Health

The United States recorded 22 new measles cases last week, bringing the year's total number of cases to 1,044 in the worst outbreak of the disease since 1992, federal health officials said on Monday. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the number of cases of the highly contagious and sometimes deadly disease rose 2.2% in the week ended June 13 from the prior week. The 2019 outbreak, which has spread to 28 states, is the worst since...

The drug, called Nilvadipine, boosts blood flow to the brain's memory and learning centre by a fifth - without affecting other parts, say scientists

Scientists say the breakthrough could lead to better treatments for a range of conditions, including ADHD

More than 47,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer every year in Britain – 129 men every day, and one in eight men will get the disease during their lifetime

The two step process works by forcing cancer cells into a dying state called senescence before wiping them out using a process called senolysis.

And the effect continues after conception, meaning that damage can be done before they know they are pregnant.

Targeting these three interventions could have a massive effect on mortality around the world, the authors claim.

Those whose body clocks dictate going to bed late are often left sleepy in the day, eating badly with depression and stress.

A lifesaving world-first device that can keep a human liver functioning outside the body for 24 hours has been shortlisted for a prestigious award. OrganOx, from Oxford, have created the ‘metra’, which mimics the environment of the human body by constantly streaming warm oxygenated blood through the disembodied liver. The invention breaks with 40 years of traditional organ preservation in ice, doubling the time that organs can be preserved prior to transplantation, and is set to save countless lives. It...