm EDT

  'My headaches went after botox and forehead op'

• Pioneering US heart surgeon dies

  Posted: July 12th, 2008, 3:47am EDT

  Dr Michael DeBakey, the heart surgeon who gained fame for his procedures developing bypass surgery, dies aged 99.

• Virus helps show cancer spread

  Posted: July 11th, 2008, 7:15pm EDT

  Scientists have used a common cold virus to "light up" prostate cancer tumours in different parts of the body.

• Cave warning on Uganda bat virus

  Posted: July 11th, 2008, 10:31am EDT

  The WHO warns people not to enter Ugandan caves after a Dutch tourist contracts a deadly bat-carried virus.

• Adults misjudge weight problems

  Posted: July 11th, 2008, 10:13am EDT

  Britons are getting worse at judging when they are overweight, a study suggests.

• Malaria drugs urged for children

  Posted: July 11th, 2008, 8:27am EDT

  A new study shows that regular doses of malarial drugs could improve children's performance in school.

• Stubborn smokers

  Posted: July 11th, 2008, 5:23am EDT

  Kenyans keep on puffing despite stringent ban

• Women 'using web for abortions'

  Posted: July 11th, 2008, 12:28am EDT

  Some women in countries where abortion is restricted are using the internet to buy medication for a home abortion, the BBC learns.

• HRT study 'highlights pills risk'

  Posted: July 10th, 2008, 7:53pm EDT

  Using HRT patches instead of pills could cut the risk of gallbladder complications, a study says.

• Muscle stem cell advance hailed

  Posted: July 10th, 2008, 7:24pm EDT

  Animal research raises the possibility that adult stem cell transplants may treat muscular dystrophy.

• Kenyan wins landmark HIV ruling

  Posted: July 10th, 2008, 11:33am EDT

  A HIV-positive Kenyan woman wins $35,000 from her employer for unfair dismissal, in the first such ruling in Kenya.

• Road to recovery

  Posted: July 10th, 2008, 11:31am EDT

  'Bubble boy' beats a rare genetic condition

• Distorted diet

  Posted: July 10th, 2008, 11:06am EDT

  Food price rises stunt Indonesian children's growth

• US outbreak of salmonella spreads

  Posted: July 10th, 2008, 8:18am EDT

  More than 1,000 people in more than 40 US states are now confirmed to have become ill with salmonella since April.

• Brazil MPs reject abortion reform

  Posted: July 9th, 2008, 10:56pm EDT

  A congressional commission in Brazil rejects a bid to legalise abortion in the world's most populous Catholic nation.

• 'New CJD type' discovered in US

  Posted: July 9th, 2008, 8:07pm EDT

  A new form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) may have been uncovered in a handful of patients in the US.

• Doctors support more 20mph zones

  Posted: July 9th, 2008, 10:17am EDT

  The British Medical Assocation calls for 20mph zones in residential areas as routine to protect children.

• Doctors support 20mph zones

  Posted: July 9th, 2008, 10:17am EDT

  The British Medical Assocation calls for 20mph zones in residential areas as routine to protect children.

• US backs statin use for children

  Posted: July 9th, 2008, 5:52am EDT

  Obese children, including some as young as eight, should receive cholesterol-lowering drugs, say leading US doctors.

• Being too fat 'can damage sperm'

  Posted: July 9th, 2008, 3:36am EDT

  Obese men have poorer quality sperm, perhaps because too much fat around their testicles causes them to heat up, scientists have suggested.

• For sale

  Posted: July 9th, 2008, 2:34am EDT

  Black market in human organs uncovered

• More over 70s couples 'are enjoying sex'

  Posted: July 9th, 2008, 2:11am EDT

  Research suggests more couples over 70 are having sex - and finding it satisfing - than in previous generations.

• Code on embryo screening planned

  Posted: July 8th, 2008, 7:13pm EDT

  A code of practice to regulate the use of gene chips to screen embryos for disease is to be drawn up.

• Embryo screening code planned

  Posted: July 8th, 2008, 7:13pm EDT

  A code of practice to regulate the use of gene chips to screen embryos for disease is to be drawn up.

• Test to pick out viable embryos

  Posted: July 8th, 2008, 1:10pm EDT

  A new test to assess the viability of IVF embryos could boost pregancy rates by 15%, say the developers.

• EU launches school fruit campaign

  Posted: July 8th, 2008, 12:43pm EDT

  The European Commission launches a scheme to provide free fruit and vegetables to schools across Europe in a drive to curb child obesity.

• Acupuncture 'no help for IVF'

  Posted: July 8th, 2008, 10:01am EDT

  There is no evidence acupuncture improves the success of IVF treatment, scientists say.

• Doctor hits out at "unhygienic" TV cookery shows

  Posted: July 8th, 2008, 7:57am EDT

  TV chefs are setting a bad example by failing to following basic hygiene standards, public health chiefs say.

• TV chefs 'fail on basic hygiene'

  Posted: July 8th, 2008, 7:57am EDT

  TV chefs are setting a bad example by failing to follow basic hygiene standards, public health chiefs say.

• Slum clinic diary

  Posted: July 8th, 2008, 7:54am EDT

  Sierra Leone medic tells of hunger due to high food prices

• One in four Chinese 'overweight'

  Posted: July 8th, 2008, 7:36am EDT

  More than 25% of adults in China are now considered overweight or obese, according to new research.

• Frozen embryos 'better for IVF'

  Posted: July 8th, 2008, 7:15am EDT

  Frozen is better than fresh when it comes to transplanting embryos in IVF treatment, a study shows.

• MPs' bid to change abortion laws

  Posted: July 8th, 2008, 4:29am EDT

  A cross-party group of MPs will attempt next week to end the need for a second doctor to give their approval for an abortion.

• IVF twins risk 'over-estimated'

  Posted: July 7th, 2008, 9:34pm EDT

  A US doctor sparks controversy by saying couples having IVF are being "misled" about the risks of twin pregnancies.

• Blood pressure 'link to dementia'

  Posted: July 7th, 2008, 9:08pm EDT

  Controlling blood pressure from middle-age onwards may cut the chances of developing dementia, say researchers.

• Coffee 'worsens poor fertility'

  Posted: July 7th, 2008, 1:51pm EDT

  Drinking too much coffee can lower the odds of a woman with fertility problems getting pregnant, a study suggests.

• Cancer patients' fertility hope

  Posted: July 7th, 2008, 1:29pm EDT

  Drug treatment which stops a woman's periods may protect against the effects of chemotherapy, a study suggests.

• Success after sperm 'close-ups'

  Posted: July 7th, 2008, 8:12am EDT

  Using a powerful microscope to select the healthiest-looking sperm improves fertility treatment success rates, say scientists.

• Tell donor children early in life

  Posted: July 7th, 2008, 6:30am EDT

  Children conceived using sperm donors should be told of their origins at an early age, research suggests.

• Diabetes forcing many amputations

  Posted: July 7th, 2008, 2:48am EDT

  Around 100 people a week in the UK have a limb amputated as a result of diabetes, a charity has claimed.

• Khat concerns

  Posted: July 6th, 2008, 11:23pm EDT

  Fears stimulant linked to mental health problems

• Saving mothers

  Posted: July 6th, 2008, 7:27pm EDT

  G8 must stop childbirth deaths, says charity boss

• Talking therapy plans under fire

  Posted: July 6th, 2008, 7:01pm EDT

  A UK government drive to increase the number of cognitive behavioural therapists is flawed, a group of experts warn.

• Concerns over foreign transplants

  Posted: July 6th, 2008, 2:58pm EDT

  A London hospital is referred to healthcare watchdogs over the number of liver transplants carried out on foreign patients.

• Male biological clock 'ticks too'

  Posted: July 6th, 2008, 1:07pm EDT

  Scientists say that they have found more evidence that men as well as women have biological clocks.

• BMA urges tougher tobacco rules

  Posted: July 6th, 2008, 10:19am EDT

  The British Medical Association's annual conference hears calls for a range of tough measures to rid the UK of smoking.

• Donor children 'emotionally well'

  Posted: July 5th, 2008, 7:19pm EDT

  Children from assisted conception do as well emotionally as those conceived naturally, research suggests.

• Pull up a chair

  Posted: July 5th, 2008, 7:18pm EDT

  Seat designed to aid breastfeeding in public

• Woman in India gives birth to twins 'at 70'

  Posted: July 5th, 2008, 7:12pm EDT

  A woman said to be aged 70 years of age gives birth to twins after undergoing IVF treatment.

• Gender 'impacts on transplants'

  Posted: July 4th, 2008, 7:31pm EDT

  Women who get a replacement kidney from a male donor are more likely to reject the new organ, scientists suggest.

• Health fines

  Posted: July 4th, 2008, 12:22pm EDT

  Can Ghana turn its back on the "brain drain"?

• Sulston argues for open medicine

  Posted: July 4th, 2008, 12:06pm EDT

  Genome pioneer and Nobel Laureate Sir John Sulston says profits are taking precedence over the needs of patients, particularly in the developing world.

• Tofu 'may raise risk of dementia'

  Posted: July 4th, 2008, 11:36am EDT

  Eating high levels of some soy products - including tofu - may raise the risk of memory loss, research suggests.

• Male mother

  Posted: July 4th, 2008, 8:04am EDT

  Gender reassignment is a long process

• Call for sex lessons at age four

  Posted: July 4th, 2008, 5:38am EDT

  Two leading sexual health charities call for compulsory sex education for children as young as four.

• Brain imbalance 'cot death key'

  Posted: July 4th, 2008, 5:34am EDT

  More evidence has emerged that a chemical imbalance in the brain may play a key role in cot deaths.

• New way to tackle cancer depression

  Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 9:50pm EDT

  Researchers say they have found a new treatment for cancer patients suffering depression

• Method tackles cancer depression

  Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 9:50pm EDT

  Researchers say they have found a new treatment for cancer patients suffering depression

• Sporting 'heart screening' call

  Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 7:14pm EDT

  Screening sportsmen for signs of hidden heart conditions could save lives, a study has concluded.

• 'Deadliest' malaria rising in UK

  Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 7:09pm EDT

  More cases of the most dangerous type of malaria are being brought back to the UK from trips, official figures show.

• US 'pregnant man' gives birth to baby girl

  Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 6:10pm EDT

  An American man who was born female but underwent gender reassignment gives birth, US media report.

• US 'pregnant man' has baby girl

  Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 5:15pm EDT

  An American man who was born female but underwent gender realignment surgery, gives birth, US media report.

• Romanian girl in UK for abortion

  Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 10:55am EDT

  An 11-year-old Romanian rape victim is to have an abortion in the UK despite being cleared to have one in Romania.

• Woman 'not in danger' if removed

  Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 9:18am EDT

  A campaign tries to halt the removal of a pregnant Nigerian woman and her family from the UK after being refused asylum.

• Money matters

  Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 9:06am EDT

  Is the French system better than the NHS?

• 'Mental risk' of Facebook teens

  Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 8:30am EDT

  Children growing up alongside social networking websites may have a "dangerous" view of the world, says an expert.

• Denmark 'world's happiest nation'

  Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 7:25am EDT

  Denmark is the happiest country in the world, according to a survey published by the US National Science Foundation.

• Fighting fit?

  Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 5:50am EDT

  How to get the most out of your gym membership

• Changing times

  Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 4:18am EDT

  How care has been transformed by the NHS

• NHS immigration

  Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 3:17am EDT

  'Everybody was so kind and welcoming'

• Doctors shocked by own water baby

  Posted: July 2nd, 2008, 8:13pm EDT

  Two doctors who live near a maternity hospital are caught out by their baby's home delivery in the bath.

• Doctors' own water baby shock

  Posted: July 2nd, 2008, 8:13pm EDT

  Two doctors who live near a maternity hospital are caught out by their baby's home delivery in the bath.

• Oldest women hit hard by dementia

  Posted: July 2nd, 2008, 7:13pm EDT

  Almost half of all women in their 90s are suffering from dementia, Californian research suggests.

• Dementia hits oldest women hard

  Posted: July 2nd, 2008, 7:13pm EDT

  Almost half of all women in their 90s are suffering from dementia, Californian research suggests.

• Cold sore virus secret revealed

  Posted: July 2nd, 2008, 7:05pm EDT

  The secret of how the cold sore virus persists for a lifetime in the body may have been cracked by US scientists.

• 'Snack-size' won't keep you trim

  Posted: July 2nd, 2008, 1:04pm EDT

  Buying mini-versions of fattening snacks is not the way to keep weight off, Dutch scientists claim.

• Video shows death of US patient

  Posted: July 2nd, 2008, 11:29am EDT

  Video footage emerges of a woman dying on the floor of a New York hospital as workers fail to help for more than an hour.

• Skunk 'psychosis risk' warning

  Posted: July 2nd, 2008, 10:11am EDT

  People who smoke skunk are more likely to develop psychosis than those who use milder forms of cannabis, researchers claim.

• EU plans cross-border healthcare

  Posted: July 2nd, 2008, 9:06am EDT

  More patients across Europe may seek treatment abroad if new EU healthcare proposals are adopted.

• Safety net

  Posted: July 2nd, 2008, 8:29am EDT

  A US state aims to ensure health insurance for all

• 21st century NHS

  Posted: July 2nd, 2008, 3:27am EDT

  Hi-tech equipment is transforming care - but is expensive

• Shaping up

  Posted: July 2nd, 2008, 3:27am EDT

  Why doctors are switching on to video games

• NHS devotee

  Posted: July 2nd, 2008, 1:59am EDT

  The ups and downs of six decades as a top doctor