‘Brain food’: Can eating certain things help prevent dementia?
Yes, and scientific studies are showing which ones offer good protection against cognitive decline
‘It’s like a miracle’: The man who may be the first person cured of type 1 diabetes
Brian Shelton’s life was ruled by his disease, until a new treatment gave hope to him and millions of others
Thirty-three years after our student summer, Fiona and I still live in Boston. Her MS lives with us
Most of the time the MS monster behaves. When he acts out we beat him back
In a first, surgeons attached a pig kidney to a human – and it worked
Pioneering procedure could lead to a new source for desperately needed transplant organs
How exercise could help keep your memory sharp and lower the risk of dementia
A hormone made by muscles during exercise can enter the brain and improve cognition
18 years after he was paralysed, brain implants are letting this man communicate again
Cutting-edge tech is giving a voice to a man doctors said had ‘zero chance’ of getting better
Growing evidence exercise improves health by transforming cells
What biological steps allow a walk today to add to our lifespan decades from now?
The woman who should have got Alzheimer’s by 50, but didn’t
The mystery of a Colombian woman could hold the key to fighting the disease
Researchers turn to ‘poop pill’ in search of cure for obesity
Link between the gut and metabolic disease is a growing area of obesity research
Researchers destroy tumours by genetically reprogramming bacteria
Commercial treatment in development after success in trials with mice
Scientists find hidden brain function in unresponsive patients after brain injury
‘It suggests that there’s some remnant of consciousness there’ – report author
The intriguing link between sensitivity to physical and psychological pain
Everybody hurts? Not Jo Cameron, who often needs to be told if she is bleeding or bruised
Just 52, Luke Perry died following a stroke – this is how that happens to someone his age
Some of the common causes of fatal stroke
Slumber puncture: the perils trying to sleep in hospital
Constant noise and light and being woken frequently for monitoring during the night is more than just annoying – it can harm patients
‘Think big, talk big, make it happen’
David Walsh of security firm Netwatch on how the company grew from an idea to a international brand in 16 years
Conservative US commentator Charles Krauthammer dies
Former psychiatrist and political columnist won Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 1987
A wounded young man’s penis and scrotum transplant
This evolving branch of medicine has been spurred in part by combat injuries
3D brain surgery: ‘this is like landing on the moon’
Videomicroscope turns neurosurgery into immersive expedition into the human brain
Innovation awards: Orreco aims to bring elite sports science to the masses
Biomarker analytics firm wants to extend elite athlete solutions to everyone
First successful penis transplant in the US completed
Man (64) undergoes surgery in Massachusetts following amputation in 2012
An effective, if unpalatable, gut function treatment
A significant breakthrough in the science of faecal therapy
Amount of lower-body injuries ‘not unusual’ given nature of device
The Boston Marathon bombs had been packed with metal fragments and placed close to the ground
Two reported dead after explosions at Boston marathon
Early reports indicate two explosions took place near finish line
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