Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Industry

Bouts of bad sleep might be linked to an increased risk of heart failure, a large study suggests.

The way cancer cells can make a completely chaotic mess of their genetic code in order thrive has been explained by UK researchers.

Babies can decipher human speech as early as three months before birth, say scientists.

Astronomers and researchers have worked together to use star-gazing techniques to find new ways of analysing tumours.

OCouples struggling to have a baby should get fertility treatment more quickly and older women should gain access to IVF, according to new NHS guidelines.

Scientists are to hunt for new antibiotics at the bottom of the ocean in an £8m project led by experts at Aberdeen University.

Lung cancer is set to overtake breast cancer as the leading cause of female cancer death in Europe, say experts.

A second case of a new respiratory illness similar to the deadly Sars virus has been identified in the UK.

Researchers say they have gained a key insight into how zinc helps the immune system fight infection.

Genetic analysis suggests a higher body mass index leads to lower levels of available vitamin D in the body.

Regular brisk walking can help recovery, fitness and quality of life after a stroke, say researchers.

A gene previously shown to be linked to obesity may also increase the risk of a deadly form of skin cancer, say researchers.

Health experts in England and Wales are on high alert for "untreatable" gonorrhoea that, in some countries, has developed resistance to antibiotics.

A new type of flu drug that can stop resistant strains in their tracks shows promise, say US researchers.

A patient infected with a new respiratory illness similar to the deadly Sars virus has died in the UK.

The UK's national synchrotron facility - the Diamond Light Source near Oxford - is to become a world centre for studying the structure of viruses and bacteria that cause serious disease.

Health officials in the UK believe they have the strongest evidence yet that a new respiratory illness similar to the deadly Sars virus can spread from person to person.

Drinking large quantities of Coca-Cola was a "substantial factor" in the death of a 30-year-old woman in New Zealand, a coroner says.

Recovery after stroke is not improved by using a device to retrieve the clot, a study suggests.

Pregnant women who live in areas with significant air pollution risk having babies of low birth weight, the largest study to date shows.