A new therapy which involves a patient embodying themselves in a virtual reality avatar of a crying child could help with depression, research has suggested.

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has declared war on mosquitoes responsible for spreading the Zika virus in a recorded TV message to the nation, reports BBC.

A cancer treatment at the centre of an NHS controversy in 2014 causes fewer side effects in children than conventional radiotherapy, according to new research.

A private UK fertility clinic is offering couples a new form of IVF treatment that lets conception occur in the womb rather than in the lab, reports BBC.

Taking readings of brain activity before patients go for surgery could help doctors give a more accurate dose of anaesthetic, researchers suggest.

Blocking the production of new immune cells in the brain could reduce memory problems seen in Alzheimer's disease, a study suggests.

Spending time with loved ones with dementia is important even after they fail to recognise the faces of friends and family, a dementia charity says.

Toothless heart disease patients are nearly twice as likely to die as those who have all their teeth, a new study suggests.

A follow-up study to assess the effects of personally tailored diabetes care in general practice has revealed that such care reduces mortality in women, but not men, according to a report published on The Lancet. The study was conducted by Dr Marlene Krag, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and colleagues.

A medical dressing that changes colour when it detects infection could cut the unnecessary use of antibiotics, say scientists at Bath University.

A recent study from Cornell University suggests that overweight Americans do not indulge in junk food more often; researchers suspect that eating too much food in general could be more to blame for obesity.

Both acupuncture and the Alexander technique can improve chronic neck pain, according to a study in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Scientists might have accidentally made a huge step forward in the search for a cure for cancer — discovering unexpectedly that a malaria

People who can’t resist fidgeting while they work may want to stop trying to kick the habit, because a new study suggests all that toe tapping and pencil rapping may be good for their health.

Young children given asthma medication before the age of two may not grow to their full height in later life, a preliminary report suggests.

A small sponge-like implant that can mop up cancer cells as they move through the body has been developed by US researchers. So far

Weight loss surgery cures half of patients with type-2 diabetes, for at least five years, a study suggests.

Raiding the fridge or downing glasses of water after a night of heavy drinking won't improve your sore head the next day, Dutch research suggests. Instead, a study concluded, the only way to prevent a hangover is to drink less alcohol.

For teenagers, surrounding themselves with friends, particularly friends in a good mood could significantly reduce their risk of developing depression, and improve their ability to recover from it.

HIV can be flushed out of its hiding places in the body using a cancer drug, researchers show. The cornerstone of treatment, anti-retroviral therapy, kills the