A "molecular switch" that can prevent Huntington’s disease from developing has been found in mice.
A US study concluded the mutated huntingtin protein, which causes the disease, could be stopped in its tracks by a …

Scientists have unlocked the entire genetic code of two of the most common cancers - skin and lung - a move they say could revolutionise cancer care.
Not only will the cancer maps pave the way …

Post menopausal women who take anti-depressants face a small - but statistically significant - increased risk of a stroke, research suggests.
The US study was based on 136,293 women aged 50 to 79, who …

UK cities should have more 20mph speed zones, as they have cut road injuries by over 40% in London, a study claims.
In particular the number of children killed or seriously injured has been halved …

  Scientists are to test if boosting the immune system can prevent the return of the childhood cancer neuroblastoma.
The disease - a cancer of developing nervous system tissue - is most often found in under-fives …

Children who battle and survive cancer run a higher risk of heart problems …

  Fresh evidence adds weight to suggestions that loneliness makes cancer both more likely and deadly.
Work in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science shows social isolation tips the odds in favour of aggressive cancer …

Surgeons say they have had success with a controversial transplant technique that uses risky donor kidneys containing cancerous masses.
So far five patients have been treated by the team at Baltimore’s University of Maryland School of …

Smokers who light up on waking display higher levels of nicotine than those who wait, regardless of the number of cigarettes smoked, US research shows.
Scientists measured smokers’ levels of cotinine, a by-product of nicotine which …

  Men carry the seeds of their own destruction in the genes present in their sperm, research suggests.
Scientists working on mice have highlighted a specific gene that, although carried by both sexes, appears to be …

  All South African babies under the age of one will be treated if they test HIV-positive, President Jacob Zuma has announced in a major policy overhaul.
In a widely welcomed speech to mark World Aids …

Middle-aged men and women may be risking arthritis if they overdo their exercise …