If you’re fat, you may be able to blame it on your PE teacher – so long as you didn’t like them. Those scarred by the traumatic lessons with &... read more
Surgeons are performing an emergency cesarean section in a desperate bid to save a terminally ill pregnant mother and her unborn baby – five weeks after s... read more
Statins slash the risk of dying of heart attacks and strokes by 28 per cent, a major study has revealed. Scientists say the benefits of the pills are so convinc... read more
A nine-year-old boy had a heart attack after one bite of a hot dog. After swallowing a mouthful of sausage and bread, the Turkish child’s heart stopped. T... read more
The folklore of vampires has inspired horror stories for centuries. But according to new research, the blood-sucking beings may not have been as otherworldly as... read more
Former beauty queen Tracie Samara was left bruised, swollen and nearly blinded from getting silicone fillers in her face. The then-44-year-old opted for a free,... read more
A new device can detect whether or not a tumor is cancerous in just 10 seconds – and should be in operating rooms as soon as 2018. The cancer ‘pen&#... read more
They are the fashionable alternatives to sugar which have been championed by ‘clean-eating’ celebrities such as Gwyneth Paltrow and Deliciously Ella... read more
Donald Trump is not mentally ill, according to the man who created the manual on how to diagnose mental illness. Dr Allen Frances was chair of the Department of... read more
The county that pioneered IVF 40 years ago has become the latest victim of the clampdown on fertility treatment offered freely on the NHS. Health chiefs in the ... read more
Joint custody is best in a divorce, new research suggests. Children have less behavioural problems and psychological symptoms after their parents separate if th... read more
More than half of GPs want to close their surgery lists to new patients, a survey has found. A total of 54 per cent of senior family doctors said they would be ... read more
A lack of NHS dentists is forcing people to pull their own teeth out, as half of practices will not accept new patients. The British Dental Association says the... read more
The Great British Bake Off’s Chris Geiger has written an incredibly moving account of his battle with cancer that ‘should have killed within three m... read more
Biologists have turned back the clock on ageing in the cells of fruit flies, by increasing levels of a protein called Drp1. This cellular time machine was found... read more
Unqualified care assistants are practising in the NHS with job titles that describe them as nurses with advanced skills, experts have revealed. A new study foun... read more
If you want to see exactly what your teeth will look like after you have major work, scientists may finally have the answer. Pioneering new technology gives den... read more
Yoga and meditation could help you get that promotion, new research suggests. Just 25 minutes of stretching and mindfulness improves people’s goal-directe... read more
Eating meat increases the risk of type 2 diabetes by up to 23 per cent, new research reveals. People who consume the highest amounts of red meat raise their lik... read more
A six-year-old girl died from meningitis after nearly a two-hour wait to see a doctor who then dismissed her rash as ‘just a bruise’. Layla-Rose Erm... read more
Eating oily fish while pregnant may protect children from developing schizophrenia when they grow older, new research suggests. In trials on mice, scientists fo... read more
Cannabis use does not affect teenager’s IQ, new research reveals. Taking the drug between the ages of 12 and 18 does not cause adolescent’s intellig... read more
