Canadian scientists have developed a promising vaccine prototype against chlamydia, a study in mice suggests. Research,

Pregnancy multivitamins are a waste of money because most mothers-to-be do not need them, according to researchers.

Doctors in India have replaced a 12-year-old boy's damaged nose with a new one which was grown on his forehead.

If your child has eczema it is fine to give them a dunk in the bath every day, as long as you apply lots of moisturising emollient cream to their skin afterwards, say US researchers.

Having cake at work to celebrate colleagues' birthdays, engagements or just surviving the week is a danger to health. Prof Nigel

Voluntary, unpaid blood donations must be increased rapidly in more than half the world’s countries in order to ensure a reliable

UK scientists have developed a blood test to help doctors pick the best drug for patients with depression, reports BBC.

Men with larger waistlines could be at higher risk of developing aggressive prostate cancer, a study has suggested.

The World Health Organization (WHO) recently rejected a call for the Rio Olympic Games to be moved or postponed due to the

Our skin is our largest organ — a gateway between our brain and the rest of the world. Imagine then a scene where skin could

One in four pregnancies ends in an abortion each year, global estimates from the World Health Organisation and Guttmacher

Scientists say a breakthrough in growing embryos will improve fertility treatments and revolutionise knowledge of the earliest

Symptoms of depression that steadily increase over time in older age could indicate early signs of dementia, scientists have said.

From allergies to insomnia, there is a pill for just about every problem. The problem is, those pills often come with a lengthy list

As the internet becomes dominated by images, Facebook is launching a system which can "read" photos and tell visually impaired people

A cure for HIV and AIDS reportedly could be just a few years away after scientists have been able to successfully snip away the virus from

Using a scanner rather than a scalpel could spare hundreds of thousands of cancer patients from risky surgery, a study suggests. Head and neck tumours are treated with chemotherapy and radiotherapy, but then need an operation to visually check whether the growth has gone.

On the occasion of the Commission on the Status of Women's annual meeting and during an Every Woman Every Child event at U.N. headquarters, Women

A pair of Vietnamese fraternal twins have been confirmed to have different fathers, a local genetic association reported to the BBC.

Sperm have been made in the laboratory and used to father healthy baby mice in a pioneering move that could lead to infertility treatments, reports BBC.